Troubled music streaming service Guvera has failed to pay promised severance and other monies due former staffers in the U.S and South America. ____________________ Guvera closed offices and pulled its service from Australia, United States, Latin America, Russia and Europe after a failed attempt to launch an IPO on the…
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Spotify Acquires Preact To Help Boost Paid Subscriptions
As Spotify’s label renegotiaions have dragged on, we’ve heard repeatedly that boosting paid subscriptions is a top priority for rightsholders. Today’s acquisition of Preact could help the music streamer accomplish that, without having to drastically alter the freemium tier that has driven strong user growth. _________________________ Spotify has acquired San…
Apple To Lower The Price Of Apple Music, Claims Dubious Report
Apple is planning to lower the price of Apple Music, a source has reportedly told Digital Music News. The story doesn’t add up, given what is known about Apple’s deals with rightsholders. But the tech media has picked up the piece, ignoring or downplaying DMN’s history of "scoops" that turn…
Spotify App Control Of Sonos Launches In Public Beta
One of the most requested additions of Sonos users – the ability to control Sonos wireless speakers directly from the Spotify app using the music streamer’s Connect feature – is rolling out in public beta today. ________________________ Users must be a member of Sonos’ beta testing program. Get more details…
Non-Discretionary Pricing: Why Spotify Costs 63% More In UK Than US [Mark Mulligan]
The price of streaming music subscriptions is a contentious ongoing debate within the industry. Is $10 per month too much or too little. Would twice as many people pay if a subscription were half the price? It’s a complex question that the industry has answered badly with pricing that means…
3 Reasons No One Is Listening To Your Music
If you’re latest music release doesn’t seem to be getting as many play counts or views as you’d like to see, there could be a number of reasons why. Here we look at three of the most common reasons why your tunes aren’t getting the preferred amount of traffic. _____________________________…
Shunned By Radio, Hard Rock Is Still Alive And Well In America
In this piece Glenn Peoples looks at hard rock and metal’s roll in the industry, for although the style of music has little to no prevalence on commercial radio, new tracks are gaining popularity on streaming services like Pandora. ____________________________ Guest post by Glenn Peoples, Music Insights and Analytics at…
Are Higher Royalty Payments Really Coming Soon From Sirius XM?
One of the main gripes from artists and publishers in the streaming era has been that regarding low royalty payouts, this could be about to change however, at least for Sirius XM, if SoundExchange’s newly proposed rate increase comes to fruition. __________________________ Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0…
Shawn Mendes, Ariana Grande, Chance The Rapper Top Spotify 25 Under 25 List
Spotify has released a 25 Under 25 list featuring the most played under the age of 25 based on stats from the music streamer. Eighteen-year-old Shawn Mendes tops the list followed by Ariana Grande, Chance the Rapper, Martin Garrix and Justin Bieber. 25 Under 25 Shawn Mendes: Shawn Mendes started…
Pandora To ‘Unveil’ On Demand Streaming Music Service On Dec. 6th
Wall Street was not kind to Pandora this week after the music streamer announced its third straight quarterly loss and a second straight quarter of falling active listenership. Turnaround hopes center on the launch of an on demand music streaming service. _________________________________ Pandora will unveil its promised $9.99-a-month on-demand music…