Spotify crosses 100 million paid users milestone
The streaming war is far from over, but Spotify’s lead is growing with each passing day. Can Apple Music catch up? Will another competitor emerge? Continue Reading
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Major labels demand ‘guaranteed money’ from TikTok owners
With current contracts set to expire, three of the biggest labels in the world are trying to secure additional revenue from the fast-growing social media platform. Continue Reading
Apple Music surpasses Spotify in paid U.S. subscribers
Spotify may dominate the global market, but Apple Music continues to grow at an alarming rate, and the latest data shows the streaming war is far from over. Continue Reading
Despite streaming’s growth, the music industry is half the size it was in 1999
The streaming revolution is helping the music industry recover with each passing year, but there is still a long way to go. Continue Reading
490,000 songs ‘lost’ by MySpace are now back online thanks to digital hoarders
MySpace may not have maintained good backups of the media hosted on their servers, but a community of digital hoarders has come together to save the day. Continue Reading
Streaming now accounts for 37% of global recorded music revenue
Paid streaming subscriptions have taken the world by storm, and their increasing domination in the recorded music marketplace is likely to continue. Continue Reading
Pre-Adds (Pre-Saves) are the new pre-orders, but is that a good thing?
Consumers are replacing pre-orders with pre-adds and pre-saves, but is something more important than sales being lost along the way? Continue Reading
Spotify Premium now includes Hulu at no extra cost
Spotify Premium now includes a free subscription to Hulu’s ad-supported plan. That perk goes into effect today, and it is available to new and existing users of Spotify’s Premium streaming service in the US. Continue Reading
XITE, a music video streaming app, debuts in the US
Move over, YouTube. XITE is a streaming service focused solely on music videos that arrives in the US today, March 12, for the first time. Continue Reading
Spotify, Amazon, and more sue songwriters to prevent royalty rates from rising
How much is a song worth? According to most streaming services, the answer is roughly $0.003 per stream. A new ruling Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) aims to raise that value to $0.004 per stream, but Amazon, Spotify, Pandora, and Google disagree. Continue Reading