YouTube, Music Labels End Standoff, Move Toward Paid Service; SiriusXM Announces Its ‘Future Five’…
YouTube, Music Labels End Standoff, Move Toward Paid Service — www.bloomberg.com YouTube signed a new long-term agreement with the top…
YouTube, Music Labels End Standoff, Move Toward Paid Service — www.bloomberg.com
YouTube signed a new long-term agreement with the top two music labels, promising stronger policing of user uploads of copyrighted songs and paving the way for a new paid service after two years of tumultuous negotiations.
Deezer’s ‘SongCatcher’ borrows Shazam’s song ID trick — www.engadget.com
As Tidal has showed us lately, streaming is a tough business, but underdog French company Deezer is trying to keep up with its giant rivals Spotify and Apple Mu…
Watch out for Spotify — www.niemanlab.org
You have to marvel at what Spotify has been able to do. Backed by music industry investment and tech sector investment, it’s built an independent media delivery platform that successfully competes with giants.
SiriusXM Announces Its ‘Future Five’ for 2018 and ‘Class of 2017’ — variety.com
SiriusXM has revealed its “Future Five” picks-to-click for 2018 and its graduating “Class of 2017.”
What on earth is Zuckerberg planning to do in music? — www.theindustryobserver.com.au
Zuck just poached another high-profile Warner executive.
Pandora Gets Upgrade On Comcast X1 System — www.broadcastingcable.com
Pandora and Comcast said they have upgraded the way the subscribers can access the music service through the Xfinity X1 cable TV platform.
Is Secretive Virtual Reality Startup Magic Leap Dreaming Up the Future of Music? — pitchfork.com
A first look at the billion-dollar company’s potentially game-changing collaboration with Sigur Rós
Musical.ly Establishes $50 Million Creator Fund, Closes Deal With China’s Bytedance — variety.com
Musical.ly, which makes a short-form video app popular among teens, announced that it is investing up to $50 million in a fund to support its users — or “Musers,” as it calls them. Over the next two years, according to the company, the Musical.
How to Make Money on YouTube — blog.symphonicdistribution.com
There is a ton of an opportunity for individuals that have a YouTube account with original material to make revenue. Here’s how to make money on YouTube.
Music streaming sites benefit indie singers at the expense of top 100 artists — phys.org
While free or low cost music streaming sources like Spotify decrease the use of paid music platforms, such as iTunes, a new study in the INFORMS journal Marketing Science, shows they significantly increase exposure for and …
If Spotify’s worth $19bn… what’s the value of Daniel Ek’s stake? — www.musicbusinessworldwide.com
Spotify’s valuation keeps on going up and up.
Plex introduces Plexamp, a standalone music player for Windows — www.windowscentral.com
Plex is best known for its chops as a cloud media server, now it’s dipping its toes into the world of standalone music players.