Spotify Reveals Higher Than Expected Numbers for Paid & Free Users
One day after YouTube shared a rare earnings and subscriber report, Spotify has revealed better-than-expected growth in users. More investment in podcasts is a...
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Music Streaming Platform 8tracks Shutting Down After 11 Years
It's the end of an era as music streaming service 8tracks announces its difficult decision to shut down after 11 years running.
The platform, which centers a...
New Spotify Feature “Tastebuds” Encourages Friend Interaction
Spotify is changing the way we interact with friends on the platform.
A new feature called "Tastebuds" allows users to explore the musical tastes of their f...
Fortnite Is Premiering An Exclusive Scene From New Star Wars Film
Last year, Marshmello made history by becoming the first artist to ever hold a concert within the virtual world of Fortnite. And then Weezer did it... and then ...
Apple Music Officially Launches “Apple Music for Artists” Available Now
Apple Music just launched its brand new program especially for musicians. After some testing, Apple Music for Artists is officially out of beta and available ...
Spotify now has 100 million paid subscribers
Spotify announced in its latest earnings report, for the first quarter of the year, that the streaming service now officially has 100 million paid subscribers w...
REPORT: Amazon To Launch Hi-Def Music Streaming Platform
Amazon is getting into the music streaming game -- big time.
This goes much further than Prime Music. According to Music Business Worldwide, Amazon's next bi...
SoundCloud Is Now A Distributor Direct To Spotify, Apple Music, & More
SoundCloud has come up with a rather genius method of addressing the growing problem of more and more of its content creators flocking to alternative streaming ...
Spotify Opens The Doors For Artists To Upload Music Directly To Platform
Spotify, as grand a portal for music as it's become, has also had a bit of a gatekeeping issue. Uploading to the platform has, up to this point, been the respon...
Platform Collapses At Spanish Music Festival Injuring 300 People
The importance of proper festival staging construction can never be understated, as proved by O Marisquiño, a music festival held in Vigo, Spain on Sunday.
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Instagram Launches IGTV For Long-form Videos
After reports earlier this month, Instagram has officially launched its long-form sister app IGTV. According to a blog post from Instagram, IGTV is meant to be ...
Beatport Launches ‘Hype Charts’ And Reveals Top Genres
As a fixture in electronic music since it was founded in 2004, Beatport has been instrumental in not only growing artists, but labels as well. The service annou...