Just a week after Spotify announced a new multi-year licensing deal with Universal Music, the music streamer has cut a similar deal with Merlin on behalf of thousands of independent labels globally. Indie music has been a huge part of our success since day one & I am super happy…
Category archives: Music Tech
At 32 Million Subscribers, Apple Music Challenges Spotify As Streaming Leader
Although Spotify is generally touted as being the front runner in streaming world with it’s 51 million plus subscribers, new controversial data suggests that Apple Music may be on course to emerge the dominant player and, in some areas, may have even overtaken Spotify already. _________________________ Guest post by Bobby…
THU. BRIEF: Prince EP Banned • Apple Music Scores Clive Davis Doc • Is Bose Eavesdropping? • More
Thursday 4.20.17 Music Business News From Around The Web It was strange seeing the streamers tout a release that they knew was destined to be banned. Updated continuously under our More News tab
Jamendo Reports 50% Licensing Growth For 5000+ Indie Artists
I ndie hub Jamendo is reporting 50% growth for its music licensing platform. 5000 of the 40,000 indie artists that have uploaded music to the platform have licensed a total of 200,000 tracks. Jamendo is a worldwide community of independent music. 40,000 artists have uploaded more than 500,000 tracks to…
Spotify Premium For Students Adds 50% OFF Subscriptions In 33 More Countries, Partners with SheerID
[UPDATED] Spotify has launched its Spotify Premium for Students in 33 new countries. Spotify Premium for Students allows all registered students to enjoy Spotify Premium, including all of the benefits that come with being a Premium subscriber, for about half of the the standard local price. _________________________________ _____________________________ Spotify has…
WED. BRIEF: Spotify, Apple, Analytics, #AR @ F8 • New Prince EP Draws Lawsuit • ASCAP Expo Recap • More
Wednesday 4.19.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Interesting music related announcements at Facebook’s F8 yesterday, but still no overarching music strategy or or promise of payments to rightsholders. Updated continuously under our More News tab
Facebook Announces Full Spotify, Apple Music Messenger Integrations
UPDATED: "Music will play a much larger roll in messenger this year," promised Facebook’s head of the Messenger platform David Marcus on stage Tuesday during Facebook’s F8 developer conference before announcing two key integrations. _________________________________ Spotify is now fully integrated into the Facebook Messenger app, the social media giant announced…
Spotify Has Launched A Facebook Messenger Bot For Music Discovery And Sharing
UPDATE 2: Spotify has launched a bot for Facebook Messenger that lets friends share music within chats. The bot includes search, recommendations, sharing a 30 second song clip within Messenger, or launching Spotify to hear the full song. Spotify has created a bot for Facebook Messenger that lets friends discover…
Streaming May Have Slowed Piracy, But It Certainly Hasn’t Stopped It [CHART]
The convenience of streaming has unquestionably slowed music piracy. But it certainly has not stopped it. According to a late 2016 study by Ipsos for the IFPI which surveyed 12,600 internet users in 13 countries, more than 1/3 said they had still accessed copyright infringing music over the previous 6…
TUE. BRIEF: Cash Money Sued For Missing Drake $’s • CAA Launches In China • Grammy Museum, Foundation Merge
Tuesday 4.18.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Cash Money appears determined to keep alive the tradition of the dishonest record label. Updated continuously under our More News tab Related articles Streaming services aren’t the future of music – they’re the new normal "Many Record Label Owners do not…