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Spotify looks to solidify their global lead with an upcoming launch in South Africa. In documents leaked to Digital Music News last Friday, Spotify now has 150 million active users worldwide. While Apple Music rapidly moves towards 30 million subscribers, the Swedish platform will soon cross the 65 million mark. Around the world, users can […]
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What’s one thing that sucks about YouTube? Portability. So Facebook just fixed that. For all of its serious flaws, YouTube still dominates music listening. And yes, a massive percentage of music video ‘viewers’ aren’t ‘watching’ anything. But they’re also not listening on-the-go. Because portability sucks on YouTube. Which might explain why about 10,000 ‘YouTube to […]
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SoundCloud may need more than its $170 million ’emergency funding’ pile to survive. According to financial projections and filings shared with Digital Music News, this is gonna take awhile. Should they have let it failed? That’s a question now haunting longtime SoundCloud investors. On August 11th, SoundCloud’s battered financiers made a gamble to keep the […]
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Mighty is a crafty solution for listening to Spotify without a phone. But is Mighty skipping out on artist royalties? It’s a hot idea with impeccable timing. And it’s a beautifully simple concept. Basically, Mighty is like an iPod shuffle, but for Spotify users. So instead of jogging to your stored music collection with your […]
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Spotify’s web player stops working on Safari a day before the iPhone 8 launch event. Coincidence? Last week, MusicWatch published a report showing that 1 in 5 iOS users stream their favorite music through Apple Music. With over one billion iOS devices sold worldwide, that number is no laughing matter. Two weeks ago, Fluent Co. […]
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Spotify has just crossed a massive milestone: 150 million active users worldwide. It’s also rapidly approaching 65 million paying subscribers. Here’s another reason why Spotify is fighting back against music publishers. They’re monstrously huge! Which means they have a lot more weight and leverage to throw around. According to details leaked to Digital Music News […]
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A linguist has used SoundCloud to show the world how the first spoken human language may have sounded. Speaking with Mic in 2015, SoundCloud co-founder and CEO Alexander Ljung shared his vision for the platform. “I want to connect every human online through the power of music and audio.” Ljung had previously explained that through […]
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Millions of people use Apple Music on iOS devices. Yet, why are people spending more time on Spotify Premium? To celebrate the model’s tenth birthday, Apple may convince you to spend up to $1,200 on an iPhone 8. Yet, with its own music service, the company has already gained many listeners on iOS devices. In […]
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Warner Music Group has just acquired Spinnin’ Records, one of the largest indie EDM labels. This morning, word leaked that Warner Music Group was finalizing its renewal with Apple Music. Just a few hours later, the label confirmed its acquisition of indie dance label Spinnin’ Records. And both deals are somewhat related. These days of […]
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Spotify’s partnership with Hulu will allow both companies to better compete against Netflix and Apple Music. Last week, Amazon offered their Music Unlimited service for $1 a month to students who had Prime. Yesterday, T-Mobile offered a free Netflix subscription to users who have a T-Mobile One or One Plus family plan. To remain relevant […]
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