Streamers Battle for Africa; Deezer Users Share Lyrics on Instagram Stories; What Will Happen to…
Streamers Battle For Africa: No Front-Runner Yet as Spotify, Spinlet & Others Fight for Market Share — www.billboard.com Right now…
Streamers Battle For Africa: No Front-Runner Yet as Spotify, Spinlet & Others Fight for Market Share — www.billboard.com
Right now, several streaming services from Europe, the United States, China and Africa itself are competing for the Nigerian market as well as that of the entire continent. So far, though, no clear front-runner has emerged.
Deezer lets users share lyrics on Instagram Stories — www.musicbusinessworldwide.com
Deezer users can play the full song direct from Instagram Stories
iTunes Is Dead. What Will Happen to Its Best Feature? — www.theringer.com
The news that Apple is killing off iTunes has done more than just prompt nostalgia. It’s caused a crisis among users who cling to smart playlists, which both previewed the streaming age and honored the obsessive music curation habits of years past.
A Music Festival Is Using Your Phone to Make Concerts Great Again — www.rollingstone.com
Amid music festival saturation, AEG’s live events team quietly tests a new, data-driven way to personalize concerts.
iHeartMedia launches Project Listen initiative for advertisers — www.musicbusinessworldwide.com
‘Project Listen is about tapping into the scale of audio and moving from the traditionally transactional radio business to the future of audio advertising’
Playlist Manipulation Will Create A Crisis In Streaming says MIDiA’s Mark Mulligan — www.hypebot.com
Label and artist manipulation of songs, playlists and the streaming services themselves will lead to a crisis, says MIDiA analyst Mark Mulligan.
John Legend: Music streaming has ‘changed everything’ — www.cnbc.com
John Legend said music streaming has made artists rethink how they create and distribute their music. Instead of focusing on delivering CDs, musicians have shifted to doling out singles to their listeners.
Spotify advertisers can now target listeners by which podcasts they stream — techcrunch.com
Spotify is taking the next big step in terms of building out its podcast business: It’s now offering the ability for advertisers to target listeners based on which types of podcasts they’re streaming.
Atlas Music Publishing CEO: Solutions to Streaming Rate Debate ‘Staring Right at Us’ — www.billboard.com
Today, speaking as just the guy who wants to see all creators paid fairly and for the business to stop wasting time and money, I want to discuss this elephant.
Music Credits Database Jaxsta Launches Public Beta — www.hypebot.com
Music credits database Jaxta announced its launch in open beta.
This Taylor Swift stan account is creating music streaming fan fiction — www.thefader.com
@TSwift_Spotify, a straight-faced Twitter account memeing Taylor Swift’s Spotify activity, showcases the best that stan culture has to offer.
Introducing NPR Music Playlists : All Songs Considered — www.npr.org
From the songs played between news stories on-air to the most essential releases out every Friday, we’re committing a series of playlists on Spotify and Apple Music, updated every weekday.
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