EU regulators have approved Apple’s December 2017 acquisition of music and image recognition app Shazam. The deal should strengthen Apple Music, which is already the second most popular paid music streaming service in the Europe and the US, after Spotify. EU Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, in charge of competition policy, said…
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Spotify Sucks At Classical Music, Primephonic Launches with Better Search, Lossless, Per Second Artist Payments
Spotify is not great if you’re a fan of classical music. Not only do you have to put up with Drake on your front page, but its search can’t tell between the 3572 versions of Beethoven’s 5th. Primephonic has launched to solve those problems. ______________________ Primephonic has launched as streaming…
Family Plans Return To Bite Spotify, Streaming Platforms
In an effort to get more users hooked on their services, streaming platforms offered the Family Plan tier, allowing for multiple users on a single monthly bill and, while successful, such deals are now coming back to haunt streaming services in the form of reduced revenue. ____________________________ Guest post by…
How Streaming Is Changing Shape of Music [Mark Mulligan] Part 1
MUST READ: This is the first of two thought pieces by MIDiA analyst Mark Mulligan on how streaming is reshaping music from creation to consumption. ____________________________ By Mark Mulligan of MIDiA and the Music Industry Blog The streaming era has arrived in the music business, but the music business has…
Social Streamer Caffeine Adds $100M, Live Nation Content
Social live streamer Caffeine has announced a $100 million investment round led by Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox. The much hyped platform, founded by two of Apple’s former star designers, also announced a partnership with concert giant Live Nation. Caffeine.tv previously received $46 million in funding in two rounds led…
Verizon Adds Free Apple Music For 6 Months
Verizon is offering all Unlimited users a 6 month free Apple Music subscription, even if you’ve already tired a 90 day free trial. Verizon’s deal follows similar value-added offerings from AT&T with Tidal and T Mobile with Netflix.
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Camila Cabello Breaks Major Record For Women On Spotify
Camila Cabello has become the first female artist to pass one billion streams of a single song on Spotify. The 21 year old pop singer’s song "Havana" past the billion stream milestone on Monday, and she took to Twitter to celebrate. “my mood comin out of the plane right now…
Crash Course On Using Spotify, Other Streaming Services – For Indie Acts
Although the financial benefits may be minimal for those artists just starting out, the streaming economy is here to stay whether we like it or not, meaning that knowing your way around Spotify and other streaming services is a valuable asset for any musician or artist. _____________________ In this recent…
Spotify sells Student Plan at $0.99 for 3 months because ‘students have plenty of other things they want to spend their money on’
Discounted offer available for new users in the United States
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A2IM Backs #LOVEMUSIC Campaign, Urges Action
American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) has added its support to the #LoveMusic campaign fighting for passage of an EU proposal to modernize copyright and limit the "safe harbor" provisions that often allow YouTube, Google and other tech platforms to exploit musician’s work without proper permissions and compensation. The EU…