Spotify [SPOT] stock ticked upward Tuesday, after days of downward trading that saw the streamer hit an all time low. SPOT stock ended the day at $141.68 up 1.85%. It was up another 1.21% in pre-market trading on Wednesday, trading at $143.40. On Monday, Spotify stock fell 4.88% to close…
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Is Radio Destined To Become The Next Blockbuster Video?
The rise of tech giants like Amazon and Netflix has left a number of bodies in their wake, include former brick and mortar businesses like Blockbuster Video and Toys R Us. Now, as the streaming continues to dominate the music consumption, we’re starting to wonder – could radio be next?…
Is Radio Destined To Become The Next Blockbuster Video?
The rise of tech giants like Amazon and Netflix has left a number of bodies in their wake, include former brick and mortar businesses like Blockbuster Video and Toys R Us. Now, as the streaming continues to dominate the music consumption, we’re starting to wonder – could radio be next?…
Waze Adds Pandora, Deezer, iHeart, TuneIn, More To App
Popular navigation app Waze has added 7 audio services including Pandora, Deezer, iHeart and TuneIn to its Waze Audio Player, designed to seamlessly stream audio alongside Waze driving directions and alerts. Spotify was announced as a launch partner last year. The 8 Waze audio partners are Pandora, Deezer, iHeartRadio, NPR…
Is Spotify Spying On Us?
Spotify is using the songs we play to deliver targeted ads. That’s not surprising or different than Google delivering ads based on previous searches. But, as Urbi Khan, the business and tech editor for the Eyeopener points out, it can be a bit creepy. Kahn found that Spotify tracked her…
A Look At Spotify Insight Analytics
Though not quite as active as it once was, Spotify’s Insights blog once offered its artists ideas and information about different industry trends – here we look at a distillation of some of the blog’s more salient points. ____________________________ Guest post by Evan Zwisler of Soundfly’s Flypaper For years now,…
Spotify Stock Hits All Time Low Ahead Of Earnings Call
Spotify stock fell 4.88% on Monday to close at at $139.11, an all time end of day low for the streamer. That’s a fall of 24% in the last month. Spotify’s market cap is now $25 billion, down 30% from a summer peak of a $198.99 per share price and…
SoundCloud Bows To Critics, Revises Premier Agreement
SoundCloud has revised its Premier agreement, which artists must sign before they can monetize their music on the platform, after receiving almost universal condemnation. Like a similar free service from Spotify, SoundCloud allows Premier artists to monetize their music without going through a distributor or aggregator. But the SoundCloud Premier…
Is Spotify Already Too Big For Record Labels To Stop It From Competing With Them? [Mark Mulligan]
Spotify has made some radical moves lately including direct deals with artists that include cash advances to offering free Spotify distribution to all and then buying part of distributor DistroKid to help artists put their music on its competitors. Collectively, they are causing concern at the record labels. But as…
Spotify For Artists Adds ‘Best Advice’ Videos with Rick Ross, Sheryl Crow, Ne-Yo, More
Spotify for Artists has launched Best Advice, a new short video series of marquee artists discussing the best advice they received throughout their careers. Featured artists include Christina Aguilera, Mary J. Blige, Rick Ross, Sheryl Crow, Ne-Yo and Kamasi Washington. Topics explored include collaboration, the creative process, creative beginnings, triumph,…