Spotify hit 124 million subscribers at the end of 2019, up 29% from the previous year, the company reported Wednesday. However, tempering that…
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U.S. music streams surpass one trillion milestone in 2019
On-demand streams grew were up 24.8 percent from 2018 to 1.01 trillion. Streaming on services like Apple Music saw the biggest boot, as on demand audio streams grew 32 percent to 706 billion…
Apple offers six months of Apple Music for free – if you do this
Here’s how to get six months worth of Apple Music for free this Christmas!
Spotify reports bigger-than-expected loss, paid subscribers disappoint
Spotify Technology SA’s lighter-than-expected number of new paid subscribers drove shares as much as 5% lower…
Spotify reaches 100 million subscribers worldwide, still losing money
Spotify now has 100 million paying users around the world, the company said…
Sonos speakers enable Apple Music voice control via Amazon’s Alexa
Owners of Sonos speakers in the U.S. and U.K. can now use Alexa voice controls for Apple Music…
Apple is the real winner in Spotify’s battle against paying songwriters more
Streaming giant Spotify, after years of attempting to woo the songwriting community, is now at the front of an effort to pay it less…
Apple Music comes to Amazon Alexa in the UK with new skill update
Amazon has brought Apple Music to Alexa smart speakers for the first time in the UK…
Apple Music now available on Amazon Fire TV; Apple Music on Amazon Echo expanding to more countries
Apple Music is now available on the Amazon Fire TV…
Apple further opens walled garden’s gate: Apple Music soon to launch on Google Home speakers
Apple Music is apparently coming to Google Home speakers, yet another sign…
New Apple Music web player looks like it came from Apple
Apple doesn’t offer an official Apple Music web player, but it does offer web APIs…
Jay-Z’s beleaguered Tidal under investigation over alleged streaming fraud
Tidal, a subscription-based music and video streaming service owned by rapper Jay-Z…
Apple Music now leads Spotify in the U.S., the No. 1 recorded music market
Stockholm-based Spotify, which listed on the New York Stock Exchange earlier this year…
Apple Music continues to take share from Spotify
Apple’s ability to promote its own services like Apple Music, iCloud, and Apple Pay…
Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s newest release highlights the extent of Apple Music’s disruption
The Tidal high-fidelity music streaming service was suddenly the center of attention…
Tastemaker George Ergatoudis leaves Spotify to join Apple Music
George Ergatoudis, one of the most influential tastemakers in the UK business, is leaving Spotify…
Apple revs up their own music publishing business
Last week, Apple Music announced it was setting up a global music publishing division, raising eyebrows…
Apple Music poaches Radio 1Xtra editor Ryan Newman
Apple Music has hired one of BBC radio’s key editorial music executives in the UK…
Apple Music to shake things up with another new global division
A transformation is coming to the way that Apple reports streaming data…
Beleaguered Tidal music subscription service reportedly months behind on royalty payments
Tidal’s struggles continue today as a new report claims the streaming music platform is months behin…
Tidal accused of deliberately inflating Kanye West’s and Beyoncé’s streaming numbers upon which royalties are paid
Tidal is under fire once again for allegedly inflating its streaming numbers….
Apple launches Apple Music for Artists to track downloads, streams, and more
The easily navigable dashboard’s home page provides artists with their current number of…
Watch out Spotify and Apple Music, here comes Amazon
With the introduction of the Apple iPod in 2001…
Beleaguered Tidal subscription music service running out of cash, may close next year
Lossless streaming music service Tidal is reported to be running out of cash..
Kanye West cuts ties with Tidal as Jay-Z’s latest album pops up on Apple Music
The same day that the Jay-Z album ‘4:44’ exits Tidal exclusivity, Kanye West, one of Tidal’s initial 16 artist-owners…
How long will Jimmy Iovine stay with Apple?
Talking to Iovine about his career and the energy that propelled his shifts from engineer to producer…
Tesla looks to create an Apple Music rival
Tesla is talking to the music industry about creating its own streaming music service…
Apple Music’s three-month trial is no longer free in Australia, Spain, and Switzerland
Since launching in June 2015, Apple Music has offered a free three-month trial in the United States…
SiriusXM in talks to acquire Pandora
The two companies, while talking, remain in disagreement on value…
Pandora gets $150 million KKR investment; explores strategic alternatives, including sale
Pandora Media Inc. said on Monday that the company is exploring strategic alternatives, including a sale…
Apple Music is coming to Facebook Messenger
Apple will be introducing an Apple Music chat extension to Facebook Messenger…
Spotify tests lossless streaming; Apple Music next?
Reports suggest that Spotify is A/B testing a new lossless option on some users…
Jimmy Iovine on Apple Music: ‘The stuff we’re creating I don’t think anyone is gonna see coming’
For music streaming services, which rely on a delicate web of relationships with the artists, publishers, and record labels…
iTunes may be bad, but years and years of it are what’s making Apple Music so good
Playlists, playlists, playlists. Every major music streaming service these days is touting the originality…
Thanks to Apple Music, the music industry is finally making money on streaming
After almost two decades of relentless decline caused by piracy and falling prices, the music business…
Jimmy Iovine: Apple has no plans to buy Tidal or any other streaming music service
We’re not looking to acquire any streaming services…
Kanye West tries to goad Apple CEO Tim Cook to buy Tidal
Taking a break from his social media spat with pop singer Taylor Swift, rapper Kanye West this weekend…
Kanye West calls for Apple to buy Tidal, demands executive meeting
Rapper Kanye West in a minor tweet storm on Saturday called on Apple to purchase Apple Music competitor Tidal…
YouTube’s music streaming takes a beating from Apple Music, Spotify, others
YouTube is no longer the biggest music streaming game in town…
Apple blasts Spotify for ‘resorting to rumors and half-truths, asking for preferential treatment’
In a letter sent to Spotify general counsel Horacio Gutierrez on Friday, Apple general counsel Bruce Sewell rebutted…
Apple buying Tidal would be a very savvy move
Investor sentiment in Apple this morning has been that they have made or are making a poor move in shooting to acquire…
Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon: Apple Music is ‘literally a horrid platform’
Last year, when Apple launched its streaming service Apple Music, Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon…
