The wave of live music integrations into streaming continues, with a new feature emerging from Spotify. The company has added a Concerts feature that displays personalized show recommendations based on artists a person has listened to and their location. Continue Reading
Spotify has put Victory Records’ catalog back up for streaming on its service. The music was removed after highly publicized allegations that the streaming platform owed royalties to the indie label and its publishing arm. Continue Reading
David Lowery, a former professional musician and now an advocate for artists’ rights, has written to the New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman to seek an investigation into unpaid mechanical royalties. This fall has seen some heated debate about licensing payments in the streaming music economy, particularly for publishers. Continue Reading
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Jason Aldean back on Spotify; another public radio addition to VuHaus; Mixcloud positioning itself for DJ value. Continue Reading
The annual Web Summit in Dublin usually yields some interesting insights for the digital and streaming music industries. This year’s event has been no exception, and several sessions have useful information. Continue Reading
Facebook has added a new feature dubbed Music Stories. This new post format allows people to listen to 30-second clips of any song, artist, or album shared to the social platform. Continue Reading
At ATS New York this week, Spotify’s Head of Programmatic Solutions, Jana Jakovljevic, said that Spotify has started opening up its private programmatic solution to buyers. RAIN News confirmed with Spotify that the company is indeed launching its programmatic platform. Continue Reading
On the Move tracks hires, promotions, and other notable personnel changes within the online audio industry. Today’s moves include Spotify poaching country music talent from Sirius XM and a new exec for licensing specialist CueSongs. Continue Reading
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Insights into Spotify In Residence: Merlin CEO pens op-ed against two-tier publishing rates; a new addition to NextRadio’s platform. Continue Reading
The finances of streaming have been a hot topic for the music industry since the services first arrived on the scene. A new working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research adds some hard science to the conversation, examining the impact of Spotify on both music sales and piracy. Continue Reading
It’s a double dose of updates from Spotify today. First, the streaming platform introduced a feature dubbed Spotify In Residence. With these profiles, Spotify lets different artists take a spin at curating a special playlist in the style of a radio show. The second Spotify news comes from France, with reports that Spotify now has about 650,000 paying subscribers in that nation. Continue Reading
Buzz, accusations, and legal jargon are swirling around the echosphere today in the wake of Spotify’s removal of the Victory Records song catalog from its library. Music licensing and royalty payouts in interactive streaming services are complex, sometimes compared to an impenetrable black box. Is there a solution? Continue Reading