A new report claims the Chinese company behind TikTok plans to launch a music streaming service. ByteDance could launch the new music streaming service before the end of 2019. The Financial Times broke the report, claiming music executives are keen to …
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Apple Music Launches Replay — Borrowing Spotify’s Wrapped Playlist
Apple Music Replay is a new playlist that tracks your most popular tracks over the year. It’s similar to Spotify’s Wrapped — with one key difference. The Replay playlist offers musical highlights to users, including the most listened artis…
What U.S. Government Investigation? TikTok Is Testing Out Buy Links
In spite of a U.S. government investigation into its business practices, TikTok is continuing to move forward with its app, by testing out new e-commerce capabilities. Fabian Bern, who is the founder of a Chinese influencer marketing agency called Upla…
Deezer Inks Deal With Emirates Airline For Seat-back Playlists
Deezer has signed a deal with Emirates airline to give passengers access to exclusive in-flight playlists. Deezer launched in the Middle East and North Africa last year in October. The French music streaming company signed a deal with Rotana — the Ar…
Apple Music, TV, News ‘Mega-Bundle’ Arriving In 2020 — Report Claims
A new report suggests Apple will bundle its News+, Apple TV+, and Apple Music subscriptions. The new ‘mega-bundle’ for Apple users could arrive in 2020. Bloomberg reports that Apple is considering the bundle to gain more subscribers overall…
Facebook Spent Six Months Trying to Acquire Musical.ly In 2016 — Now, It’s Flat-Out Copying It
According to recent reports, Facebook spent six months in 2016 trying to acquire Musical.ly — the Chinese lip-syncing app that became TikTok. Sources speaking with Bloomberg and Buzzfeed report that Facebook hoped to acquire Musical.ly to break into t…
Spotify Delivers ‘Location-Aware’ 3D Augmented Reality Playlists
The Spotify Magic Leap app has launched, bringing music streaming to the augmented reality platform. The app displays a location-aware 3D Spotify interface. The app requires a Spotify Premium subscription to use. The Magic Leap One mixed reality headse…
Looks Like Amazon Music Unlimited Is Getting Music Videos Soon
Amazon Music Unlimited may soon feature music video content sooner than you think. A report suggests the launch could be within the next few weeks. Hot of the heels of launching HD music streaming, Amazon is turning to music videos. Music Ally reports…
Amazon Music HD Recruits Neil Young to Peddle High Def Audio Content
Amazon is the first major streaming service to offer high definition “lossless audio.” Now the service has recruited Neil Young to promote its new offering. While Tidal and Deezer both offer high-definition audio tracks, Amazon is the first…
YouTube Music Is Now One of the Most-Downloaded Apps In the World
A new report from an analytics firm reveals YouTube Music is one of the most-downloaded music apps. Sensor Tower released its data for Q3 2019 to show the most popular apps. WhatsApp reigns supreme with 184 million first-time installs. It has held that…