Spotify is an important strategic component to keep in mind for you next musical release, and releasing your music on the streaming service requires a significant amount of careful pre-production in order to be executed effectively. Here we look at how new artists should craft and carry out an effective…
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Spotify’s Big Tencent Risk [Mark Mulligan]
China’s Tencent Music and Spotify did a major stock swap last year. At the time, it was seen as a brilliant strategic move, offering both a more global reach and increased bargaining power with the music industry. But with Tencent cutting its IPO target in half, the deal is getting…
More To Spotify’s Artist Direct Upload Strategy Than Meets The Eye
In a recent surprise movie, Spotify announced that it will now give indie artists the option of uploading their music directly to the streaming service for free, rather than requiring artists to use a distributor. While this may simply seem like a blessing to artists, this new option is all…
Apple Music Growing 2.5X Faster Than Spotify In U.S.
Apple Music has 21 million paid subscribers in the U.S. vs. 20 million for Spotify, according to Loop Venture’s analyst Tom Munster. That gap will widen quickly based on Munster’s other big conclusion: Apple is converting potential customers into paying customers at a rate 2.5x faster than Spotify. From Loop…
Spotify and Pandora Will Know Precisely How You Listen
Adobe Analytics announces new metrics and AI features for brands to track precise streaming habits
Spotify Leases Even More Office Space at the World Trade Center
Because for Spotify, paying just $33 million a year for office space at 4 WTC just isn’t enough. Last year, a source shared several key financial details about Spotify’s lease in New York. The company’s 4 World Trade Center (WTC) offices would include …
Spotify is testing semi-personalized playlists. What might that mean for record labels?
Streaming platform’s new experiment hints at a very different future for playlisting
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What Will Spotify Direct Distribution Pay Artists? Less Than The Labels Get
Spotify opened the floodgates last week with a commitment to allow all artists to upload music to the streamer with no fees or commissions. But a look inside the offering shows that artists are being paid a bit less than the streamer pays both major and larger independent labels ________________________…
What Free Spotify Uploads Means For Soundcloud, Artists: Bruce Houghton, Michael Brandvold, Jay Gilbert Weigh In
Bruce Houghton from Hypebot and Skyline Artists sits down with music marketers Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert of the Music Biz Weekly podcast to discuss news that artists will be able to upload their music directly to Spotify without any fees. What does this mean for artists? What about Soundcloud,…
Death Cab for Cutie Honors Scott Hutchison With Frightened Rabbit Cover
“Scott was my friend and I miss him very much,” says singer Ben Gibbard at Spotify Singles recording session