Spotify, Peloton Boost Playlists Partnership; Live Nation Going with NFT Ticket Stubs; How to Accelerate a Music & Tech Start-Up?

Live Nation are launching NFT ticket stubs in a bid to "bring back the nostalgia of collecting ticket stubs."

There’s so many people with great ideas. There’s also many people who have the technical know-how to build products. And then there’s a seemingly endless list of problems to solve in the music industry.

A new 'Curated by Peloton' shelf within Spotify's Workout Hub will feature playlists created by Peloton instructors, based on the classes offered on its service.

Hip hop icon Nas is the latest in a growing pool of artists who have turned to audio advertising to promote their music in the gaming space.

Travis Scott's Astroworld Festival 2021 To Be Livestreamed on Apple Music: The sold-out music festival takes place on November 5 and 6.

Amazon Music has announced its largest season of holiday programming yet, with new music, artist merchandise, and podcast episodes available to stream throughout the festive season.

Fanaply was one of the first startups to explore the potential of digital collectibles based on music artists, more than a year before the NFTs boom.

Can new money coming into the industry via Private Equity Funds genuinely impact the Major Publishers?

The company said it's working to add things like video, polls, live audio conversations and Q&A features to its podcasts.

“Stay” was released on July 9, and if it did indeed reach a billion streams today, November 4, it did so in 118 days.

The Recording Academy made good on its promise of transparency, instituting major changes surrounding the GRAMMY Awards voting process, including the elimination of nominations review committees and the introduction of a majority, peer-to-peer vote.

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