Category archives: Apple Music

The real story of Drake, Spotify, Apple Music and the record-breaking streams of Scorpion

Spotify had a bigger worldwide number in week one – but Apple was king of the US
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Google Spends Over $36 Million to Scuttle the European Union’s Copyright Directive Initiative

Just how far is Google willing to go to avoid paying artists what’s fair? Several weeks ago, the European Union Legal Affairs Committee ruled on a controversial measure.  Dubbed Article 13, internet tech giants – including Facebook, Google, Microsoft –…

How did Apple Music crush Spotify’s day-one streams of Drake’s new album?

Why 170m vs. 132m doesn’t seem to add up – until you dig into the factors surrounding it
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Apple is launching a subscription bundle including music, TV and news – report

Is the future of subscriptions in multimedia?
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Latest Industry: ¡Viva Latino!, Sony Music, Prince, Sony/ATV, Viagogo, SoundCloud, LANDR, More…

Spotify announces headliners for ¡Viva Latino! concert series. The all-powerful playlist continues to evolve beyond streaming.  Accordingly, Spotify has just announced its ¡Viva Latino! live concert series, produced by Cardenas Marketing Network (CMN)….

YouTube Views Will Now Count in UK Singles Chart

The Official Charts Company won’t count ‘spam’ YouTube music video plays, so, tough luck, Chris Brown. The Official Charts Company (OCC) has announced it will now include music video plays from YouTube in its UK Singles chart.  The move comes after the…

Latest Industry: Festival Harassment, Jimmy Wopo, Fyre Festival, Vkontakte, Jay-Z+Puma, More…

Nearly half of all female festivalgoers are sexually harassed. According to a new study from YouGov, nearly half of all female festivalgoers faced unwanted sexual behavior at events.  Surveying 1,188 male and female festivalgoers in the UK, 22% faced a…

Latest Industry: Parlophone, Columbia, Spotify Exodus, Apple Music, Mass Appeal, UMG, Alicia Keys, More…

A Danish court sentences anti-piracy lawyers to prison. A court in Denmark has sentenced three anti-piracy lawyers to more than ten years in prison.  They had siphoned millions of dollars from the movie and TV industries while working at the Johan Schl…