Spotify Premium subscriptions continue to grow, according a new report by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners. The research showed that 38% of all US Spotify subscribers now have a premium account, up from 36% three months ago. “In our second survey of Spotify users, we can begin to discern some trends…
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Apple Music Ups Latin Game With ¡Dale Play! Playlist
Apple Music is making a play for the red hot Latin music market with ¡Dale Play!, a newly launched playlist of hot Latin hits globally. Each week, the playlist artwork features a different artist hand selected by Apple Music’s editorial team and will act as its face of Latin music…
Is Japan Finally Ready For The Streaming Revolution?
A new report by indie music rights agency Merlin highlights the slow but now steady shift towards music streaming in Japan, one of the world’s last bastions of physical product. As the second largest music market in the world, Japan has been historically slow to take up streaming music despite…
Snapchat Just Lost 2 Million Daily Users
As part of a quarterly earnings report, Snapchat shared that it had last 2 million active daily users in the last three months. With 186 million users, Snapchat still has impressive reach. But pressure from Facebook and Instagram and an unpopular redesign spell trouble for the social network.
Spotify Playlist Strategist Doug Ford Joins Exec Exodus
Spotify has confirmed that Doug Ford, a senior director and head of music culture & editorial, will be exiting the streamer. Ford, who joined Spotify in 2013 as part of its acquisition of music discovery app Tunigo, has been one of Spotify’s top executives in charge of playlisting across genres….
What Music Rules The Car – Country, Rock or Hip Hop?
Cars have been linked to the music industry for as long as both have been around – in advertising, consumption, and even lyrical content. Thanks to new analytic technology, it’s now possible to quantify this relationship between the musical and the automotive. _____________________________ Guest post by Fred Jacobs of Jacobs…
Spotify Stock Below IPO Day Price, $6.7B Off Peak Valuation
Spotify stock is continuing to struggle, closing Thursday at $148.96 and just below its $198.99 per share peak just three months ago. That leaves the streamer with a $26.31 billion market cap, down $6.7 billion from a $33 billion peak summer valuation. The stock slipped as low as $146.01 in…
Spotify Playlist Submission Exits Beta, 1 of 6 Scored Official Playlist Placement
In July, Spotify opened the process of submitting music to Official Spotify playlists – 2018’s holy grail of music marketing – to all artists and labels. The submission tool has now exited beta, and the stats from the first few months are impressive. Since July, more than 67,000 artists and…
Latin Music Boom Here To Stay
After achieving dominance in 2017, the Latin music wave breaking through into the mainstream has showed no signs of stopping. Here we look at the timeline of Latin music’s economic boom. ___________________________ Guest post by William Glanz of SoundExchange Latin music achieved dominance in 2017, with “Despacito” becoming nearly as…
Dash Radio Raises $8.8M, Passes 10M Monthly Listeners
Free online platform Dash Radio announced that it had raised $8.8 million in seed funding while passing 10 million active monthly users. Dash Radio offers 400+ live shows across 75 stations, many hosted by celebrity DJ’s including Snoop Dogg, Lil Wayne and Ice Cube. Dash Radio’s ‘secret sauce’ is a…