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Apple Music continues to secure artist exclusives… A report by Interscope Records has confirmed that Apple Music has secured another artist exclusive – this time with Chicago rapper, Dreezy. The album titled ‘No Hard Feelings’ will be available on the streaming platform as of July 15th. Apple Music will have a one-week exclusive before the album becomes more […]
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But, is this enough to convert its 175 million users to its paid subscription service ‘SoundCloud Go’? Today (June 23rd), SoundCloud announced via their blog that they are amping up their discovery features across all of their platforms. The latest feature is called Suggested Tracks. The new feature is very similar to Spotify’s Discover as it […]
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According to John MacFarlane, CEO of Sonos, the music industry will hit a billion paying music streaming users and it will only ”take around 5 years” (so by 2021). Interesting… But how? ”Apple and China will take the lead” and everyone else will follow, says MacFarlane. (1) Apple effect The early entrants in the music streaming […]
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China wants their share of the music streaming market… According to a report by the WSJ, a China-based music streaming service backed by Tencent Holdings Ltd, plans an IPO in the U.S. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley have reportedly been hired by China Music Corp for the IPO, which will most likely occur […]
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Watch out Spotify, Apple Music wants a bigger share of the streaming market… Just two days ago DMN reported Apple Music’s plans for a complete design overhaul of its music streaming platform to make it more ‘bold’ and ‘simple’ for its users. Now, the streaming service has announced a 50% reduction in its music streaming monthly subscription for […]
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In a bid to boost subscriber numbers at Tidal, Jay Z has quietly swiped his Blueprint albums from competing music streaming sites. These coveted releases are now Tidal exclusives. Anyone surprised? As first unearthed by Pitchfork, the legendary albums have now disappeared from Apple Music, iTunes, Spotify, Deezer, Rhapsody, and Amazon’s digital music store. It soon became […]
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