YouTube Music is Big in India; Spotify Wrapped = App Download Blitz; Roxette Music Streams…
YouTube Music is winning over JioSaavn, Spotify, Amazon in India — qz.com Access to the latest soundtracks.
YouTube Music is winning over JioSaavn, Spotify, Amazon in India — qz.com
Access to the latest soundtracks.
Apple and Spotify’s podcasts come to Echo devices in the US — techcrunch.com
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.
Roxette Music Streams Increase 770% Following Marie Fredriksson’s Death — www.billboard.com
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 Says Streaming Is ‘Definitely Not Doing Any Favors for the Actual Artists’ — www.digitalmusicnews.com
Slash recently gave an interview in which he decried how royalty payments have gotten worse because of music streaming, echoing comments from Zoe Keating.
Roots Music Becomes a Major Player in Video Games — www.nodepression.com
Video game music composition is big business.
Spotify Wrapped Isn’t Just a Personalized Playlist. It’s an App Download Blitz — fortune.com
In the three days after Spotify Wrapped was released, the app was downloaded more than 2 million times around the world.
It’s Not Even Christmas Yet, and Mariah Carey Already Has the Most-Streamed Song in the U.S. — www.billboard.com
It’s not yet Christmas, but that hasn’t stopped Carey’s holiday standard from accruing 35.1 million weekly U.S. streams.
SiriusXM Announces Exclusive Radio Broadcast Agreement With Rolling Loud — platformandstream.wordpress.com
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 Music, Now Available on the Free, Ad-Supported Streaming Service STIRR — platformandstream.wordpress.com
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.
TV and Film Composers Say Netflix, Other Streaming Services Insist on Buying Out Their Music Rights — www.hollywoodreporter.com
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.
TikTok owner ByteDance makes another key music hire, bringing in Tracy Gardner to negotiate with labels — www.musicbusinessworldwide.com
The move was confirmed earlier this month, with Obermann having officially joined as Vice President, Global Head of Music.
Why Spotify Has a Better Negotiating Position Than You May Think — www.fool.com
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.
Paloma Mami, Camilo and More Pandora’s Latin Artists To Watch in 2020 — www.billboard.com
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.
Spotify launches first-ever “Best of Playlists” covering 10 different genres — www.altpress.com
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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