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Spotify Countdown Pages

Spotify Countdown Pages are now available to more artists

More artists now have access to Spotify Countdown Pages for new release promotions. Spotify Countdown Pages offer a pre-release destination where fans can pre-save an upcoming album, preview the tracklist, watch Clips, purchase merch, and count down to the release.

Bruce Houghton on 07/26/2024 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)
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Exploring the Rise of Afrobeats in Latin America

Afrobeats has gone from Lagos to Lima! The genre and its artists have found an audience with Latin American listeners, boosted by prominent collaborations between Latin and African musicians.

Alana Bonilla on 07/25/2024 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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music business news roundup

MUSIC BUSINESS NEWS: UMG streaming revenue drops • Posh events + $22M • Proper owes $1.9M for Lyric deal • Apple Music AI playlist art • More

THURSDAY 7.25.24 • Music Business News Updated Continuously Under The MORE NEWS TAB Above

Bruce Houghton on 07/25/2024 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Spotify shares Premium audio details, stock soars 12%

Spotify [SPOT: NYSE} stock rose 12% on Tuesday after a strong Q2 2024 report to investors, which indicated significant user and revenue growth and the first look at a new Premium tier.

Bruce Houghton on 07/24/2024 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)
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MUSIC BUSINESS NEWS: Spotify tips Premium, Stock soars • $3M for MetaBeat music NFTs • MIDiA tracks Frequency Factor • Tunespotter acquires WhatSong • More

WEDNESDAY 7.24.24 • Music Business News Updated Continuously Under The MORE NEWS TAB Above

Bruce Houghton on 07/24/2024 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Spotify users top 626M

Spotify users top 626M, subscribers 246M as profits hit new high

Spotify users top 626M as the streamer announced Q2 2024 earnings led by healthy user growth, stronger monetization, and record profitability.

Bruce Houghton on 07/23/2024 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Your Morning Coffee Podcast

Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Luminate mid-year report • 8B Spotify playlists • Country music soars • More

Episode 206 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s podcast Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business is available now.

Bruce Houghton on 07/22/2024 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Ex-Spotify, Sofar exec Jim Lucchese named President Berklee College Of Music

Music tech veteran Jim Lucchese has exited his position as CEO of Sofar to become the president of the Berklee College of Musics. Lucchese founded the pioneering music analytics firm Echo Nest, which Spotify acquired in 2014, where he also served as an executive.

Bruce Houghton on 07/19/2024 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (2)
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Live Music Crisis

Musicians struggle to profit from live shows: Survey reveals

Record-breaking concert grosses and soaring ticket prices make headlines, but a new survey finds that the resulting profits are not trickling down as most musicians struggle to profit from live shows.

Bruce Houghton on 07/19/2024 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (2)
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Spotify passes UMG as the world’s most valuable music company

Spotify overtook Universal Music Group (UMG) to become the biggest company in the music industry based on its market capitalization in Q2 2024.

Bruce Houghton on 07/15/2024 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (4)
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