DistroKid has joined a growing list of music distributors and services using Audible Magic to fight unauthorized content by verifying the authenticity of both tracks and artists before it is distributed. CD Baby and The Orchard, both of whom have been tagged by Spotify and Apple Music as preferred partners…
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Spotify Exec Shane Tobin Exits For Sofar Sounds
Spotify Head of Partnerships for Content & Creator, Shane Tobin, is leaving the streamer to become Sofar Sounds VP of Partnerships and Entertainment Relations, Hypebot has confirmed. Sofar Sounds recently announced $25 million in new funding led by Battery Ventures and Union Square Venture. Three months ago, former Spotify and…
Spotify is launching its own news podcasts. Is it still a music company?
Spotify’s looking for a New York-based News & Documentary Podcast Producer
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Spotify launches personalized Your Daily Drive playlist combining news and music
Playlist is available for US users
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Spotify Launches Your Daily Drive Music + News Playlist
Spotify has added Your Daily Drive, a playlist that combines personalized music with news and short features. At launch, the Wall Street Journal, NPR and PRI are providing non-music content. The music mixes old and new based on the user’s previous listening habits. Your Daily Drive has launched for all…
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Beatstars Has Paid Out $50 Million To Producers
BeatStars has paid out more than $50 million to the producers who license and sell their work on the marketplace, the startup announced today. The site boasts has more than 340,000 active sellers, and its tracks have been used on a number of major hits, including Lil Nas X "Old…
5 Trends That Make Gen Z The Streaming Generation
The Culture Next Trends report commissioned by Spotify and research agency Culture Co-Op looks into the empowered, multinational, cross-cultural, socially aware, and informed group of 15- to 24-year-olds dubbed Generation Z. “We’re bold, fearless, careless, creative, and intriguing,” says Addy, a study participant from North Carolina. Powering this sentiment is…
Siri To Control Spotify, Pandora, Other Streaming Apps
Apple has included Siri support for Spotify, Pandora and other third-party music and media apps in the upcoming iOS 13. A new developer tool, SiriKit for Audio, now makes it possible for iOS audio app developers to integrate Siri’s search and play feature. Apple currently puts severe limits on Siri’s…
McDonald’s Teams Up With Spotify to Offer Playlists — Based on Uneaten French Fries
In the mood for some Spotify with your large fries at McDonald’s? McDonald’s has partnered with Spotify to offer tunes for its customers. In Latin America, the food giant, alongside Sao Paolo advertising agency DPZ&T, Leo Burnett Colombia, and soun…