Category archives: Apple Music

Genius Names Apple Music as its Official Music Service, Not Spotify

Genius’ partnership with Apple Music will give the company a key advantage in three key markets – the US, Canada, and Japan. Genius, a music encyclopedia and lyrics database, has announced a new deal with Apple Music. The partnership brings lyrics to “…

Genius is bringing lyrics to Apple Music – but it’s also sticking with Spotify

Genius makes Apple Music its official music player
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Genius, Apple Music Partner For Lyrics, Player

The Genius crowd-driven lyrics database is now available on Apple Music as part of an expanded partnership. Apple Music subscribers who visit Genius will also be able to play full tracks from the song page by signing into their Apple Music account. Genius now provides the lyrics to thousands of…

Chance the Rapper Could’ve Netted $20 Million from Apple Music

Has Apple Music truly given up on the bane of the music industry – streaming exclusives? Several years ago, to promote its fledgling streaming music service, Apple engaged in a very unique business practice. In exchange for an undisclosed sum of money,…

Canadian Music Organization Proposes Forced Copyright Levy on Every Canadian Internet User

Because the Screen Composers Guild of Canada has failed to update its business model, now, all Canadian users should pay the price just for using the internet. The Screen Composers Guild of Canada (SCGC) has an interesting – if not draconian – idea. At…

Arithmetic Online: The Ethical Pool Solution To Streaming Royalty Allocation

Fans and artists alike are currently more than a little a displeased by the "Big Pool" method with which streaming services calculate how artists get paid. Here we explore an alternative method of calculating these royalties dubbed the "Ethical Pool Solution" which would allow listeners to direct royalties only to…

Apple Music poaches the BBC’s leading hip-hop radio DJ, Charlie Sloth

Sloth joins George Ergatoudis, Ryan Newman, Zane Lowe and other ex-Radio 1 tastemakers at Apple
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Ministry of Sound, Apple Music Deal = No Spotify Playlists

Apple Music and indie dance label Ministry of Sound have struck an exclusive playlist deal, according to multiple sources. The deal effectively means that all of Ministry Of Sounds many popular playlists will only be available on Apple Music The exclusive deal with Apple Music begins Thursday Oct. 4th. It’s…

Apple’s buyout of Shazam: 5 reasons it could change music streaming forever

How the world’s leading voice-recognition app could shake up the streaming game
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