Spotify has launched an integration with Snapchat that allows users to share music and podcasts directly through Snapchat Stories. The feature is rolling out soon across iOS and Android devices starting today. Sharing to Snapchat is the latest in a series of social media integrations including with Instagram and Facebook…
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Snapchat Reportedly in Talks with Sony, Warner, and Universal to License Songs
To better compete against Facebook’s Instagram and ByteDance’s TikTok, Snapchat’s parent company has now started new negotiations with all three major labels. Snap has previously secured case-to-case licenses for individual artists’ music on its popula…
Snapchat in talks with majors to expand music use in posts – report
Negotiations ongoing according to Wall Street Journal
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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
Just in case you missed something the first time around, we’re taking a moment to look back on another full week of music industry news, revisiting a big Record Store Day for vinyl, the somewhat surprising top ten global artists, the arrival of Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade’ on Spotify, three years after…
Snapchat Is Back (Sort Of) But investor Still Aren’t Happy
Snapchat’s user base is finally growing again, though not dramatically enough for investors. The social channel added 4 million daily active users last quarter, marking its first gain in a year. Snapchat now has 190 million DAUs, up from 186 million at the end of 2018. That was also 3…
Snapchat May Launch Its Own Gaming Service Next Month
It will reportedly make the announcement at its developer conference on April 4th.
Snapchat Ads For Indie Artists, Labels
Advertising via social media is fairly common in the industry now, and Snapchat is no exception. Here we look at why more independent artists should be using the platform for promotion, as well as exactly how they can go about doing it. _________________________ Guest post by Alara Saygi of the…
Social Media In U.S. Has Stopped Growing
Here are some stark statistics for those who rely on social media to market music: In the United States Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat are no longer adding new users. In fact Facebook’s daily user base has been the same for the 9 months. Twitter and Snapchat both actually lost users…
Influencer Luka Sabbat Sued for Not Shilling Snapchat Spectacles on Instagram
2018, amirite?
Snapchat Just Lost 2 Million Daily Users
As part of a quarterly earnings report, Snapchat shared that it had last 2 million active daily users in the last three months. With 186 million users, Snapchat still has impressive reach. But pressure from Facebook and Instagram and an unpopular redesign spell trouble for the social network.