Thanks Alexa, Music Streamers See Lift From Amazon Echo

With more than 14 million consumers in the US now users of an Amazon Echo device, the conversation has once again shifted to music in the home, and whether Amazon. Continue reading

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Projecting Trends: The On-Demand Economy In Music

How has the rapid onset of an on-demand music economy affected the music industry? Here Bas Grasmayer digs into how several innovative new startups in the music industry are working. Continue reading

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Apple Music Beats Spotify, Pandora To Rank 9th In Mobile App Usage, Says Nielsen

With so much music consumed on mobile devices, app downloads and usage are a major indicators of any music service's popularity, and according to a new Nielsen ranking Apple Music. Continue reading

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Maximizing Your Music Collection On Your Smartphone

If having a massive arsenal of music at your disposal while on the go, the limitation of a smartphone may be frustrating. Here we look at how implementation of the. Continue reading

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In 2017, Experience Should Be Everything [Mark Mulligan]

Here Mark Mulligan outlines why music streaming services, although they have seen considerable success in 2017, must shift their focus more towards emphasizing the user experience in order to stay. Continue reading

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Apple Brings Back Music Star Ratings In iOS 10.2 Update

What Apple taketh away, Apple sometimes giveth back.  No, not your iPhone headphone jack, but rather music star ratings. They've returned as part of an iOS operating system update that. Continue reading

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TUE. BRIEF: 50 Cent Scores $14.5M • PirateBay Back In Court • Weed Save Record Stores? • More

Tuesday 12.6.16 Music Business News From Around The Web  Today's top stories involve the decades old combo of lawyers and weed. PS: Go 50! Updated continuously under our More News tab

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Baile Funk? Speed Garage? 10 Genres You’ve Never Heard Of Top Spotify’s Emerging Genre Chart

Witch House, World Meditation and Dangdut are among the ten that top the list of new genres emerging in 2016 on Spotify. The music streamer did not share stats, but. Continue reading

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iHeart Puts New Spin On Pandora, Spotify w/Today’s Launch Of IHeartRadio Plus and All Access Powered by Napster

On Wednesday, iHeartMeida launched both the Pandora-like ad free iHeartRadio Plus and iHeartRadio All Access, a full service music streamer. Rather than build their own music service from scratch, the. Continue reading

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Checkmate: Frank Ocean Goes Independent

After ditching Def Jam and successfully releasing his latest album Blonde independently it seems rapper Frank Ocean has chosen to fully strike out on his own. Here we look at. Continue reading

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