Latest Industry: Dr. Dre, Taylor Swift, Spotify, Choon, Instagram, YouTube, More…

Spotify now streams your favorite music and audiobooks about how they were made. Spotify has signed a deal with Bloomsbury Publishing, a British indie publishing house.  The European streaming music service will now offer audiobooks on the product…

Latest Industry: R. Kelly, WMG, Spotify, YouTube, Vevo, Janet Jackson, American Idol, More…

Warner Music Group releases its Q2 2018. Warner Music Group Corp. has announced its second-quarter financial results for the period ended March 31st, 2018. Revenue grew 16.7%, or 10.4% in constant currency.  Growth in Recorded Music digital, physi…

Latest Industry: Jay-Z, Spotify, YouTube, Xiaomi, Meek Mill, Russell Simmons, More…

No longer running with the bulls. Following its Q1 2018 results, Spotify shares have dropped more than 10%.  The stock closed Wednesday at $170.  Despite reporting better-than-expected earnings, its re-adjusted guidance for its Q2 2018 has sc…

Latest Industry: Bob Dylan, Russell Simmons, Spotify, Deezer, Google, Help Musicians UK, More…

Want the economy to do well?  Just look at streaming music services and online video games. According to the Bank of England, multiplayer games and music apps like Spotify can give lawmakers a good “sense of what’s going on in the econ…

More music is played on YouTube than on Spotify, Apple Music and every other audio streaming platform combined

Yet YouTube throws doubt on IFPI figure regarding total video service payout in 2017
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YouTube Remix Will Terminate Google Play Music, Sources Say

Looks like Google won’t have three separate music streaming services after all.  Yet, why has YouTube Remix repeated the same mistakes the parent company made with Play Music and YouTube Red? According to a new report, Google Play Music will…

Latest Industry: Live Nation, Spotify, Latin Music, YouTube, Pandora, Gibson, Shazam, Prince, Distrokid, More…

Get your $20 concert tickets while they last. Live Nation has announced that ‘National Concert Week’ will take place April 30th through May 8th.  The promoter will offer exclusive $20 all-in tickets for music fans to celebrate the kick…

Latest Industry: Facebook + Indies, Spotify, YouTube, Live Nation, Gaon Charts, Kanye West, Bono, More…

Facebook inks Merlin, INgrooves, [PIAS] + Beggars. A lot has happened at Facebook since the social network inked massive deals with major label and publishers.  But Facebook looks like it’s trying to get back to business: earlier today, the …