Share this postSpotify vs. Pandora in the Ad-Supported Game; You Might Not be Entirely Dependent on iTunes Much Longerplatformstream.substack.comCopy linkFacebookEmailNoteOtherSpotify vs. Pandora in the Ad-Supported Game; You Might Not be Entirely Dependent on iTunes Much LongerPlatform & StreamJun 06, 2018Share this postSpotify vs. Pandora in the Ad-Supported Game; You Might Not be Entirely Dependent on iTunes Much Longerplatformstream.substack.comCopy linkFacebookEmailNoteOtherShareIn April 2018, Spotify revamped its mobile ad-supported experience, allowing its free users to listen to any track in their top fifteen Spotify-curated playlists completely on-demand on their mobile devices.To date, playing full songs on Apple Music has meant firing up iTunes or the mobile app. You could listen to samples on the web, but that wasn't much different...It’s accepted wisdom that the impact of music media has greatly diminished over the past decade. Intuitively, it makes sense.Kanye West thanked his fans after his new album, "Ye," dominated both Apple Music and SpotifyThe Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity plans to name music-streaming platform Spotify its 2018 Media Brand of the Year later this month.This article explores how the financial balance of power in the music industry has shifted with the rise of streaming, how contemporary high-profile artists are making this shift work in their favor, and whether it could ever revert back to an older model.After trying and failing to launch a competitive music streaming service for years, Google released YouTube Music last month. You might’ve thought Google’s latest attempt to compete with the likes of Apple Music and Spotify would’ve pushed forward with new ideas. Nope.Kobalt is a music publisher for the digital age, allowing songwriters to keep all their rights.Selecta Charts’ a Caribbean Music Streaming Service has registered over 500 artists from across the Caribbean surpassing the company's expectations since launching April 8th, 2017, in its first year on the market.Camila Cabello's single "Havana" made Spotify history by becoming the most streamed song by a solo female artist.With the Lip Sync Live streaming function, users will now be able to live broadcast sing-alongs to "Havana" by Camila Cabello, "Welcome to the Jungle" by Guns N' Roses, Drake's "God's Plan" and more.PreviousNext