Rhapsody’s recent announcement that it plans to launch a VR app is raising some interesting questions about how VR tech will influence the future of streaming services, and if they’ll be able to successfully bring it to a more mainstream audience. ________________________ Guest post by Cortney Harding A few days…
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Pandora Stock Up 32% On Sale Rumors
Shares of Pandora were up 2% on Friday, for a total rise of 32% in the last three weeks, as rumors grew that the popular streaming music service is up for sale. ___________________________________________ Rumors that Pandora is for sale has pushed the stock up 32% in the last 3 weeks….
It Would Take A Songwriter 288 Million Spins To Equal Average Annual Salary Of 1 Spotify Empoyee
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Millions Of Fans Are Discovering Music On Spotify [New Stats]
With 75 million users, Spotify has the potential to be a powerful music discovery and marketing tool. New stats from the streamer show that it’s already helping to boost some artists. We can only hope that Spotify remains an independent discovery channel and is not co-opted by the major labels….
Twitter Adds Easy To Create Spotify Audio Cards
Everyone is trying to crack music discovery, and Twitter is trying everything it can think of to increase engagement. These two goals come together nicely with today’s launch of easy to create Twitter Audio Cards for Spotify. _______________________________________________ Twitter has launched Twitter Audio Cards for Spotify that allow users to…
Songs Of Summer 2016 As Predicted By Pandora, Next Big Sound
Just in time for the Memorial Day unofficial summer kickoff, Pandora is sharing its Songs of Summer 2016 predictions. They’re based on Pandora and Next Big Sound data: trajectory of station adds, spins and thumbs plus insights from industry experts. Pandora’s Songs of Summer 2016 Panda- Desiigner One Dance- Drake…
You Have To Look At These Two Spotify Charts – Is The The Future Of Streaming Music
New information regarding Spotify’s financials shows that it still remains the front runner in the ongoing streaming wars, but also reveals that it may face trouble from rising rights costs and a drop in the average profit per user. ________________________ By Mark Mulligan of MiDiA and the Music Industry Blog…
DeadMau5 Soundcloud Account Hacked, Selena Gomez Tracks Leaked
DeadMau5’s SoundCloud account was hacked. We worry about our bank accounts, credit card accounts and mail being broken into, but our Soundcloud accounts? In an age where everything happens online, everything is a target. ___________________________________________ DJ and producer DeadMau5’s SoundCloud account was hacked on May 23rd, with the hackers using…
Spotify Cuts Dubset Deal To Add Millions Of Mixes
[UPDATED] First it was Apple Music and now Spotify. Dubset is bringing its MixBANK platform that identifies and pays revenue to both DJs and the artists sampled to the worlds largest streaming music service. ________________________________________________ Dubset Media announced today that it has reached an agreement with Spotify to use its…
Spotify’s Discover Weekly Is A Hit: 40M Listeners, 5B Tracks Streamed, Artists Adding Millions Of New Fans
With fanboy like zeal, I’ll admit that Spotify’s Discover Weekly is one of my favorite features on any streaming service. (Though, I’m also excited about Slacker’s new programming.) Stats from Spotify show that millions of others have also experienced the eerie accuracy with which Discover Weekly unearths great music that…