Spotify executive Paul Vogel speaks about the service’s attitude toward subscription pricing, family plans, and hi-res audio.
Following the death of The Cars’ frontman Ric Ocasek’s death on Sept. 15, on-demand streams of his band’s songs vaulted 643% in the U.S., according to initial reports to Nielsen Music.
Turns out Neil Young was wrong about streaming, but right about quality audio.
Formats have shaped and dictated the evolution of recorded music. Here is a vision what innovation should look like in a post-format world
In the fifth episode of The Future of Music season 2, Dani Deahl visits pop star Charli XCX to talk about why she releases so many singles and how streaming has changed the way she writes music.
SoundCloud has launched the fourth edition of its First on SoundCloud campaign, featuring Lil Tecca, Baby Rose, Na-kel and Ms Nina.
Paul Wilson looks at how the audio hobby is changing, and maybe not for the better...
'Listen like you used to' targets users 35+
Fans will finally get to listen to Joy Orbison's discography on streaming services.
At ALT 92.3 FM, where they don’t say “rock,” it’s a mix of millennial oldies and newer, pop-leaning and electronic folk from bands like Bastille and Smith & Thell.
The Accelerator Programme for Music Managers, run by the UK’s Music Managers Forum (MMF) in partnership with YouTube Music, is set to return in 2020, with applications opening on October 15.
Although radio continues to break songs, labels have determined that, instead of using it as a tool for music discovery, it is more effective for extending the life of a song that has bubbled up on streaming platforms, as was the case with Maren Morris’ "Girl.”
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