Tidal Responds To Criminal Investigation Report
Tidal has responded to reports that Norwegian criminal justice unit Økokrim has opened an investigation into hundreds of millions of possible fake streams that benefited new releases by Kanye West. Continue reading
The Orchard Acquires Two Top European Music Distributors and Merlin CEO Charles Caldas Isn’t Happy
Music and film distributor The Orchard is acquiring two leading European independent music distributors – Germany's finetunes and Norway's Phonofile – from holding company SendR SE. But some in the. Continue reading
Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” Is First Song To Stream 500 Million Times on Spotify
Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” has become the first song to hit 500 million streams on Spotify. 19 million people listen to him on Spotify each month. His songs have. Continue reading
IFPI Set To Declare Friday As Global Music Release Day, Target and Other Retailers Balk [REPORT]
Which day of the week new music is released on varies from country to country, leading to confusion and some say to more piracy. But getting everyone to agree has. Continue reading
WiMP Launches Lossless CD Quality Music Stream
Today EU subscription music streaming service WiMP launched WiMP HiFi, a streaming music service with lossless music in CD quality. Its is available for Sonos, Bluesound, iOS and Android at. Continue reading
The Echo Nest Expands Into Latin America With Bionc
The Echo Nest continues its international expansion with a new bionc partnership, the first free and unlimited life-of-a-device streaming music service to launch in Venezuela. Boinc comes preinstalled on every. Continue reading
