Several streaming services drew the ire of songwriting groups when they moved to appeal the mechanical royalty rates set by the Copyright Royalty Board. Although Amazon, Google, and Pandora are also participating in the appeal, Spotify has been shouldering the bulk of the critique. Continue Reading
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Universal Music Group has inked a licensing agreement with uduX, a streaming music service based in Nigeria. The deal will bring uduX listeners access to UMG’s catalog of Nigerian and international artists. UMG is the first major to sign with this service. Continue Reading
TikTok has seen global popularity as a mobile platform for short-form music videos and lip syncing, and there have been multiple new developments surrounding the app. First, the service has been working to build itself as a music discovery platform. The second major development is higher up the chain, involving labels. Continue Reading
Triton Digital announced that Montreal-based music, media, and technology company Stingray is its latest client. Triton will take charge of monetizing the streaming audio content on the Stingray Music mobile app. Continue Reading
Deezer has hired Nigel Harding as its new vice president of artist marketing. Harding will lead the music company’s artist marketing efforts, including development of special campaigns and projects to appeal to its global listener base. Continue Reading
Boomplay Music, a streaming platform serving Africa, announced that it has raised $20 million in Series A funding. The financing will support the company’s expansion efforts across Africa. The company currently has more than 44 million downloads of its app and is adding an average of 2 million new subscribers monthly. Continue Reading
Headliner, a platform for social media audio discovery, has entered a partnership with podcast platform Pinecast. Under the terms of their arrangement, Headliner will provide Pinecast users with the tools to create video clips of their content that can be posted to social networks. Continue Reading
Speaker company Sonos announced that it has hired Brittany Bagley as its new chief financial officer. Bagley has already served on the firm’s board of directors for two years, but will step away with her new appointment. Continue Reading
Sirius XM and Pandora have launched their first cross-platform collaboration since the satellite radio company acquired the online audio platform in September. The new interactive channel, called Pandora NOW, will be available on both of the audio services starting today. Continue Reading
Red Bull is shuttering two of its music operations. Both Red Bull Music Academy and Red Bull Radio will close as a result of structural changes in the energy drink company, which has also built a parallel reputation as a lifestyle and culture brand. Continue Reading
Audioboom, which trades on the London stock exchange, filed an optional quarterly earnings update (formally called a “Trading Update”) to publicize eye-popping year-over-year financial performance. In Q1 2019 the London-HQ’d Audioboom earned U.S. $4.6-million, up 180% from the Q1 2018… Continue Reading