Tencent Music announced that co-president Guomin Xie has abruptly resigned. The dominate music streamer in China also reported that monthly actives increased 4.6% from 625 million in Q1 2018 to 654 million in Q1 2019. Paid monthly actives also increased by an impressive 27.4% to 28.4 million in Q1 2019….
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Spotify ‘Storyline’ Let’s Artists Tell Stories Behind Their Songs Instagram Style
Spotify is widely testing its own version of Instagram Stories for musicians and songwriters. "Storyline" provides curated commentary about each song running slideshow-style as the song plays Spotify Tests ‘Storyline’ – a Snapchat-Style Stories Feature Offering Additional Artist Content https://t.co/z7gwyGF1eW by @waxeditorial pic.twitter.com/f4fNHyltJp — MacRumors.com (@MacRumors) May 14, 2019 Currently…
SoundCloud Adds Pioneer DJ Integration
SoundCloud has launched its latest DJ software integration with Pioneer DJ. Through its We DJ app, SoundCloud users can instantly stream and mix SoundCloud’s catalog of 200 million tracks from 20 million creators. A SoundCloud Go+ premium consumer subscription is needed. Pioneer DJ joins DJ software integrations with Serato, Virtual…
Maren Morris Warns Streamers About Bro-Heavy Playlists
Marren Morris has found country music stardom with big does of help from Spotify, Apple Music and other music streamers. Her album ‘Girl’ notched 24 million streams in the US on the week of its release. But her biggest fear is the music streaming become too much like country radio….
Getting What You Want In The Music Industry Without Burning Bridges
In an industry as challenging as the music business, your practically guaranteed to find yourself in any number of difficult interpersonal situations when trying to get what you want, and navigating them without torching your network can often be a struggle. ____________________________________ Guest post by Suzanne Paulinski of TuneCore Have…
King Crimson Shades Spotify With Apple Music Exclusive
King Crimson, one of the last major streaming holdouts, has finally made its entire catalog available. In an apparent dis to market leader Spotify, the classic rockers has made all 13 albums available only on Apple Music. Pictured is the cover of the band’s "In the Court of the Crimson…
Social Media May Not Be Destroying Teenager’s Brains After All
While many people (particular those of an older generation) have been assuming for years that teens’ hefty consumption of social media has been negatively altering their brains, a new study suggests there is may actually be very little impact. _____________________________ Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 We all…
Soundstripe Raises $4M For Video Music Licensing
Nashville music tech startup Soundstripe has closed a $4 million Series A financing round led by Vocap Investment Partners. Soundstrip offers subscription based royalty-free music micro-licences to YouTubers, advertisers and other video creators. The startup reports triple digit year-over-year growth for the past three years, issuing 2 million “micro-licenses” since…
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TUESDAY 5.14.19
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