Share this postPlatform & StreamYouTube Remains World's De Facto Jukebox; Should Spotify Avoid a Direct Listing?Copy linkFacebookEmailNotesMoreYouTube Remains World's De Facto Jukebox; Should Spotify Avoid a Direct Listing?Platform & StreamSep 29, 2017Share this postPlatform & StreamYouTube Remains World's De Facto Jukebox; Should Spotify Avoid a Direct Listing?Copy linkFacebookEmailNotesMoreShareThe research confirms YouTube's pre-eminence as the world's de facto jukebox. 46 per cent of on-demand music streaming is from Google's video website. 75 per cent of internet users use video streaming to hear music.Streaming may (finally!) be fueling big industry growth, but Apple Music's Jimmy Iovine isn’t popping bottles quite yet. He, Zane Lowe and Larry Jackson reveal what’s needed now.The lawyer, whose clients include Taylor Swift and Adele, spoke with THR editorial director Matthew Belloni at the seventh annual Power Business Managers breakfast.David Golden of Revolution Ventures is skeptical of the direct listing process that Spotify appears to prefer.Today's watchOS 4.1 beta, seeded to developers this morning, introduces support for streaming music directly to the Apple Watch over LTE and it...Spotify has a long and sordid history of failing to pay proper mechanical royalties to creators and publishers, and has already been hit with two major class action lawsuits relating to such.Paid music-streaming services are driving the music industry's comeback in a big way.Music marketers are overrun with data in the era of social networks and streaming services, but it's making sense of that data that's important.Artists can promote their music by creating playlists on Spotify. We've put together a few Spotify playlist ideas that will have your fans pressing follow!Streaming is a major priority for Sony Music Nashville chairman/CEO Randy Goodman as he strives "to rebuild the prominence and the legacy" of the label group he took over a little more than two years ago.PreviousNext