Spotify’s Content Bundling & Competing with Apple, Amazon; Will Digital Music Kill Vinyl Anytime…

Spotify’s Content Bundling Might Be Its Only Chance of Competing With Apple, Amazon — www.billboard.com The music and media industries…

Spotify’s Content Bundling Might Be Its Only Chance of Competing With Apple, Amazon — www.billboard.com 
 The music and media industries went abuzz when Spotify announced last month that Dawn Ostroff, former president of entertainment at Condé Nast Entertainment, would be joining the streaming service as its new chief content officer.

The Music Industry: From Piracy To Profits — www.forbes.com 
 The concept of music streaming not only shifted the consumer mindset away from ownership of music but also was able to battle piracy at the same price point: free.

Dave Matthews Band Announces Free Live Webcast From SPAC — www.jambase.com 
 Dave Matthew Band will offer a free live webcast of their performance on Saturday from the SPAC in Saratoga Springs, New York.

Ariana Grande to Headline Amazon Music Prime Day Concert — variety.com 
 Today, Amazon Music announced that Ariana Grande will headline the Amazon Music Unboxing Prime Day concert in New York on July 11, streaming for fans globally on Amazon.com beginning at 8 p.m. ET.

Will digital music kill vinyl anytime soon? — www.cnet.com 
 The LP fan base may make a lot of noise, but digital will eventually kill analog once and for all. Someday.

How To Get On A Spotify Playlist (And How Not To) — medium.com 
 For any artist trying to make a dollar in today’s digitally-driven economy, prospects seem bleak. The decline of radio and physical music sales is so chronicled that it would be inane and wasteful to…

Deezer’s lossless audio for Google Home has finally arrived — www.wistv.com 
 As far as music streaming services go, Deezer isn’t exactly a household name, at least not in the U.S., but that may not remain the case for long.

How Music Fans Built the Internet — www.wired.com 
 In an excerpt from her new book, Microsoft researcher Nancy Baym demonstrates how music lovers used fan culture to build a worldwide web.

AirPlay 2 makes Sonos the best audio option for most iPhone owners — www.engadget.com 
 For a long time, Sonos was only capable of streaming music to its speakers through a proprietary app, but that’s changed in the last few years. After working wi…