- November 16, 2023
Leading music services are increasing their use of artificial intelligence capabilities to offer increasingly personalized experiences to drive consumer loyalty.
For instance, Spotify and Google Cloud announced Thursday (Nov. 16) the ...
- November 13, 2023
SiriusXM is expanding beyond radio formats, getting into music streaming to adjust to the ways that younger generations consume content.
The company announced this month that, in mid-December, it will launch ...
- October 22, 2023
Apple is reportedly investing $1 billion per year to integrate generative artificial intelligence (AI) across its product line.
While the company initially lagged behind competitors like Google and Microsoft in the development ...
- August 16, 2023
Retail subscription commerce has become increasingly popular, with more consumers asking for easier ways to seek out new content and services in a curated environment.
And there’s data to back it ...
- May 5, 2023
The masters of entertainment are out in force and making moves. One look at the PYMNTS Provide Ranking of Streaming Apps reveals all one needs to know about the gyrations of the ...
- May 4, 2023
Hardware’s growing — specifically, the phones — but for Apple, services are slowing.
Drilling down into the Q2 results, the tech giant’s iPhone revenue was $51.3 billion, up from $50.6 billion ...
- March 17, 2023
Given the time billions of us devote to streaming entertainment, it’s only fitting that we should rank these services — and that we do. And the Provider Ranking of Streaming Apps ...
- December 6, 2022
Apple Music will soon add a feature that makes it easier for fans to sing along with songs.
Due to become available to Apple Music subscribers later in December, the new Apple ...
- October 24, 2022
For the first time, Apple is raising the prices of its Apple Music and Apple TV+ subscription services in response to rising licensing costs and a growing library of movies ...
- September 23, 2022
When Super Bowl LVII kicks off on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023 in Glendale, Arizona, the halftime show will be sponsored by Apple Music, replacing Pepsi for the first time in ...
- June 13, 2022
Apple’s music and gaming revenue could reach $8.2 billion by 2025, analysts from JPMorgan said Monday (June 13).
Reuters reported that figure — a 36% increase — would come from a ...
- December 28, 2020
Tesla is said to be supplementing its in-car music services beyond Spotify, adding Jay Z’s Tidal, Apple Music, Amazon Music and Amazon’s Audible to its native interface, Electrek reported Monday ...
- September 15, 2020
Spotify, the music streaming giant, criticized tech rival Apple over a new subscription bundle that allegedly favors the company’s own Apple Music service over others, Reuters reported.
The Apple One bundle ...
- February 25, 2020
Streaming services from companies like Spotify, Apple and Amazon have helped to fuel an increase in sales and profitability for the music industry. Music sales grew over 13 percent in ...
- January 24, 2020
Some of us go through life humming tunes as we walk down the sidewalk, or with what amounts to a personal soundtrack always playing in our heads. Others don’t. But ...
- January 23, 2020
To take on streaming services in the class of Apple Music, Amazon Music, and Spotify, ByteDance’s TikTok has been creating a new music streaming offering. And it has now struck ...
- January 16, 2020
Apple has found what could be a powerful partner in getting its music offering out to more consumers. Even so, the outlook for Apple’s services – and the revenue coming ...
- November 14, 2019
Apple News+, the tech giant’s paid news service, has failed to add new subscribers since it launched in March, according to CNBC.
The service attracted about 200,000 subscriptions in the 48 ...
- October 28, 2019
As Spotify Technology SA brought on more premium service subscribers than expected, the company came out ahead of Q3 revenue expectations and posted a surprise profit. It had reportedly “outstripped” Apple Music ...
- July 31, 2019
Sweden-based Spotify closed its second calendar quarter with 108 million paying subscribers worldwide and 232 million total monthly active users, up 31 percent compared to the same period last year, ...
- April 16, 2019
Reports that Amazon is planning to launch a free ad-supported music service caused Spotify shares to fall 4 percent on Monday (April 15).
According to Reuters, the eCommerce giant would offer the ...
- April 8, 2019
Apple Music has overtaken Spotify in the number of paid subscribers it has in the United States, according to reports.
Apple Music had 28 million paid subscribers to Spotify’s 26 ...
- April 1, 2019
Three years ago, I wrote a piece in which I said Apple had become the kind of company that Steve Jobs once said he never wanted it to be: one ...
- March 13, 2019
In a change of pace from recent years, Apple continues to push its services with the launch of Apple Music on Amazon Fire TV, according to a report from CNBC.
The ...
- February 26, 2019
In a move that shows Apple’s softening stance on its software services, Apple Music could be coming to Google Home speakers, according to a report by CNBC.
A link to an ...
- January 30, 2019
It’s all about the ecosystem, not the iPhones. If there was one takeaway from the earnings call yesterday (Jan. 29) with Apple CEO Tim Cook, that would be it.
Apple entered this earnings season ...
- November 30, 2018
Just in time for the holidays, Apple Music subscribers will be able to use the streaming music service on Echo devices starting the week of Dec. 17, Amazon said on Friday (Nov. ...
- August 10, 2018
Spotify chief executive Daniel Ek announced that the company is teaming up with Samsung to provide an end-to-end integration across all devices.
“The partnership we are announcing with Samsung today is ...
- August 1, 2018
Thanks to a strong showing out of Apple’s services business during the June ending quarter, Wall Street is getting more bullish on Apple.
According to a report in CNBC, the growth ...
- August 1, 2018
Apple’s quarterly revenue came in at $53 billion, a 17 percent year-on-year increase — with earnings per share at $2.34, a 40 percent year-on-year pickup. Analysts surveyed by FactSet had ...
- July 27, 2018
Spotify’s second quarter as a public company shows that it has increased its paid subscriptions by 40 percent, but it lost $458 million in revenue. According to reports, Spotify now ...
- February 6, 2018
The long-awaited, Siri-powered Apple HomePod smart speaker is finally available for purchase, but users’ reviews are coming back mixed, according to news from CNBC.
The HomePod’s sound quality, one of the ...
- January 5, 2018
Sources say that record producer Jimmy Iovine is set to leave Apple Music in August, with the timing of his departure likely due to his shares fully vesting.
Billboard reported that ...
- September 18, 2017
If you thought the iPod killed physical media years ago, think again. Sure, Nielsen reports that physical media sales are down (again), but one music marketplace is doing so well ...
- March 14, 2017
Streaming music online is not unique to today’s consumer. From laptops and desktops to practically any smart device, consumers have had the ability to log in, tune in and turn up ...
- September 6, 2016
Apple Music is lowering the cost of its service by offering new pricing in Apple Stores and at some retailers.
According to a report, Apple rolled out a new 12-month Apple ...
- August 25, 2016
Apple Music is putting the squeeze on Spotify in the quest to sign big name artists, according to report from 9to5Mac.com.
Spotify is currently out of contract with all three major ...
- June 9, 2016
Apple Music has a new plan to onboard more subscribers on its platform. The service is adding a twist to its élan with the introduction of celebrity playlists for its fashion-loving subscribers.
The music ...
- March 30, 2016
Does SoundCloud want to be more like Spotify or more like Apple Music?
According to a story in The New York Times, the online audio distribution platform would actually like to outdo ...
- February 15, 2016
There has been a lot of attention paid to who will win the digital music wars over streaming. The two most watched competitors in that arena are Spotify (the reigning ...
