Spotify in Talks to Buy Gimlet Media; SiriusXM App to Add Pandora Music Channels

Spotify is in talks to acquire Gimlet Media, multiple sources tell The Hollywood Reporter, as it sets its sights on becoming a bigger player in the podcasting space.

SiriusXM this week offered a few more details on how it plans to leverage its newest asset, Pandora, following its $3.5 billion acquisition of the streaming music service last year, which officially closes on Friday.

Jennifer Hudson has removed two R. Kelly-written songs from streaming platforms as artists denounce and refuse to perform songs by Kelly, following resurfaced sexual misconduct claims against him in the Lifetime documentary series 'Surviving R. Kelly.'

Ministry of Sound chairman Lohan Presencer reflects on impact of digitalisation on music industry and sale of label to Sony Music Entertainment

Exec has spent five years at Google/YouTube

"These conversations, if successful, would lead to a transaction which would allow us to meet all of our outstanding obligations."

Repertoire from outside America or in a language other than English isn’t just dominating key individual territories; it’s also taking over the world.

DJ Remute’s forthcoming LP, Technoptimistic was programmed entirely using the sound chip for ‘90s game console Sega Genesis. And, it’s being released on a Sega Mega Drive cartridge.

Japan may be the world’s second-largest recorded-music market, but in terms of music-streaming, it is still early days for a country where CD is still the prime format.

The number of Prime Music listeners adopting voice to listen to music is growing day by day - over 3.5 times.

Spotify is being sued by a professional IP representative for allegedly infringing on its patents.

At CES 2019 Sony showed an amazing audio demo that could be a sign of great things to come

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