Fresh competition and slowing subscriber growth have knocked more than $53 billion of dollars off streaming companies’ market values.
For a brief moment, Tumblr played host to a tight-knit, but open-minded, community of music lovers who were thinking and writing deeply about music and its place in the world.
“You hear Tim talk a lot about humanity -- how we’re at the crossroads between the liberal arts and technology,” says Oliver Schusser.
Marketing music has never been straightforward. That’s why back in the day, label executives would use the single as the shortcut to finding an audience on which to propel the…
That may have come off a little harsh, but the more you look, the worse it is. I’ve been a musician my whole life, professional for the past 10 or so years, and most of my friends have no idea how screwed we all are. They just accept the status quo and move on.
Google is rolling out more tools for users to control their privacy settings.
Spotify has opened a new recording studio in São Paulo, Brazil, with a very specific focus: women.
Record labels like Sony’s Lost Rings and Monstercat, which is home to Marshmello, are tapping into a new market with songs created explicitly for Twitch streamers and the gaming community.
News of Apple potentially investing in original podcasts seems to fit more broadly with the company’s moves in other content arenas, including the truckload of original TV shows being developed for the Apple TV+ and Apple Arcade.
SiriusXM has launched"Wu-Tang: The Saga Continues," a podcast that coincides with Hulu's series "Wu-Tang: An American Saga."
Amazon is rolling out new Alexa-embedded gadgets you wear to keep you in touch with America's most popular voice assistant.
In the UK, October is ‘Black History Month’, a celebration of the contributions made by black Britons down the years. Apple is celebrating the month too with what it’s describing as a ‘superroom’ on Apple Music.
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