Playlist distribution and sharing app Soundgood has announced a new integration with Napster and an improved integration with Apple Music. The app, which enables playlist distribution and updates to multiple streamers simultaneously, is used by 19,000 influencers and music companies. Along with thousands of musicians and playlisters, all three major…
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Spotify Fans First Team Shares Interpol Success Story
Spotify details how artists are utilizing the streaming platform as a tool to reward their most devoted fans through their experimental Fans First team, which gives listener’s a chance to personally connect with their idols. _________________________ By Garrett Kamps of Spotify and their free marketing toolkit and blog Spotify For…
Thought Streaming Royalties Were Bad? Radio Airplay Royalties Even Worse
Almost since its inception, streaming has often been maligned in the industry for the pittance which it pays out to artists, and while this criticism is often merited, things are actually much worse in the world of old-school radio play. ______________________________ Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 Artists…
Spotify Stock Behavior Is Being Misread
Chris Castle of Music Technology Policy offers an alternative interpretation of Spotify’s recent stock behavior, including how the streamer is taking a much tougher approach with labels and other rights holders. _______________________ Guest post by Chris Castle of Music Technology Policy We live in an era of fraud in America….
Is Troy Carter Leaving Spotify? Fresh Rumors Claim Epic Move
Is Troy Carter leaving Spotify? Rumor spread that Spotfiy’s global head of creator services was leaving after the streamer’s new ‘hate and hurtful’ policy banned XXXTentacion, R Kelly and others from official playlists. While concerned that the policy smacked of censorship, Carter denied the rumors. Now, they’ve resurfaced with a…
XXXTentacion Shot Dead, Spotify Re-Adds Tracks To RapCavier, Other Playlists
XXXTentacion was pronounced dead following a robbery and shooting in south Florida. As news of his death spread, Spotify, which just weeks before had banned the controversial 20 year old rapper from its official playlists after accusations of domestic violence, added two of his tracks to the top of the…
YouTube Music Launches In 17 Countries, Red Re-brands As YouTube Premium
YouTube’s newest subscription service, YouTube Music, is now available to all users in the U.S, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico and South Korea, in addition to 12 new countries: Austria, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Russia, Spain, Sweden and the UK. Built on top of YouTube and its massive…
D.I.Y. Spotify Playlist Promotion with Crosshair Music
Garrison Snell CEO of Crosshair Music and Gyrosity Projects joins Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert on the Music Biz Weekly podcast to discuss the self-service platform, Crosshair Music, for submitting music to playlists. Their mission is to affordably connect musicians directly to the playlist curators and social influencers who can…
Sony Predicts Growth Slowdown For Music Industry
The recorded music industry has been on the up and up for the past few years, seeing double digit growth thanks to the magic of streaming. As with so many good things, however, doomsayers at Sony are predicting this precipitous growth will soon come to an end. ____________________________ Guest post…
Beyoncé, Jay-Z New Joint Release Now On Spotify, Amazon, Pandora [LISTEN]
"Everything Is Love" by The Carters, the first joint release by Beyoncé and Jay-Z, is now available to stream on Spotify, Pandora and Amazon Music. The roll out to other music services comes less that 36 hours after the album was released as a Tidal streaming exclusive. LISTEN: One track…