Spotify (NYSE:SPOT) will share its first quarter 2019 financial results on Monday, April 29, 2019 before market opens. It is the first report to investors since the streamer’s big bet on podcasting with the acquisition of Gimlet Media and Anchor. Analysts generally view Spotify earnings and stock favorably and expect…
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Taylor Swift’s ME! Breaks YouTube, Amazon Records
The Taylor Swift juggernaut plowed forward breaking multiple YouTube and Amazon records with the song and video premiere of “ME!” featuring Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco. __________________________________ On Spotify, "ME!" tallied 7.9m streams worldwide in the first 24 hours with 3.6 million coming from the U.S. On Amazon…
DotMusic Limited wins rights to .Music domain name extension
DotMusic’s Founder and CEO tweeted on Friday that the company had emerged as the successful bidder “after more than decade”.
Music Business Worldwide
Beyoncé brings it home: why concert films are big again
The genre makes financial sense for Netflix and artists, as well as offering stars the control they crave.
The Guardian
Amazon is readying a hi-def music streaming service
“It’s a better bit rate, better than CD quality,” said one source. “Amazon is working on it as we speak: they’re currently scoping out how much catalog they can get from everyone and how they’ll ingest it.”
Music Business Worldwide
L’Afrique peut devenir un grand marché de musique
Il y a beaucoup de travail à faire ensemble, mais “le potentiel est vraiment énorme. L’Afrique est en première ligne sur ce marché de demain”, a-t-il dit à l’ouverture à Dakar du “MIDEM African forum”.
All Africa
Music Think Tank Weekly Recap: Submit Hub • Networking For Introverts • Touring Budget • More
This week on MusicThinkTank, contributors shared pieces on why Submit Hub is allegedly a scam, some tricks for networking effectively as an introvert, how to tour on a budget, and more! Ben Jackson | Submit Hub – A Scam Johannes Ripkin | Networking For Introverts Sam Bowman | Touring Tips…
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
Just in case you missed something the first time around, we’re taking a moment to look back on another full week of music industry news, revisiting a big Record Store Day for vinyl, the somewhat surprising top ten global artists, the arrival of Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade’ on Spotify, three years after…
TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
This week, some of our most popular articles on Hypebot dug into the world’s most popular websites, Festify’s new utilization of Spotify which allows you to craft your dream festival, a stunning defeat of Warner Music as the company is found guilty of wrongfully withholding royalties from a ‘Vogue’ co-writer,…
Indian Streaming Service Gaana Hits 100 Million Active Users — Up 25% In 4 Months
Local Indian music streaming firm Gaana has announced its streaming service has over 100 million monthly active users. Gaana claims that it is the first Indian platform to achieve that milestone. Gaana’s Chief Executive Officer Prashan Agarwal revealed…