It’s been a minute since SiriusXM bought up streaming service Pandora, a purchase decision which should greatly benefit the satellite streamer in a number of areas. including making it the worlds biggest audio entertainment company. _________________________________ Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 Now that some of the dust…
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Spotify Shares Most Streamed Songs Of Last 10 Years
October marks 10 years since the launch of Spotify. The streamer is celebrating the milestone with a “Decade of Discovery,” a decade-long look back at some of the biggest discoveries in music, as told through the lens of Spotify artists and fan insights, including the most globally streamed artist of…
Kanye West Trump, Kushner White House Lunch Confirmed, MMA Signing Rumored
[UPDATED] Kanye West has set a lunch meeting with President Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner at the White House on Thursday, The New York Times reports. West has been a vocal, if controversial, supporter of the president in recent months. West’s discussion with Trump “will include manufacturing resurgence in America,…
Advice For Moving Up, Not Sliding Off, Popular Playlists
Whether created by staff or users, carefully curated playlists have become the holy grail of getting your music on the map in 2018, but even supposing you manage to land a track on one of the coveted lists, what do you have to do to make sure it stays on…
Market Potential: African Music Business On The Move
In this piece, Ben Oldfield explores the massive and largely untapped market for music consumption across the continent of Africa as a result of extensive smartphone usage, and how streaming organizations might tailor their services to find success therein. __________________________ Guest post by Ben Oldfield, Orchard VP France, Benelux and…
New Pay To Play? SoundCloud Expands Artists Payments To Paid Members Only
SoundCloud announced today that its dropping its invite-only monetization policy and opening SoundCloud Premier artist payments to all SoundCloud Pro or Pro Unlimited subscribers. While many more creators will now get paid, the change effectively means that artists must pay to be members before they can monetize their music on…
Online Backlash Mars Facebook Portal Smart Speaker Launch with Spotify, Pandora, iHeart
UPDATED: Facebook has launched its own line of smart speakers. Free Facebook Messenger video calls are at the center of the Portal From Facebook hardware offering, but like most smart speakers, music is also a core feature. The backlash online was immediate. Backlash Facebook fans and foes wondered online if…
How The EP Killed The LP Star
Shifts in the music industry have precipitated a new rapid fire format of music release, with artists constantly creating new music and releasing singles rapid-fire. In addition to other changes, this shift has caused the EP to begin edging out the LP as a dominant format of music. _____________________________________ Guest…
Tencent Music: A Different Kind Of Streamer [Mark Mulligan]
Tencent Music (TME), touted as China’s largest music streaming service, has filed for a $2 billion U.S. IPO. But an analysis by Mark Mulligan of MIDiA shows that TME is only partially a music service. It’s really a series of related social entertainment platforms that could offer lessons which Spotify…
$400M Apple Shazam Acquisition, 200K Verified Spotify Artists, More Stats Shaping Today’s Music Business
[UPDATED] A look at some key music business numbers that are shaping the direction of the industry, including Apple’s 400 million dollar acquisition of Shazam, 200,000 verified users on Spotify for Artists and more. _________________________ Guest post by Brant David for Midem As autumn starts to glow, so do exciting…