Spotify Sets Co.Lab Events for Artist Community; Will SiriusXM Make a Deal for Live Nation?

The Co.Lab events will feature expert speakers from across the music and media industries.

While SiriusXM has mostly focused on the revenue upside potential, analysts also see some cost savings in such areas as ad sales and streaming infrastructure. Some on Wall Street expect the next step for the combined company to be a deal for concert and ticketing powerhouse Live Nation.

You have already read the headline. I know that you do not want to hear this, and probably do not care, but I swear, it is appreciably and quantifiably better than any other streaming service.

Now, Ditto Music -- a U.K.-based digital distributor that services music on behalf of 150,000-plus artists worldwide -- announced a new tool that it says is in response to Spotify's announcement.

Pandora's Next Big Sound has made all artist data open and available to anyone. Until now, Pandora data was only visible to the artist, label and their team. "In an industry where stream counts are an important measure of an artist’s success," writes Next Big Sound senior product manager Dan...

For ‘Piano & a Microphone 1983’ and ‘An American Treasure,’ the estates of two beloved rock stars raid their respective vaults, tastefully

According to an article posted by the NY Times, Spotify has quietly struck direct licensing deals with a small number of independent artists. The deals give those artists a way onto the streaming…

Spotify is now allowing artists to upload their music directly to the streaming service. Here’s what means for you and the music business.

Pandora co-founder and former CEO Tim Westergren discusses SiriusXM's $3.5 billion deal for Pandora.

Gracenote is hoping to help Indian music streaming services with its collection of music metadata that now offers content in four Indian languages