Apple is recruiting a team of ‘lyrics curators’ with ‘excellent music knowledge’

Official job ad seeks person to ‘lead a team of lyrics curators with excellent… music knowledge, and attention to detail’

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Spotify Is Launching a New Cartoon Series

Looking to branch out from their already well-established music streaming platform, Spotify has launched their new cartoon series, “Deconstructed,” on YouTube. In a planned series with ATTN, the first video takes a look at EDM’s roots, how the genre became popular, and where it’s headed today. According to top multilingual tech blog Engadget, this isn’t […]

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Does High-Fidelity Music In Streaming Really Matter? Probably Not, Says a CNBC Test

With Tidal initially launching a $19.99 service for hi-fi audio fidelity, Deezer offering hi-fi as well, and an iPhone 7 without a headphone jack supposedly due to physical analog headphone jacks not being able to deliver high quality audio, music companies, music streaming companies, and manufacturers are pushing more and more for listeners to enjoy […]

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Apple now in 60 countries Spotify is not, as it launches in South Korea

Apple is now in 115 territories in total, with Spotify available in 60The post Apple now in 60 countries Spotify is not, as it launches in South Korea appeared first on Music Business Worldwide.

Apple Music Scores Exclusive Rights to Britney Spears Next Album, Glory

In its battle with online music streaming giant Spotify, Apple Music appears to have gotten the upper-hand this time around. After The New York Times reported Apple Music scored an exclusive deal with R&B singer Frank Ocean to distribute his highly-anticipated album, Boys Don’t Cry, exclusively through Apple Music for two weeks, Britney Spears took […]

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Apple Music Scores Exclusive Rights to Britney Spears Next Album, Glory

In its battle with online music streaming giant Spotify, Apple Music appears to have gotten the upper-hand this time around. After The New York Times reported Apple Music scored an exclusive deal with R&B singer Frank Ocean to distribute his highly-anticipated album, Boys Don’t Cry, exclusively through Apple Music for two weeks, Britney Spears took […]

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Why Exclusives Are Terrible for Fans, Artists, and the Streaming Music Business

Dj Skee weighs in on one of the biggest topics around in digital musicThe post Why Exclusives Are Terrible for Fans, Artists, and the Streaming Music Business appeared first on Music Business Worldwide.

Kanye West Tells Apple: ‘Give Jay Z His Check for Tidal…’

Going on another one of his all-too-common signature rants on Twitter, Kanye West sent out a tweet storm, calling on Apple and Tidal executives, along with several other big-names in the music industry to hold a meeting and calm down the “beef” between both companies. Kanye West posted on Saturday: “I need Tim Cook Jay […]

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