Share this postWhat's the Future for Spotify?; Amazon Music May Be Bigger Than We Thought; Beatport Acquires Pulselockerplatformstream.substack.comCopy linkFacebookEmailNoteOtherWhat's the Future for Spotify?; Amazon Music May Be Bigger Than We Thought; Beatport Acquires PulselockerPlatform & StreamApr 05, 2018Share this postWhat's the Future for Spotify?; Amazon Music May Be Bigger Than We Thought; Beatport Acquires Pulselockerplatformstream.substack.comCopy linkFacebookEmailNoteOtherShareThe streaming giant’s unusual Wall Street debut was one of the largest tech IPOs of all time. But it’s hard to shake the anxiety around its money-losing business model.Amazon Music has tens of millions of active subscribers, the company tells The Verge. While analysts have often pointed to research that indicates it’s the third-largest company for on-demand streaming music (behind Spotify and Apple Music), Amazon has remained mum on confirming numbers.Beatport has acquired Pulselocker, Inc. in a strategic deal that taps into the DJ streaming and subscription service's patented technology for use in its own streaming service later this year, Billboard has learned.The deal with Saavn will catapult Reliance to the top of the heap in the OTT market.How Coca-Cola's $10 million bet on a fledgling streaming service called Spotify is about to pay off six years later -- for music, tech and brands alike.Spotify Technology SA’s stock debut just made its founders two of Sweden’s richest people.Pandora CEO Roger Lynch will lead the fireside chat "Streaming for the Latin Fan" during the Billboard Latin Conference & Awards in Las Vegas on April 23-26.The guitarist and singer for The Black Keys and The Arcs brings his Easy Eye Sound Revue to the Tiny Desk, recalling a time and sound from the '60s when southern R&B, including Nashville, was a force.It took more than three hours on Tuesday morning to get Spotify trading publicly, in a stock sale as unorthodox as streaming digital music once seemed.Analysts at the investment firm Goodwater Capital have charted how Spotify orchestrated smart product plans and growth to become a streaming music giant.Independent distributor Ingrooves announced today that it has penned a global distribution deal with Norwegian label Propeller Recordings.Spotify and Apple are in a battle over rival streaming music services, and sometimes such conflicts can turn a bit petty.PreviousNext