Share this postPlatform & StreamSpotify Settles with Wixen; Tunecore Adds New Distribution Features; Indie Artists, Streaming Were Big Winners in '18Copy linkFacebookEmailNotesMoreSpotify Settles with Wixen; Tunecore Adds New Distribution Features; Indie Artists, Streaming Were Big Winners in '18Platform & StreamDec 21, 2018Share this postPlatform & StreamSpotify Settles with Wixen; Tunecore Adds New Distribution Features; Indie Artists, Streaming Were Big Winners in '18Copy linkFacebookEmailNotesMoreShareWixen’s $1.6bn lawsuit against Spotify is over, with the digital service paying an undisclosed settlement sum to bring proceedings to a close.Following a similar promotion from competitor Spotify, Jay-Z's music streaming service is offering trial memberships for 99 cents.Tunecore has added three features to improve how new music from the diy digital distributor is ingested onto Apple Music, Spotify and other music services.Stocks go up, stocks go down, can't pick a top and can't pick a bottom. However--Spotify is a particularly interesting stock for a number of reasons, mostly having to do with the nature of the initial offering.Deezer, the global music streaming service, is improving the user experience through its new dedicated desktop app, which is now out of Beta.A new entry into the online music distribution market is amuse, who have a very different way of offering digital distribution - free!As the year wraps up, Deezer, the global music streaming service, reveals the top songs, artists and albums that South Africans listened to the most in 2018.Global recorded music revenues will top $18,9 billion in 2018, says MIDiA analyst Mark Mulligan in a year end wrap up.The TVC showcases streaming music as the most convenient and quick option when it comes to listening to music the idea of downloading music, showing s..Before the Music Modernization Act was introduced, mutilple partiles sued Spotify for failure to obtain mechanical licenses. Still unfinised business.How did music change in 2018? It's not an easy question to answer, but the data gurus at Pandora have crunched the mountains of data that power the Music Genome Project to find out.PreviousNext