Streaming May Predict Next Country Stars; Americans Set Record By Streaming 8.3

Why Streaming May Predict the Next Country Stars — www.rollingstone.com How streaming platforms like Spotify and Pandora are helping…

Why Streaming May Predict the Next Country Stars — www.rollingstone.com 
 How streaming platforms like Spotify and Pandora are helping predict the next generation of country stars.

Sonos’s Secret Weapon In The Smart Speaker Wars: Becoming A Platform — www.fastcompany.com 
 As tech titans release familiar-looking smart speakers, Sonos is hoping to set itself apart by opening its sound system up to developers–and giving users more freedom.

Hidden Features and Third Party Programs That Make Spotify Work for You — motherboard.vice.com 
 It’s not Spotify. It’s you.

Americans Set New Record By Streaming 8.3 Billion Songs In One Week — www.hotnewhiphop.com

Streaming music reaches a new all-time high in the U.S. If the radio industry and other forms of traditional music consumption media weren’t worried before.

Music data and analytics: digging below the surface trends — musically.com 
 Every music company in 2017 is facing the challenge of making sense of a torrent of data from streaming services and social networks.

Can Atlanta Become the Music Industry’s Next Business Hub? — www.billboard.com 
 For years, Atlanta has been a cultural and musical hub of creativity for the music industry, but its top talent has been forced to leave the city for New York or Los Angeles in order to find success in the business. Is that about to change?

Taylor Swift to release her own app — www.chicagotribune.com 
 Mega pop-star Taylor Swift is about to release her own app.

Tidal brings its 50% off Student tier to UK — www.whathifi.com 
 After first launching in the US, the Student subscriptions are now available in 23 European countries (including the UK), Australia and South America.

Techstars Music Accelerator Adds Three Member Companies — www.hypebot.com 
 Concord Music, RecoChoku and Royalty Exchange have joined Warner Music Group, Harmonix Music Systems, Q Prime Management, Bill Silva Entertainment, Silva Artist Management, and Sony Music in supporting Techstars Music startup accelerator.

Can cities use blockchain to promote transparency in music? — www.citymetric.com

Smart city technologies are built to foster transparency in a continuously moving organism in an even more complex ecosystem.