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SoundCloud Is Close to a Licensing Deal With Universal
SoundCloud Is Close to a Licensing Deal With Universal
SoundCloud Is Close to a Licensing Deal With Universal
Maybe Napster taught everyone a lesson. Music labels, especially the majors, were incredibly slow to adapt to the peer-to-peer piracy that became commonplace around the turn of the century. The RIAA went after consumers in wildly unpopular lawsuits; bands and musicians lashed out at their fans; record sales that had been at an all-time high suddenly plummeted, to the point where comparing sales fi
Spotify Might Offer Subscriber-Only Content
Spotify Might Offer Subscriber-Only Content
Spotify Might Offer Subscriber-Only Content
The streaming music wars continue to wage on and Spotify may be changing things up to get more people to subscribe. According to Digital Music News, Spotify is preparing to shifit towards a premium-only, "gated access" model which means that certain releases will either be available only to paying subscribers and/or available for a limited time to non-paying users. Whi ...
Hip-Hop Is the Most Listened to Genre in the World, Reports Spotify
Hip-Hop Is the Most Listened to Genre in the World, Reports Spotify
Hip-Hop Is the Most Listened to Genre in the World, Reports Spotify
Hip-Hop is the most listened to genre in the world, according to Spotify. The music streaming website has put together a live "musical map of the world," which analyzes about 20 millions songs in order to show listening trends in over 1,000 cities across the world...
Sony Sued Over Its Spotify Relationship
Sony Sued Over Its Spotify Relationship
Sony Sued Over Its Spotify Relationship
If you have even a passing interest in music, you've seen headlines about the fight over streaming revenue--who is entitled to what, and how the pot should be divided between the services, labels, creative types and other rights holders. Mor...
Google Launches Free Music Streaming Service
Google Launches Free Music Streaming Service
Google Launches Free Music Streaming Service
As Apple Music, Spotify and Tidal continue the digital music streaming arms race, Google has decided to throw its hat fully in the ring. Though you could always play your personal music library through Google Play, the tech giant now offers two different options to tap into their massive catalog: a $9...
Tidal Fires Interim CEO
Tidal Fires Interim CEO
Tidal Fires Interim CEO
Peter Tonstad, interim CEO of the music streaming service Tidal, has been relieved of his duties after only three months. According to Billboard, Tidal's brass has been in a strange sort of limbo of late, with Chief Investment Officer Vania Schlogel a no-show for a scheduled appearance at New York's New Music Seminar today (June 23). Schlogel has been ...

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