Business, Services And Guides For Music Labels
Looking to upload your latest music to Microsoft Groove? Hope you can, as the tech giant quietly blocks all new releases from streaming. Almost one year ago today, Spotify and the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) reached a landmark agreement. Spotify, facing a $5 million fine, would plan to ensure all works had mechanical licenses […]
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With steep losses and minimal paid subscriber numbers (as well as a lack of suitors), will Pandora Premium help the company turn things around? Or is there simply no space for Pandora in an already overcrowded ‘premium’ streaming market? Pandora finished 2016 with strong numbers…at least according to multiple surveys. Per MusicWatch, online users preferred […]
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SoundCloud RIP? Last July, SoundCloud was ‘mulling a $1 billion offer. Now, the company is willing to sell for $250 million. Is SoundCloud headed for a date with bankruptcy? That’s looking like a distinct possibility, with buyers bailing and valuations plunging. Now, there’s this. According to a record in Re/Code this morning, the streaming giant is […]
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Spotify isn’t licensed for Russia. So why is it so easy for Russians to access this service? The answer could mean more litigation from rights owners against the streaming music giant. This is an issue that we last reported on in August of 2016. But after 7 months and no response from Spotify, it appears […]
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Earlier this year, we questioned whether Spotify was at risk of going bankrupt. But for a rebounding music industry, is this company simply too big to fail? Now, with 50 million paying subscribers, the Spotify riddle gets a little trickier. Time for the labels to lower their rates? Or can Spotify afford it? Now, there’s […]
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Millions have watched tutorials on how to get Spotify Premium for free. Google and YouTube are fueling the fire. So how much money is being lost here? Please note: the following is a developing story. We’ll continue to update with information from Spotify and other sources. Last week, we wrote about a potentially disturbing development. […]
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Will SoundCloud’s final ‘GO’ prove a hit with consumers, saving them from bankruptcy, or will its premium price cut end up as a notable yet failed Hail Mary pass? You work for a largely respected company. You’ve even received the title of “YouTube of audio.” Millions of relatively-unknown DJs have successfully used your service to […]
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4 years. $11.8 million in funding. 1 dead company: Vadio. Vadio was a promising start-up focusing on streaming music video monetization. So WTF happened? Early this morning, the death knell rang loudly as Vadio officially ran out of cash. But here’s the kicker: it turns out that the Portland-based startup burned through nearly $12 million […]
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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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Why is Netflix making money when Spotify isn’t yet profitable? It’s a frustrating experience when you open up Netflix and can’t find the movie you’re looking to watch. It’s even more frustrating when you realize that they’re in the Top 250 of IMDB. Two years ago, a Reddit user clayton_frisbie decided to do his own […]
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