Stingray vs.
Canada’s Stingray is taking on the music streaming giants — business.financialpost.com
Canada’s Stingray is taking on the music streaming giants — business.financialpost.com
Stingray is a 12-year-old company with a market capitalization of about $370 million. The company is a welterweight gunning for the heavyweight title.
Chance the Rapper hits 1 billion streams on SoundCloud — www.musicbusinessworldwide.com
Chance the Rapper has become the first independent SoundCloud Premier creator to hit 1 billion streams on the platform.
There are more than 20 American songs on the Korean pop charts. “Old Town Road” isn’t one of them — qz.com
Black artists are not successful on the Korean pop charts.
The Big Shift: Why Record Companies Need to Pivot From a B2B to a B2C Model — variety.com
Record companies need to shift from B2B to DTF (direct-to-fan) and target whole communities rather than single customers, says Affinio CEO.
Would you care if music disappeared from FM radio? You may only have a decade to save it — www.cnbc.com
Despite facing attacks from CDs, cassettes, and digital downloads in the past three decades, radio still reaches over 90% of adults in the U.S.
Spotify’s Monthly $10 Fee May Not Stay So Low for Long — www.rollingstone.com
Streaming service plans to test price hikes to its monthly music-streaming plans in some countries, as its average revenue per user falls.
SoundCloud expands Creator Education Program with launch of SC101 tutorial series — www.musicbusinessworldwide.com
Presented by SoundCloud employees, SC101 rolls out with a nine part, two-minute video series which is available now on SoundCloud.
Daniel Ek rubbishes iHeart boss Pittman’s claim that ‘73% of Spotify’s listening comes from just 3% of their audience’ — www.musicbusinessworldwide.com
iHeart now reaches 275 million Americans monthly — more than the top two closest broadcast radio competitors combined
The Future Of The Music Industry According To Sigrid & Tayla Parx — www.refinery29.com
Sigrid, Tayla Parx, and others from the Lollapalooza lineup on the future of the industry and what that means for women.
Spotify veteran Will Hope exits to join YouTube as Head of Artist Marketing, EMEA — www.musicbusinessworldwide.com
Exec was previously Spotify’s Head of Artist Marketing, UK & International
Blockchain Music Streaming Startup Unveils Source Code, Incentives — cointelegraph.com
Audius, a blockchain-based music streaming service in development, has unveiled its code and some node-running incentives to the public.
5 YouTube channels everyone in music should follow — haulixdaily.com
Want the benefits of a music business education without the debt of student loans? These five YouTube channels will give you what you need (and more).
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