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Amazon Alexa can now play podcasts from Apple, making Amazon’s line of Echo devices the first third-party clients to support the Apple Podcasts service without using AirPlay.
Fans of the pop duo Roxette have been remembering the act’s late Marie Fredriksson by streaming Roxette’s music in great quantities, according to initial reports to Nielsen Music.
Slash recently gave an interview in which he decried how royalty payments have gotten worse because of music streaming, echoing comments from Zoe Keating.
Video game music composition is big business.
In the three days after Spotify Wrapped was released, the app was downloaded more than 2 million times around the world.
It’s not yet Christmas, but that hasn’t stopped Carey’s holiday standard from accruing 35.1 million weekly U.S. streams.
SiriusXM announced that it will be the exclusive radio broadcast platform for premier hip-hop festival, Rolling Loud, in Los Angeles, Miami, the Bay Area, and New York City.
Stingray announced the launch of Stingray Music’s audio linear channels in the U.S. on STIRR, a free, ad-supported streaming service owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group available online.
At the end of October, close to 90 composers and songwriters from around the world traveled to Budapest to discuss a contentious issue: streaming services’ efforts to upend how composers are compensated for their work.
The move was confirmed earlier this month, with Obermann having officially joined as Vice President, Global Head of Music.
The streaming service and the music labels need each other, and the bargaining power is more balanced than many investors appreciate. But it's shifting in one direction.
The 2020 class of Pandora Latin Artists to Watch was compiled after examining distinct Latin markets, taking cues from Pandora listeners and leveraging industry insight.
For the first time ever, Spotify has included a "Best of Playlists" portion in its "Wrapped" campaign that features the best of ten different genres.
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