[UPDATED] Spotify, Apple, Amazon and other companies were reportedly exempted from Facebook privacy rules and given more access to user data than the infamous Cambridge Analytica. Facebook has confirmed that Spotify also had access users’ private messages. "For years, Facebook gave some of the world’s largest technology companies more intrusive…
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WEDNESDAY 12.19.18
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This Week’s YouTube Music Charts: Ariana Grande, Ozuna
Ariana Grande keeps her hold at the top of this week’s YouTube Music Charts, Ozuna passes one billion views with “Se Preparó” and “All I Want for Christmas is You” continues climb landing at #13 this week. YouTube Music Highlights Ariana Grande’s “thank you, next” holds onto the #1 slot…
Zoe Keating Shares Spotify, Streaming Earnings 2018
Cellist and composer Zoe Keating has won legions of fans with recordings and performances that use live sampling to create a rhythmically and sonically dense, almost otherworldly sound. To her fellow independent artists, she’s also an inspiration and a thought leader. _______________________________ Snowmelt (EP) by Zoe Keating The centerpiece of…
Indie Artists, Streaming Were Big Winners In 2018 [Mark Mulligan]
Global recorded music revenues will top $18,9 billion in 2018, says MIDiA analyst Mark Mulligan in a year end wrap up. While both major and indie labels are showing strong gains, the biggest growth is among independent and diy artists whose total 2018 revenue will approach $643 million, up 35%…
How One Beat Is Killing Country Music [VIDEO]
Country music has been taken over by snap and click tracks, says music journalist Grady Smith; and it is doing the genre a disservice. "Keep in mind," says Smith "I like a handful of these songs, but the pervasiveness of this exact same beat is suffocating." Grady Smith says he’s…
Indie Band Ace Of Cups Get Shot At Stardom, 50 Years Later
60’s San Francisco music scene stalwarts The Ace of Cups have signed a record deal and are planning to hit the road for the first time – some 50 years after their first attempt. The all-girl band was part of the SF music scene in the ’60s, playing alongside acts…
Spotify Sees $1.5B Tencent Windfall As Stock Hits New Low (NASDAQ: SPOT)
The value of Spotify’s stake in Tencent Music nearly double when the Chinese music streamer went public on the New York Stock Exchange last week. Spotify’s windfall could top $1.5 billion and make the company profitable in Q4. Spotify stock closed at $120.47 Monday, a post-IPO low. In December 2017,…
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TUESDAY 12.18.18
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Jen Danielson To Head Pandora Country Programming
Pandora has named Jen Danielson as Head of Country Programming. She joins after a decade at CMT, where she was most recently Director of Music Strategy. Based in Nashville, Danielson will oversee all programming for country music at Pandora, one of the most popular genres on the streamer. At CMT…