Streaming Makes Catalogue Records New Again; Spotify: Mexico City Is 'Streaming Music Capital'

Since 2014, digital music streaming put on its big boy pants and buoyed the recorded music business into its third year of rising global revenue. As if that weren’t good enough news already, fans…

There are more Spotify listeners in the Mexican metropolis than New York or London.

The video is cooked!

China-based Tencent Music Entertainment and its advisers are reportedly in talks to push its $2 billion IPO into 2019, rather than face a tech-weary market.

The world of data analytics is a very fine-tuned one.

We’ve seen artists do exclusives with streaming service Tidal before, but US rapper Meek Mill is doing something a bit more interesting with his upcoming ‘Championships’ album. That includes involving a pair of other partners: sports brand Puma and retail chain Foot Locker.

The streaming music service could become more competitive by increasing compensation for artists.

Neither SiriusXM nor Pandora operate on the continent of Europe, and neither have plans to expand into those territories any time soon, sources tell Billboard. So why did the acquisition require approval under the competition laws of Germany and Austria?

In the age of digital music, vinyl is making a comeback.

Pandora is now enabling premium subscribers to stream music from Alexa-enabled devices.

By signing a deal with Universal Music, the star has ensured all UMG artists will get a proper share in royalties from Spotify