Which music streaming service pays musicians and songwriters the most most per stream? As Spotify goes public, Apple Music picks up steam and YouTube prepares to launch a new paid music service, Statista dug into the latest stats to find out. Overview: While Spotify cut new lower royalty deals with…
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5 Tips To Boost Your Spotify Streams Legally
With Spotify now becoming one of the best ways to showcase new music, artists are eager for ways to get their music on the platform and quickly see results. Here we look at five different avenues for getting your music into the ears of potential fans via Spotify. _____________________________ Guest…
Spotify Stock Struggles On Day 2, Live Nation Rises
UPDATE Wednesday After The Close: Spotify stock struggled on day two of trading Tuesday, but Live Nation stock appeared to be recovering from two days of declines, after a New York Times story that it was being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice. The NYSE had a choppy day…
Meme Delivers Fleetwood Mac Hit 41 Years After Release
Fleetwood Mac’s "Dreams" has entered the Billboard’s Hot Rock Songs chart at #14, that’s 41 years after it was first released as a single from their hit album Rumours. It’s all thanks to a Twitter meme which has been retweeted 311,000 times and liked more than 135,00 times. Fleetwood Mac…
Spotify Ends Solid First Trading Day At $26.7B Valuation
Spotify stock ended its first day as a public company with a valuation of $26.7 billion. The stock closed at $149.95 as more than 3o million shares traded hands at between $148.26 to and $169. The closing price was 14% of the $132 reference price set by the New York…
Spotify [SPOT] Stock Trading At $161.24
Spotify stock was trading in the $161.24 per share range as of 1:30 PM ET on Tuesday, with bids reaching as high as $169 That’s well above the $132 reference price set by the New York Stock Exchange for the streamer’s opening day. If the price holds, it would value…
How Musicians Can Use Pandora AMP, Next Big Sound To Build An Audience
In this piece Chris Robley of CDBaby details how artists can utilize the tools and data provided by both Pandora’s Artist Marketing Platform as well as Next Big Sound to market their live shows and new releases. By Chris Robley of CDBaby. This first appeared on their DIY Musician blog….
It’s D(PO)-Day For Spotify [SPOT] – Mark Mulligan
Today is the day that Spotify debuts on the New York Stock Exchange. Analysts expect a bumpy ride, but while top music industry analyst Mark Mulligan of MIDiA is interested in today, he’s also eying what happens next for the streamer and offers context for today’s media circus. By Mark…
Spotify [SPOT] $132 Reference Stock Price Set For Debut Today
UPDATED: The New York Stock Exchange has set a $132 reference price for today’s Spotify stock debut. More a guide then a rule, the actual opening price will be set just prior to today’s 9:30 AM bell, based on buy and sell orders collected by the NYSE from brokers and…
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek On Todays’ Stock Offering: "We are only in the second inning."
UPDATE: As Spotify’s first public stock offering debuts, co-founder and CEO Daniel Ek is urging both excitement and caution. "Our focus isn’t on the initial splash," writes Ek in a blog post, "Instead, we will be working on trying to build, plan, and imagine for the long term." ______________________________________ Most…