The New Pandora App; Big Music and the Future of Copyright Laws

Pandora Just Released Its Spotify Killer, And It’s Surprisingly Impressive — www.fastcompany.com 
 Pandora is taking on Spotify with sleek design and data science muscle. But can it compete this late in the game?

Jay-Z’s Shortsighted Spotify Purge Won’t Help Tidal–Or His Fans — www.fastcompany.com 
 Streaming exclusives mean a bunch of very rich people duking it out for dominance and screwing up your party playlists in the process.

Now you can watch live performances from home — but at what cost? — beta.theglobeandmail.com 
 As big-time productions, from Stratford to Berlin, embrace the digital concert hall, local performances risk facing empty seats

David Bowie’s musical is making the leap to VR — www.engadget.com

David Bowie’s Lazarus had two short, completely sold out runs in New York and London. If you missed it, you’re kind of SOL

Are We Doing All We Can to Promote Audiophilia? — audiophilereview.com

Paul Wilson wonders if how we are selling high end audio is working.

Big Music And The Future Of Copyright Laws — www.forbes.com

In the months ahead, it will be interesting to see who adopts a principled stand on behalf of the music consumers Springsteen and the E Street Band have consistently championed.

Pandora may enlist private equity firm to fund expansion — nypost.com

Pandora Media may team up with a private equity firm in exchange for cash to help expand the business, The Post has learned.

Spotify ‘scrapes barrel’ for subscribers as industry bets on streaming — www.cnbc.com 
 Spotify is struggling even as streaming becomes number one method of consuming music.

Apple Music Picks Up Toronto’s ‘House of Strombo’ Concert Series — www.billboard.com 
 Dinosaur Jr. and Against Me! recently performed for the series filmed live in Strombo’s crammed living room of his downtown Toronto home.

Koreans prefer streaming over downloading music: survey — www.koreaherald.com

Nearly half of all South Koreans enjoyed music content through streaming instead of downloading last year, a survey showed Monday, apparently helped by reasonable prices offered by local services.

How Pandora helped give Ed Sheeran, Lorde, Lana Del Rey and The xx momentum — medium.com 
 As long as there will be albums, there will be pre-release singles that create buzz, momentum and, if all goes well, greater sales for the album. Not all albums are preceded by a single.