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So, it’s official, Spotify have 100 million active users. The Swedish streaming service announced today (June 20th) that it’s subscriber base has grown to 100 million active users, despite strong competition from major rival Apple Music, which entered the music streaming market in June last year. This was followed by the addition of the high-fidelity streaming […]
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End of year figures for 2015 showed a 31.5% conversion rate into premium
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Spotify finally have Radiohead’s A Moon Shaped Pool album they were waiting for… After much anticipation and early speculation, Radiohead’s ‘A Moon Shaped Pool’ is finally available on Spotify. Today (June 17th) ‘A Moon Shaped Pool’ made its way to the streaming platform, over a month after being available on nearly every other streaming service. Spotify only […]
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New Music Stations deliver a curated set of tracks every week to users
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The Open Music Initiative also wins support from Spotify, YouTube and PandoraThe post Universal, Sony, Warner vow to create a working Global Rights Database appeared first on Music Business Worldwide.
DMN zooms in on what Spotify has been up to lately, and what this means for artists and fans… Healthy Subscriber growth. Spotify announced on March 21st that it had hit 30 million subscribers. DMN predicts that they have approximately 32 million paying users based on the fact that the streaming service has been adding 1 million […]
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Consultant Andy Edwards lays out what Silicon Valley must realise if it wants the best relationshipThe post What the tech industry needs to learn about the music biz: Sympathy For The Devil (pt. 3) appeared first on Music Business Worldwide.
DMN takes a closer look at the latest competitive moves by music streaming platforms… Streaming exclusives. Streaming exclusives have become a major strategy adopted by streaming services to bump subscriber numbers. Tidal have had Rihanna’s ANTI, Kanye West’s The Life of Pablo, and Beyonce’s Lemonade as exclusives, and just this week Tidal released 15 Prince albums […]
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Troy Carter to oversee new role – James Duffett-Smith leaving businessThe post Spotify hunts for Head of Songwriter Relations as publishing exec exits appeared first on Music Business Worldwide.
So, basically if you’re a large tech company waiting to get your hands on Spotify, you will be sadly mistaken… According to a report by Bloomberg, Spotify’s Chief Executive and Co-Founder, Daniel Ek has boldly proclaimed that he has no plans whatsoever to sell the streaming service, and especially not to a larger US tech […]
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