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Spotify tests sponsorship of full-screen album recommendations
Streaming coloss Spotify has been showing - fir some time - its mobile listeners full-screen recommendations of new albums from the artists that…
The Chainsmokers co-found blockchain-ticketing startup Yellowheart
There are many blockchain-ticketing companies on the market, right now. One of the latest being born is YellowHeart, which wants to help artists set…
Vivendi set for Tencent UMG investment, plus interest from others
Vivendi’s latest quarterly financial results gave an update on the company’s plans to sell up to half of Universal Music off to partners. Talks with…
NMPA throws weight behind possible US investigation into TikTok
Chinese social media video app TikTok is currently under intense scrutiny in the US over its recently-revealed censorship policies - senator…
Sony 360 Reality Audio to launch with four streaming services
Tech coloss Sony revealed more details about its 360 Reality Audio format, which was announced earlier this year. From late autumn, there will be…
Bring Me The Horizon Launch First Spotify Data-Driven Personalised Merch
UK rock band Bring Me The Horizon are the first ones to connecti streaming with physical merchandise; indeed the "Amo in colour" website utilises…
The Beatles: no band for old men (according to streaming stats...)
According to Spotify, The Beatles' music has been streamed nearly 1.7bn times on the platform in 2019 alone. The company stressed that “18-24 is the…
YouTube Music will come as a pre-installed app on new Android devices
The transition from Google Play Music to YouTube Music is going steady. Indeed, Google has announced that the YouTube Music app will now be pre…
Ticketing startup Dice lands in Italy, with FKA twigs
Ticketing startup Dice last March launched in the US and now it's expanding again. This time it arrives in Italy. Dice's app just launched there…
Licensing start-up Soundfeed launches open beta with 150 labels
An example of a recent success story is given by the song “Nowhere” by singer-songwriter Eneli...
IFPI report reveals new highs in on-demand streaming habits
The IFPI's new "Music Listening 2019" study (the new name for its annual "Music Consumer Insight" report) has been relesed. Reading it we note that…
Sony Music’s merch operation expands
Sony Music’s merchandising division, The Thread Shop, closed a deal to acquire the music merch division of The Araca Group for an undisclosed fee
Is Tencent buying 10% of Universal Music Group?
Chinese media giant is in discussions to buy 10% of Universal Music Group. UMG’s parent Vivendi confirmed the rumour
Spotify's paying subscribers reaches 108m
Spotify closed its second calendar quarter this year with 108m paying subscribers and 232m total Monthly Active Users
FUGA acquire rights platform Songspace
FUGA, tha amsterdam.based technology and services company, just acquired full ownership of Nashville-based rights management and creative workflow…
Vivendi to appoint investment for the sale of up to 50% of its subsidiary UMG
France-based coloss Vivendi is appointing, today (July 25th) “several investment banks” for the sale of up to 50% of its subsidiary Universal Music…
FIMI's Enzo Mazza urges Spotify to ‘do more’ make Italians subscribe
He said: "The main issue here is not piracy. It’s how to convert people from free YouTube and Spotify accounts to premium services"
Patreon announced a $60m Series D funding round
Crowdfunding firm Patreon announced a $60m Series D funding round, taking its total raised since launch to nearly $166mpatreon
7digital Group plc annonces board changes
Tamir Koch is now Non-Executive Chair and David Lazarus is Non-Executive Director
Spotify changed its mind: it won't be a distributor
Spotify has officially reversed its decision to become a distributor of music, announcing that it’s closing its Upload Beta Program for independent…