Spotify’s Strategic Offensive Hits Three Fronts; Pandora Reveals Its First Sonic Logo; SiriusXM to…

Spotify’s Strategic Offensive Hits Three Fronts — www.billboard.com The streaming giant is now fighting on three fronts: in India; the…

Spotify’s Strategic Offensive Hits Three Fronts — www.billboard.com 
 The streaming giant is now fighting on three fronts: in India; the Washington, D.C., Copyright Royalty Board; and Brussels’ antitrust system. Whatever happens, it could lose the PR war.

Maren Morris’ History-Making First-Week Numbers Say A Lot About Country In The Streaming Era — www.forbes.com 
 Maren Morris’ new album made history this week on streaming platforms, but the number she generated doesn’t come close to matching a typical frame for many hip-hop musicians.

Spotify Begins Label Licensing Talks Amid Major Disputes — www.hypebot.com

Spotify has begun negotiations to renew its licencees with all three major labels and other rights holders.

Pandora reveals its first sonic logo — adage.com 
 Neither Spotify nor Apple Music have a sonic brand logo, but that might change now that one of the audio streaming giants has adopted one.

Spotify to Surpass Pandora Listeners by 2021, Sooner Than Expected — www.emarketer.com 
 Pandora may be the most popular music streaming service in the US, but it won’t retain the №1 spot for much longer. According to our latest forecast on digital music listeners, Spotify will surpass Pandora in terms of users by 2021 — one year sooner than we predicted last year.

Songtradr completes $12m Series B funding round — www.musicbusinessworldwide.com

Lead investor is WiseTech Global CEO Richard White.

Apple Music’s ‘Browse’ tab refreshed with new look, wider playlist selections — appleinsider.com 
 Apple has tweaked the “Browse” tab of Apple Music on iTunes and iOS, providing users easy access to the “Daily Top 100” playlists.

Bandsintown Acquires Hypebot & Music Think Tank — www.billboard.com 
 Concert discovery tool Bandsintown has acquired Hypebot.com and MusicThinkTank.com, artists-centric and technology media companies founded in 2004 by booking agent and publisher Bruce Houghton.

Zane Lowe on why Apple Music is ‘in the storytelling business’ — and why Billie Eilish is ‘magic’ — www.musicbusinessworldwide.com

The Apple Music exec and Beats 1 anchor on what he wants to achieve — and the 17-year-old wunderkind.

SiriusXM to Broadcast Live from ULTRA Music Festival in Miami — Platform & Stream — platformandstream.com

SiriusXM announced that for the 15th consecutive year, it will broadcast live from ULTRA Music Festival, the world famous outdoor electronic dance music festival, beginning Friday, March 29.

The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Music Streaming Industry — www.digitalmusicnews.com 
 The rapid advances in artificial intelligence technologies and machine learning have led to significant changes in the music streaming industry.

Spotify expands free Google Home Mini offer to the UK and France — www.musicbusinessworldwide.com 
 Offer was previously available in the US only