Spotify Seeks Expansion in Korea; Apple Music's Beats 1 Hosts Shift to Remote Broadcasting; SoundCloud, Twitch Team to Help Indie Musicians

Apple Music's Beats 1 global radio station will return to the airwaves with one notable change: In light of the coronavirus outbreak, all hosts will now broadcast remotely from their homes.

The world’s largest music streaming platform Spotify is ramping up to launch its services in Korea.

More people are turning to radio, while web users explore gardening and politics, figures suggest.

SoundCloud has teamed up with Twitch for an initiative to help indie musicians who are feeling a financial strain due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Chordify asked their community about the music that comforts them in this situation.

The Coronavirus has hit home hard, negatively affecting businesses in all industries. Among the hardest hit are retail businesses, food establishments and the travel, tourism and entertainment industries.

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YouTube Music can now show lyrics when you’re listening to a song on the service’s iOS and Android apps.

Collecting a paycheck from streaming services has been a headache for up-and-coming musicians. This L.A. startup built a thriving business around solving that problem.

Africa’s largest music streaming service, Boomplay, will look into giving users subscriptions at discounted prices.

According to a growing community of audiophiles, we are all being short-changed by the current wave of digital music.

As millions of people go online for entertainment and more, total internet hits have surged by between 50% and 70%, with streaming also up more than 12%, according to preliminary statistics.

Bytedance's new music streaming service Resso is live in India and Indonesia, and it launched with a decent catalogue of local content.

Facebook has been very clear that it doesn't, at present, plan to launch its own music streaming service – preferring to explore other ways of working with music companies and artists.

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