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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

As we flit back through major music industry goings-on, we revisit artists new free upload option on Spotify, the power of live music, Amazon’s uptick in the churning out of its own exclusive recordings, and more. Amazon Alexa Adds New Music Skills, TIDAL Spotify Now Lets Artists Upload Music FREE…

TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot

The most popular of the articles shared on Hypebot this week covered issues ranging from the major changes brought to Apple Music By iOS 12, the music industry’s reaction to the passage of the music modernization act, how Instagram stories can be utilized to promote music, and more. iOS 12…

Spotify Tests Personalization Of Editor Curated Playlists

Spotify is testing the addition of individually personalized tracks to existing editor curated playlists, multiple sources tell Hypebot. In one example, tracks which Spotfy’s believes would fit the taste of a particular user were added to an official Spotify hand curated workout playlist. The test is rolling out to select…

Spotify’s direct distribution deals are only a threat to those aggregators stuck in the past

Ditto Music CEO Lee Parsons on the big news that Spotify is accepting directly-distributed music from artists
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Artists Can Now Upload Their Music Directly on Spotify

Goodbye, CD Baby, Tunecore, and Distrokid.  Well, at least for uploads on Spotify, at least. Spotify has just unveiled a new feature. Still in beta, musicians can now upload their music directly onto the streaming music service. According to a post on …

Spotify opens the floodgates: artists can now upload tracks direct to the streaming platform for FREE

Daniel Ek’s company takes on SoundCloud, TuneCore, CD Baby and others with major move
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Spotify Faces Legal Action Over Discriminatory Workplace Practices

If proven true, what kind of workplace culture has Spotify encouraged? A former sales executive, Hong Perez, has filed a lawsuit against Spotify and Brian Berner, its US Head of Sales.  The company allegedly fostered a discriminatory and hostile work e…