Tag: Freemium

Pandora Adds Personalized Playlists With A Twist

Pandora rolls out personalized playlists to all Premium users today. Like Spotify and others, Pandora's individualized playlists begin with machine learning to match taste and mood, but then blend in. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 05/23/2018 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Android (operating system), Apple Music, Artificial Intelligence, Daily Mix, Freemium, Google, IOS, Mobile app, Pandora, playlist, Spotify

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7 Tips For Turning Playlist Placement Into Long Term Streaming Activity

With streaming the dominant form of music consumption, landing a good playlist placement has become a Holy Grail for artists. In order to avoid flash in the pan popularity, however,. Continue reading

Guest Post on 05/10/2018 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Ali Salman, Android (operating system), Apple Music, Command and Data modes (modem), Comparison of on-demand streaming music services, Daily Mix, Freemium, Mobile app, playlist, Spotify

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Another Look At Spotify Promotion Service Playlist Push [Brian Hazard]

Brian Hazard of Color Theory revisits Playlist Push, a service designed to help independent artists with playlist placement and monetizing their music. Here he recounts his second experience using the. Continue reading

Guest Post on 05/08/2018 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Comparison of on-demand streaming music services, Daily Mix, Discover (magazine), Do it yourself, Freemium, Mobile app, musician, playlist, Spotify, Streaming media

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Spotify Reports 170M Users, Stock Drops 8%

Spotify shares fell 8% in after-hours trading Wednesday, after its first quarterly earnings report.The streamer posted a user base of 170 million, including 75 million paid subscribers. That's up 4. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 05/02/2018 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Advertising, Ali Salman, Apple Music, Daily Mix, Freemium, Mobile app, playlist, Spotify, Streaming media, United States

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Spotify To Test Raising Subscription Prices Next Month

Spotify is experimenting with raising its subscription price, in a major test of customer loyalty. The announcment comes just days after the music streamer announced a major expansion of its. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/27/2018 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Amazon Music, Apple Music, Facebook, Freemium, Hulu, Spotify, Streaming media, Subscription business model, Tidal (service), United States

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Spotify Debuts New Interface For Freemium Users

Having recently gone public, Spotify remains busy making alterations to their service, most recently unveiling an updated interface for those users just now joining at the freemium level, which allows. Continue reading

Guest Post on 04/27/2018 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Android (operating system), Freemium, Initial public offering, IOS, Mobile app, New York Stock Exchange, playlist, Reading (process), Spotify, Streaming media

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Could Streaming Playlists Replace Music Blogs?

As streaming culture and the companies behind it forever alter the ways in which music is both produced and consumed, playlists could have the potential to replace human bloggers and tastemakers.

Guest Post on 04/26/2018 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Apple Music, Curator, Daily Mix, Freemium, Mobile app, music industry, playlist, Spotify, Streaming media, TechCrunch

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Universal Music Group Now Valued At $22 Billion

5 years ago many in the industry thought that the major labels were headed for extinction. Now, owner Vivendi values its own Universal Music Group at $22 billion.

Bruce Houghton on 04/26/2017 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple Music, Freemium, Kanye West, Lucian Grainge, record label, Spotify, Streaming media, United Kingdom, Universal Music Group

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Survival Of The Shortest: Did Streaming Kill Song Intros?

While lengthy, dramatic intros used to be commonplace in the power pop ballads of a few decades ago, a recent study has revealed that the hits of today have significantly. Continue reading

Guest Post on 04/18/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Music, Extended play, Freemium, iTunes, mp3, Pandora Radio, Pop music, Soundcloud, Spotify, Streaming media

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Fan Insights Rebrands As Spotify For Artists, Now Available To All Artists and Managers

In November 2015, Spotify released Spotify Fan Insights, a dashboard to help artists better understand their Spotify listeners. Today, it exited beta as Spotify For Artists combining analytics, profile management. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/18/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Amazon Music, Apple Music, Digital media, Freemium, Getty Images, Initial public offering, Latin America, Spotify, Streaming media, Universal Music Group

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