Business, Services And Guides For Music Labels
What is the real difference between SoundCloud and SoundCloud Go? Prior to SoundCloud launching its paid subscription service – SoundCloud Go, the platform offered a catalog of over 100 million songs ad-free, and for free. SoundCloud has always been notorious for being a free, easy-to-use platform which provides unique content, and allows up-and-coming artists and DJs […]
The post Is There Any Point In Paying For SoundCloud Go? appeared first on Digital Music News.
Stormzy, a rising UK Rapper/Grime artist speaks out on police brutality. Stormzy, real name Michael Omari, says…”this isn’t me speaking out because it looks politically correct or because it’s the right thing to do coz I proper couldn’t give a flying f*ck tbh. this is coming from Michael a black man who has had enough of […]
The post UK Artist Stormzy: ‘Stop killing my f*cking people’ appeared first on Digital Music News.
”We are sick and tired of the killings of young men and women in our communities. It is up to us to take a stand and demand that they ‘stop killing us. We don’t need sympathy. We need everyone to respect our lives We’re going to stand up as a community and fight against anyone who […]
The post Beyonce’s Reaction To US Police Killing Alton Sterling and Philandro Castille appeared first on Digital Music News.
Chance The Rapper asks ”Is there any situation where police get arrested? Or convicted?” Yesterday a video of a US police officer killing a young African-American man whilst his 4-year old daughter sat in the backseat of the car, and his girlfriend sat in the passenger seat, surfaced on the internet. The graphic video shocked […]
The post Chance The Rapper Speaks Out On Philando Castile Killing appeared first on Digital Music News.
The latest executive shuffles across the music industry… International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has appointed Dr David Price as Director of Insights and Analysis. Price has worked for IFPI since 2014, and started in the role of Head of Anti-Piracy Research and Analysis. In his new role, Price will be responsible for managing the Insight team, […]
The post Executive Shuffle: IFPI, Deezer, Apple Music, ADA… appeared first on Digital Music News.
Want to Stop Piracy? Try 10 Year Jail Sentences… The UK’s current copyright legislation is set for an overhaul due to the introduction of the digital economy bill. This bill has been focused on implementing harsher sentences for online piracy. The current legislation states that the maximum prison sentence for online copyright infringement is two years, and […]
The post UK Introduces 10 Year Prison Sentence To Combat Online Piracy appeared first on Digital Music News.
StubHub hacker gets up to 12 years in prison… The ringleader of an international ticket scam who led a group of five men which targeted the online ticket exchange company, StubHub was sentenced to 12 years in prison by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. The ring of men hacked StubHub users, stole online personal information and credit […]
The post StubHub Hacker Gets Up To 12 Years In Prison Over $1 Million Ticket Scam appeared first on Digital Music News.
But, is this enough to convert its 175 million users to its paid subscription service ‘SoundCloud Go’? Earlier in the year SoundCloud announced the addition of a stations feature. Now, the streaming service has announced an update to this feature which allow users to discover music in what SoundCloud calls ”a lean back, seamless listening experience”. […]
The post SoundCloud Amps Up Music Discovery To Compete With Spotify and Apple Music appeared first on Digital Music News.
Spotify stays ahead of competition… According to a report by MBW, Spotify has hit 37 million paying subscribers, adding approximately 2 million paying users a month in the last quarter alone. If these figures are correct, it means that June was the fastest growth period for the streaming service since launching in 2008. It would also represent […]
The post Spotify Boosts Paying Subscribers by 23%… appeared first on Digital Music News.
Apple Music will never catch up to Spotify if people keep cancelling their subscriptions… Last week, Cowen’s John Blackledge and Tim Arcuri shared some information in a recent report, on the rate of which Spotify and Apple Music lose subscribers on a monthly basis. According to Cowen, Apple Music have a subscriber churn rate of 6.4% […]
The post Apple Music Loses 3 Times More Users A Month Than Spotify appeared first on Digital Music News.