Spotify is getting more social. Overnight the music streamer launched Group Playlists for Messenger, which enables group playlist creation using Facebook’s popular messaging app. ____________________________________ With Spotify’s new Group Playlists for Messenger, users can create Spotify playlists with their Facebook friends. They can create a Group Playlist, share it, and…
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How To Get Verified And Use Analytics On Shazam
Given its popular use as a music discovery platform, getting verified on Shazam can do wonder when it comes to connecting with more fans, as it frequently provides a space for fans to engage with artists before more mainstreams social networks. __________________________________ Guest post by Ta’Rikah Jones of Symphonic Distribution…
Bots, Playlists, Blockchain, Value Gap & Growth – Top Trends From #Midem 2017
Fresh from a full week at Midem 2017, Romy Harber shares some of the key trends and hot topics discussed during the event, including the role of chatbots, the future of playlists, what we can expect from blockchain tech, and much more. ______________________ Guest post by Romy Harber on MidemBlog…
With Spotify’s New "Sponsored Songs" Labels Can Pay For Song Plays
Spotify is testing "Sponsored Songs" which gives labels the ability to pay to have songs featured on the music streamer’s free tier. While "pay to play" or payola is illegal on terrestrial radio, there are no regulations that prohibit it on internet streamers like Spotify. ____________________________________________ Spotify is testing "Sponsored…
TUE. BRIEF: Royalty Exchange + $6.4M • Supremes Side with Slants • Annual Apple Music Subs • More
TUESDAY 6.20.17 Music Business News From Around The Web $6.4 million to help artists sell a portion of their royalty stream is both a testimony to music’s earning power and reminder that it’s tough to make a living as a musician Updated continuously under our More News tab
Streaming Shifting The Industry For Labels and Artists
[UPDATED] SongCast’s Mike Wright explores how the culture of music consumption has shifted from one of ‘ownership’ of content, to one of on-demand enjoyment, and how this change is impacting the entire industry, and how labels and artists choose to distribute their music. __________________________ Guest post by Mike Wright of…
Tuhin Roy Named To Senior Digital Post At UMG
Universal Music Group has named veteran digital music entrepreneur Tuhin Roy to the newly-created post of Vice President of New Digital Business. In the role, Roy will work to identify tech startups in the digital media sector as potential business partners for UMG. He will be based in UMG’s Santa…
Jay Z "4:44" Album To Be First In Series Of TIDAL, Sprint Exclusives
The music industry and streaming leader Spotify have agreed that exclusive releases should be a thing of the past, and Apple Music has said that they are moving away from them. But Jay Z and TIDAL took a big check from Sprint and early this morning announced the "first in…
MON. BRIEF: New Jay Z To Be Tidal/Sprint Exclusive • UMG To See Price Warners Contract • Iovine Revealed • More
Monday 6.19.17 Music Business News From Around The Web A Jay Z Tidal/Sprint exclusive is a reminder that, for all the talk that exclusives are dead, it’s only the size of the check that matters. Updated continuously under our More News tab
Pandora’s Financial Hole: How Deep Is It?
Yesterday, we got word that losses at Spotify had more than doublded, and we’ve known for some time that Panora has its own money woes. Chris Castle takes an opinionated look at Pandora’s current financial plight, and how far it has to go in order to extricate itself from the…