The Secret Hit-Making Power of the Spotify Playlist; Pandora’s Artist Marketing Platform Hits 1 Billion Impressions

By the time a song lands on Today's Top Hits or other equally popular sets, Spotify has so relentlessly tested it that it almost can't fail.

After months of turbulence, Pandora has some good news: Its Artist Marketing Platform has passed a billion impressions.

Music fans and artists and many more have a lot to lose if SoundCloud goes the way of Vine.

The startup's mission is to promote African artists, pay them properly, and fight internet piracy.

The music market in Germany grew nearly 3 percent in the first half of 2017, and while CDs still account for 44.7 percent of revenue, streaming jumped 10.3 percent year-over-year.

Nepal Telecom in partnership with Music Nepal has launched a music streaming mobile app named “Music Nepal”.

They say SoundCloud might be gone in 50 days. It's hard to imagine that's true. Just take a look at these rappers we wouldn't know without SC.

Major indie music company BMG has partnered with Avid Pro Tools, a studio production tool, to bring the legendary catalog of New York House label Strictly Rhythm to the Avid Marketplace, for the first time ever.

By offering unprecedented access to Spotify user data, and by developing tools that will help musicians connect directly with fans on the platform, Spotify is trying to position itself as THE indispensable monetized streaming option.

It feels like the back-and-forth between the music industry, Google and various legislative bodies on ‘safe harbor’ has rumbled on for an eternity.

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