For the past month or so, Spotify users have remained vocal in their disappointment over a recent update on Android. With the service now reaching 217 million monthly active users (MAUs), it’s only natural a user base this large would remain vocal on a…
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Amazon Will Spend $7 Billion This Year in Video and Music Content Alone
Can Amazon overtake rivals in both the streaming video and streaming music markets? In order to take on streaming video giant Netflix, Apple unveiled a $1 billion spending plan on original content. Unsurprisingly, the Cupertino company’s strategy won’t…
Spotify’s Q1 2019 — 100 Million Subscribers & $159 Million in Net Loss
Spotify has reached 100 million subscribers. But, its losses continuing spiraling out of control. Earlier this morning, Swedish streaming music giant Spotify published its financial report for the first fiscal quarter of 2019 (Q1 2019). First, the goo…
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…
Hayley of Paramore Blasts Spotify’s Genius for Posting ‘Lies’ and Refusing to Respond to Complaints
Spotify’s partnership with Genius to provide ‘Behind the Lyrics’ information is resulting in flat-out ‘lies,’ according to Hayley Williams of Paramore. The singer took her frustration with the situation to Twitter, where she addressed the company direc…
Indian High Court Orders Spotify to Delete 120,000 Songs
Things haven’t gone so well for Spotify in India. Two months ago, Spotify finally launched in India. At first, everything seemed to go well for the streaming music giant. In its first week, the company announced that it had reached 1 million users on i…
Beyoncé’s Lemonade Drops on All Major Streaming Music Platforms
Three years ago today, Beyoncé released her critically-acclaimed album, Lemonade, exclusively on Jay-Z’s streaming music platform, TIDAL. The female singer didn’t make the same mistake Kanye West had. On social media, West vowed never to release his al…
Beyonce Reportedly Received $60 Million for a Three-Project Netflix Deal
Beyonce has inked a $60 million project deal with Netflix, according to details now emerging. According to a report from Variety this weekend, Beyonce has signed a three-part deal producing multiple projects with the streaming company. Homecoming, the …
Spotify Zombie App Alert: Android Installs Cross a Record 500 Million
Spotify has surpassed 500 million downloads on Android, despite having only 207 million monthly active users. How many ‘zombie apps’ does Spotify have? According to the latest Google Play Store counts, Android devices alone have 500 million total Spot…
Following $43 Million in Losses in 2018, NetEase Cloud Music Partners with Japan’s Nippon Columbia
NetEase Cloud Music has been on the move as of late. Late last year, and ahead of Tencent Music’s fabled IPO launch, the Chinese streaming music giant had closed an important financing round. NetEase Cloud Music raised $600 million in funding. Strateg…