Google Now Has 16 Million Paid Music Subscribers — Here’s Why That Doesn’t Matter

According to a new report, Google now has over 15 million subscribers on its streaming music platforms – Google Play Music (GPM) and YouTube Music. Despite the great news for the Alphabet-owned company, here’s the kicker – subscriptions have abruptly s…

2018 Streaming Music Price Bible Published Based on a Single Source

Despite the contradicting differences in research, one thing remains clear for indie artists – don’t expect to earn enough from streaming music. Late last month, Digital Music News updated its list of what streaming music services pay. Thanks to inform…

YouTube Remix Will Terminate Google Play Music, Sources Say

Looks like Google won’t have three separate music streaming services after all.  Yet, why has YouTube Remix repeated the same mistakes the parent company made with Play Music and YouTube Red? According to a new report, Google Play Music will…

Google inks Samsung deal to become ‘default music player’ on new S8 phones

Google Play Music will be pre-installed on fancy new tech

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Will Google Play Music + YouTube = Spotify Destruction?

Google Play Music and YouTube Music will soon become one app. Will that be a crushing blow to Spotify? Google Play is an online music storage service that lets users save 50,000 tracks from their own libraries.  It also offers subscribers on demand streaming to any song within the Google Play Music Catalog.  YouTube Music, […]

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