The Fundamental “Why” Of Music Discovery

Whether it's Apple Music, Spotify, or any number of smaller companies, everyone in the streaming industry is obsessing over music discovery. But just how valuable is discovery for artists, when listener engagement. Continue reading

Share on:

Google Announces Chromecast Audio, 6 Person Play Music Family Plan, Spotify And More

Tucked away in Google's hardware event today were several major announcements that will literally bring music to the ears of any audio or streaming fans.

Share on:

Scott Borchetta – The Exec Who Pulled Taylor Swift Off Spotify – Says Streaming Music Will Be “Much Better For Everyone”

Spotify, Rhapsody, Deezer, Rdio, Slacker, Pandora, Tidal, Google Play, Apple Music and more. In 10 years, 50% will be gone. With so much competition, consolidation is inevitable; but seldom does. Continue reading

Share on:

Pandora Turns 10 Today, Celebrates With Costly Ad Free Listening

Pandora turns 10 years old today. That is an eternity in streaming music and they're celebrating with a day of ad free listening that will cost the company more than $1 million. Continue reading

Share on:

The Music Industry’s Problem With Perceived Value

Why does the listening public think music is worthless? Although music streaming has become hugely popular, this popularity has yet to translate into significant revenue, largely because potential subscribers don't feel. Continue reading

Share on:

Pandora To Celebrate 10 Years With Ad Free Listening

Pandora turns 10 years old next week, and a decade is an eternity in digital music. After they launched, co-founder Tim Westergren spent a lot of time out of the office. Continue reading

Share on:

TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot.com

Some of Hypebot's most popular posts during the past week include an explanation of how music streaming is ripping you off and what you can do about it, some handy new. Continue reading

Share on:

Take Note Pandora, Spotify, Apple: iHeart Radio Just Launched A Chrome Extension

If ease of use is what ultimately wins the streaming music race, iHeartRadio just pulled ahead with the addition of an extension for Google's Chrome browser that lets you multitask and. Continue reading

Share on:

SoundCloud Stops Reporting Data To Next Big Sound

Next Big Sound offered one of the most complete sets of data in the music industry, but its about to lose a key data providers. Now that Next Big Sound. Continue reading

Share on:

This Week in Music Commentary

Prince speaks out against record contracts and Pandora's Tim Westergren weighs in on the state of the music industry. This and more in the week's music commentary section. 

Share on: