Spotify stock closed at $125.68 on Friday, ticking up slightly from an all time day-end low of $125.55 the day before. In late July, Spotify’s stock was soaring at $196.28, raising the streamer’s market cap to $35.3 billion. 5 months later the Spotify market cap has fallen more than $12…
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T-Series Poised To Reshape Global Culture As Biggest YouTube Channel Ever [Mark Mulligan]
T-Series, the biggest global music label and and movies studio that you’ve likely never heard of, is within weeks of surpassing PewDiePie as the world’s biggest YouTube Channel with more than 75 million subscribers. It’s also the company that Spotify just cut a deal with as its preps entry into…
SoundExchange Names Digital Radio’s Top Tracks and Breakout Artists Of 2018
Soundexchange is sharing its Top Track and Breakout Artists of 2018 based on airplay from digital radio services including satellite, internet and cable radio. Pandora and SiriusXm are among the survey’s largest reporters. Ed Sheeran and his "Perfect" were the #1 most streamed track on digital radio this year according…
Apple Music Shuts Artist-To-Fan Social Platform Connect, Redesigns Artists Pages, Radio
Apple Music is shutting down its Connect artist to fan social platform. Apple’s previous attempt at building a music focused social network, iTunes Ping, launched and shutters in months. Apple began notifying artists that they could no longer post on Connect amd previously posted content was being removed from the…
SoundCloud launches first DJ software integration with Serato
SoundCloud users will be able to stream and mix tracks from the service’s catalog with Serato
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The Evolution Of 3rd Party Playlists
While a lot of airtime and marketing energy is put into landing a track on an official playlist, less attention is given to thriving sub-industry of third-party playlisting, and how artists can use it to their advantage. ______________________ Guest post from AWAL AWAL’s Decoded dismantles big topics into manageable insights…
YouTube Music Turns Charts Into Playlists In 29 Markets
YouTube Music is adding playlists for YouTube Charts in 29 markets. Each will get five chart playlists – three specific to the country and two global. With 1B monthly users, the charts and playlists offer a unique global overview, alongside a local snapshot. Users can also add their favorite charts…
Amber Grimes Exits Spotify For Major Role At Capital Records
Amber Grimes is leaving Spotify for the newly created role of SVP, Global Creative at Capital Music Group. Gimes had been the senior manager of urban independent at Spotify, and her move is the latest of many significant exits from the streamer over the last year. Grimes portfolio includes formulating…
SoundCloud Adds Live Stream-To-DJ Mixes With Serato
SoundCloud has launched the ability for DJ’s to discover and live mix music from its licenced catalog through Serato’s DJ Pro 2.1 and DJ Lite 1.1 decks with a SoundCloud Go+ subscription. By combining Pro Unlimited and Go+, users can also mix and stream millions of underground and premium tracks…
Tencent Music [TME] Ends First Trading Day Up 7.7%
After opening at $14.10, Tencent Music ended its first day of trading Wednesday up $1.00 at $14.00 or 7.69% above it’s $13.00 target IPO asking price. At one point in the day, the stock was trading at $14.75. 60,190,565 shares of TME traded hands on Wednesday. The full Tencent offering…