Apple Music is improving its ‘For You’ section, and reorganizing it around personalized music themes that are updated more frequently. Apple Music once touted a curator-centric approach to music discovery, but the streamer has steadily shifted to embrace Spotify-like data-driven personalization. Apple Music upgrading ‘For You’ feature based on themes,…
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Despite Streaming’s Growth, Music Industry Remains Half The Size It Was In 1999
While paid streaming subscriptions have, in many circles, been billed as the savior of the music industry, the reality is that the business is still operating at a severely reduced capacity since the devastation visited on it in the early days of digit…
Live venues are the lifeblood of the music industry
Losing them threatens the talent pipeline on which labels and promoters depend.
Financial Times
Universal close to generating $10m per day from streaming
Universal Music Group’s recorded music operation turned over €1.208bn ($1.37bn) in the first three months of 2019 – up 19.2% year-on-year at constant currency.
Music Business Worldwide
How New Age Music Journalists are Turning Their Passion Into a Music Industry Career
A lot of people that want to be in the music industry don’t know how the business works and educating themselves first about what they’re getting into is important.
Complex
Amazon pourrait concurrencer Spotify en lançant un service de musique gratuit
Le géant du e-commerce pourrait proposer un service musical gratuit dès les prochains jours.
Clubic
Spotify’s New Ad Metrics Reveal What Happens After A Click
While Spotify’s Ad Studio feature (available to artists since 2017) has proven to be effective as a promotional tool, the behind the scenes of why was something of a mystery, at least until now. The streaming platform’s new ad metrics give artists a much more transparent understanding of what happens…
5 Essential Resources For Help Release Your Next Album
Saturated though the marketplace may be, the internet is still one of the best resources at your disposal as a small independent artist for getting the word out about your next release and getting it into the ears of new listeners. Here we look at five fantastic online resources for…
Many Spotify, Apple Music Subscribers Share Passwords Costing Artists, Labels Millions
A survey of 1000 streaming service subscribers showed that many share their passwords with others, breaking terms of service. Apple Music subscribers were the biggest offenders among music services, with 31.4% admitting to sharing their passwords with others. 22.2% of Spotify subscribers and 13,5% of Pandora users shared their passwords,…