Spotify announced that it has passed 1 million users in India just a week after launching there. It’s an impressive number until you remember that the country has a population of 1.34 billion, and that assuming that Spotify is following the same pattern as other streamers in India, only about…
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7digital, Juke End Partnership After $4.5M Settlement
UK-based 7digital has reached a settlement with Media Saturn’s Juke music streaming service to dissolve their partnership. Under the Agreement, 7digital will be released from all outstanding contracts with the Juke for an immediate payment by Juke of €4,000,000. Juke has aslo agreed to write off all interest payments and…
Spotify now reaches 0.07% of India’s population (also known as a million people)
A good start for Daniel Ek’s company – with a long way to go
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Chance the Rapper’s Coloring Book’ Passes 1.5B Spotify Streams
Three years after the release of ‘Coloring Book,’ Chance the Rapper surpassed 1.5 billion streams on Spotify as of March 1st. ‘Coloring Book’ was released in May of 2016 and became the first streaming-only album to chart the Billboard 200 and win a Grammy, according to Chart Data. I just…
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
In this perusal back through the past week’s music industry news, we revisit some of the week’s news highlights, including PledgeMusic’s continued failure to pay artists, Spotify’s legal complications with its India launch, YouTube’s most watched videos of all time, and more. Gimme Radio: Building A Fan Driven Music Streaming…
Why Spotify Cares About India And Why it May Not Deliver
Spotify launched in India this week, despite a court action and very public dispute between the streamer and Warner Music,. MIDiA analyst Mark Mulligan looks a why India matters so much to Spotify and why it may end up being disappointed. By Mark Mulligan of MIDiA and the Music Industry…
TV exec Liz Gateley appointed Head of Creative Development at Spotify to drive podcasting expansion
Exec was previously EVP Head of Programming at Lifetime Television
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Has Spotify’s Warner bust-up spooked Wall Street?
Spotify’s market cap has fallen by around $2bn since the start of this week
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SXSW Adds Keynotes From Spotify, Gimlet, Malcom Gladwell
South by Southwest Conference and Festivals has announced further additions to their Keynote and Featured Speaker lineup for the March 8-17 event. Keynotes announced today include award-winning filmmaker PJ Raval and a keynote conversation between Spotify chief content officer Dawn Ostroff, Gimlet co-founder Matt Lieber and Anchor co-founder Michael Mignano….
Did Technology Bring About The Death Of Good Music?
After new research was released suggesting that millennials prefer golden oldies to contemporary pop, Stephen Carlisle did some digging to determine if this was in fact accurate and, if so, what role technology may have played in the "decline" of music’s quality. _____________________________ Guest post by Stephen Carlisle of NOVA…