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1.8KSubscriptionsThe Music (Streaming) Scene Is About To Get More Interesting
Few industries have been disrupted by digital and mobile technology as has the music industry over the past two decades. The economic...
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2.0KAmazonFree Amazon Music Debut Sinks Spotify Shares
Amazon has launched a free version of its music streaming service supported by ads, according to Reuters. The company has set its...
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1.7KAppleRecord Labels Not Sold On Apple’s Super-Bundle Subscription Idea
Apple has kicked off early talks with record labels about bundling its upcoming streaming TV service with Apple Music, its streaming music...
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1.8KPartnerships / AcquisitionsSpotify Buys Music Production Platform SoundBetter
Spotify has acquired music production marketplace SoundBetter for an undisclosed sum, in an attempt to diversify beyond streaming, and continue to offer...
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2.1KAmazonStudents With Prime Memberships Get 80 Pct. Discount On Amazon Music
Students with an Amazon Prime subscription can now get Amazon Music for just 99 cents a month, down from the student price...
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4.0KSubscription CommerceSpotify Soars Past Apple Music’s 60M Subscribers
Sweden-based Spotify closed its second calendar quarter with 108 million paying subscribers worldwide and 232 million total monthly active users, up 31...
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4.6KSubscription CommerceHelping Merchants Play To Win In The $500B Subscription Space
More than half of all Americans now subscribe to digital news or entertainment streaming services, and such offerings are already beginning to...
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6.4KRegulationEU To Investigate Apple’s Music Service
Apple has landed in European Union regulators’ radar over a complaint by rival music streaming service Spotify, which has prompted a formal...
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2.8KRetailSpotify Reaches 100M Paid Users
Amid launches in Middle East, India and North Africa in recent times, Spotify Technology SA reached a milestone 100 million paid subscribers for...
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2.8KAmazonAmazon To Launch Hi-Fi Music Streaming Service This Year
Amazon is preparing to release a high-fidelity music service that would rival major competitors like Spotify, Apple Music and TIDAL, according to...
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4.5KAmazonAmazon Adds Music Streaming For Prime Members
Amazon has announced the launch of a new music streaming service for customers with Alexa. “Customers in the U.S. who do not...
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3.6KAppleApple Music Now Available On Amazon Fire TV
In a change of pace from recent years, Apple continues to push its services with the launch of Apple Music on Amazon...
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3.9KDigital PaymentsTidal Music Streaming Service Now Accepts Venmo
Tidal, the music streaming service owned by Jay-Z, now accepts Venmo as a way to pay for the service, according to reports....
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5.2KSubscriptionsSpotify Plans Voice-Activated In-Car Music Player
As Spotify seeks to gain independence from Google, Apple and Amazon products, the music streaming service is looking to the car dashboard....
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3.7KArtificial IntelligencePandora Debuts Voice Assistant
Streaming music provider Pandora has announced the launch of Voice Mode, a smart assistant that allows listeners to control its mobile app...
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4.5KAmazon TechnologyAmazon Alexa ‘Asks The Audience’
Amazon has launched an invite-only program that asks customers to submit answers to Alexa’s more difficult questions. According to a report, Amazon...
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4.5KPartnerships / AcquisitionsAmazon Echo To Stream Apple Music
Just in time for the holidays, Apple Music subscribers will be able to use the streaming music service on Echo devices starting...
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3.9KAlexaPandora Premium Subscribers Can Now Stream Music Via Alexa Devices
Pandora, the music streaming service, is now enabling Pandora Premium subscribers to stream music through Amazon Echo devices and third-party speakers with...
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7.5KSubscriptionsSpotify Paid Subscriptions Jump 40 Pct YoY
Spotify’s paid members now number 87 million — a 40 percent year-over-year (YoY) increase from 2017. The music-streaming service announced in its...
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2.7KPartnerships / AcquisitionsSamsung Pair-Up Lifts Spotify’s Stock
Spotify chief executive Daniel Ek announced that the company is teaming up with Samsung to provide an end-to-end integration across all devices....
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9.9KEarningsSpotify Loses $458M In Revenue, Tallies 180M Users
Spotify’s second quarter as a public company shows that it has increased its paid subscriptions by 40 percent, but it lost $458...
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8.2KRetailSpotify-Enabled MP3 Player Selling For A Discount
Mighty, the MP3 player that gives people access to Spotify, is selling for a discounted rate for a limited period of time....
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5.0KSafety and SecurityTidal Looks Into ‘Potential Data Breach’
After learning of a potential data breach, Tidal’s CEO Richard Sanders said that the company “immediately” tried to find the source of...
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Possible Hardware Debut Looms For Spotify — The Vehicular Kind?
April 24 looms large for Spotify. The digital music streaming service last week said it would share news on that date at an...
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Spotify To Begin Trading On April 3
It’s official: Spotify will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on April 3. According to CNN, the company’s executives...
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7.0KAppleJimmy Iovine To Depart Apple Music This Summer
Sources say that record producer Jimmy Iovine is set to leave Apple Music in August, with the timing of his departure likely...
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2.7KSubscription CommerceStreaming Services Put Big Dent In Music Sales
Demand for music streaming services is surging as consumers turn away from purchasing albums or individual songs, Nielsen reports. 2017 marked the...
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Spotify Could Delay IPO To 2018
It turns out that 2017 might not be the year of Spotify’s IPO after all. Spotify’s goal had been to go public...
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Streaming Music Strides Past Digital Sales
According to Nielsen, streaming music hit an all-time high in 2016, surpassing U.S. digital music sales entirely. This is the first time...
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Apple’s Spotify Subscription Rules Spat
Tech giant Apple has issued a heated three-page response to a letter from streaming music company Spotify which had accused Apple of...
- Retail
The ‘A’ And ‘B’ Sides Of Record Store Day
Record Store Day — an annual celebration designed to bring business to independent record stores — just had its ninth anniversary, riding...
- Mobile Payments
Mozido Secures Mobile Wallet Music Streaming Partner
Mozido is hearing the music — or, at least, helping consumers pay for it — in India. It was announced yesterday (March 16) that...
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The Streaming Media Mind (And Money) Games
How much do you pay for streaming media? If you had to think about it, that’s probably good news for subscription-based services...
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Apple May Unveil New Terms Along With Streaming Service
With its annual Worldwide Developers Conference quickly approaching, Apple may be axing off the 30 percent fee media companies pay on subscriptions...
- Merchant Innovation
Apple to Launch Spotify Rival Streaming Music Service
First, Apple Insider reported rumors in April, and now The Wall Street Journal seems to be in the know as well: Apple is expected...
