[UPDATED] A day after Pandora fell 6% on news that Liberty Media was in no hurry to combine the streaming music service and it’s majority-owned SiriusXM, it’s stock rebounded slightly on Tuesday, then fell back in after hours trading. ________________________________ Pandora [NYSE: P] stock rose 1.29% on Wednesday, then fell…
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Spotify Is Deleting It’s Inbox And Messaging Feature
Ever wish that you could communicate with fans and playlisters on Spotify? Forget it. At a time when most apps are encouraging communications, Spotify is deleting its own messaging system. _____________________________ Spotify has announced on it’s Community blog that it is "deprecating" the Inbox/Messages feature in the Spotify app. "Extensive…
SoundCloud 101: Guide To Making Money On SoundCloud
Similar in its design to YouTube Monetization, SoundCloud Monetization gives artists the opportunity to play ads during their tracks, giving them a chance to make actual money of SoundCloud. Here we look at how it’s done. _________________________ Guest Post by Ta’Rikah Jones on SymphonicBlog SoundCloud Monetization allows artists and labels…
The New Music Discovery [Deborah Jourdon, Deezer]
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SoundCloud Adds Robust $4.99 On Demand Streaming Plan, But Many Artists Remain Unpaid
SoundCloud has added a $4.99 per month 120 million track on demand streaming subscription tier that includes most of the features – but not all of the tracks – that it and competitors charge $9.99 for. ________________________________ SoundCloud Go today added a mid-priced subscription plan that takes its free ad-supported…
Independents Grabbed Biggest Share Of Global Music Market In 2016
Independent music companies beat out the three major music groups to capture the biggest share of the 2016 global music market in several categories including recorded music, physical goods and music publishing. ___________________________________ By Mark Mulligan of MIDiA Analysts MIDiA and Music Business Worldwide have been tracking record label and…
Dubset Scores $4 Million To License, Monetize Remixes
Dubset Media has scored a $4 million Series A funding round, led by Cue Ball Capital. Founded in 20o8, the company had previously closed two funding rounds for undisclosed rounds from investors including Rhapsody and Three Six Zero. ________________________________ Other notable participants in Dubset’ $4 million Series A round include…
Spotify Adds 3 Original Music Business Focused Podcasts
From Carpool Karaoke on Apple Music to Deezer’s "Ball’s Up," original content is the latest way that music streamers are working to make their services unique. After a splashy announcement more than a year ago promising to do the same, Spotify is slowly, but surely, adding more original programming. _______________________________…
Hypebot’s ‘Believe It Or Not’ – iTunes Is Still The Most Popular Music Platform In The U.S.
While music download sales are clearly on the decline, don’t count them out yet. According to a survey of 10,000 consumers by PayPal and SuperData, iTunes, is still the most popular music platform in the US, beating Spotify and Pandora. ______________________________ More surprising facts from the survey: 86% of music…
YouTube Unleashes Power Of Live Streaming
In addition to its new ‘Super Chat’ feature, YouTube is also seeing a rise in the success live streaming video, although this has been a part of YouTube since 2011 the popularity of such content on Facebook, and the ability to monetize it means YouTube stands to gain greatly from…