Category archives: Music Tech

Does Ticketmaster Finally Have A Rival?

Former Ticketmaster CEO Nathan Hubbard’s new Rival Ticketing has signed its first client, Kroenke Sports & Entertainment’s Altitude Tickets, putting it in a position to compete with Ticketmaster, at least on paper. “Anyone looking for a not-so-subtle hint that’s he’s planning to disrupt the ticketing space could probably point to…

Spotify Passed 200 Million Active Users At End Of 2018

[UPDATED] Spotify passed 200 million monthly active at the end of 2018, Dustee Jenkins, Spotify Head Of Global Communications shared during an interview at CES yesterday. Jenkins promoted the streamer’s push into podcasts and shared that podcast listeners also consume more music than average on the platform. Spotify had 191…

New Type Of Ad Coming From Spotify

While nobody loves commercials, they’re an essential part of how Spotify’s free tier operates. The streaming service will trying something new, however, by allowing outside advertisers to "sponsor" the incredibly popular user-specific "Discover Weekly" playlists. ___________________________ Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 We all hate commercials of any…

Amazon Adds 1 Million Reasons Not To Use Your Car Radio

Amazon is bringing Alexa voice control to the car. Announced in September, the Echo Auto is finally shipping to the more than one million drivers that pre-ordered it. To boost sales farther, the Echo Auto is on sale for $24.99, a 50% savings. Add free Spotify and TuneIn accounts and…

Deezer Has 14 Million Users, 7 Million Paid

Deezer has shared that it ended 2018 with 14 million active monthly users, of which 7 million are paying subscribers. About half of its paid users are in the music streamer’s home country of France. “Four years ago, 80% of the revenue was telco-driven, of which the majority was coming…

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Think You Can You Make Spotify Better? Here’s A Job For You

There are no shortage of opinions as to how to make Spotify better for users, artists, record labels and music publishers. If you’re one of those folks that’s really convinced you have the answers and the experience, Spotify has a job for you. The music streamer has posted a job…

Will Robot’s Top The Chart? Musician’s Voice In Age Of AI

Here Marc G Tan looks ahead to future where artificial intelligence has become an integral part of the creative music process, and why it may or may not be the creative machine apocalypse which many people in the music business seem to fear. _________________________ Guest post by Marc G Tan…

SiriusXM Paid Subscribers Top 34 Million

SiriusXM has added approximately 1.3 million net subscribers to end 2018 with for 34 million total paid subscribers, including those that come with new car sales and from other sources. Shares rose 2.09% in pre-market trading Wednesday. Looking at just self pay subscribers, the satellite broadcaster added 1.4 million self-pay…