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Apple Music may have more than eleven million paying subscribers, but Spotify has nearly three times that amount. It reached ten million paying subscribers back in May of 2014, which then doubled to twenty million in June of 2015, and now The Financial Times is claiming that Spotify is close to
Spotify’s less-than-friendly relationship with the music industry stems from one thing: royalties. To be more precise, it stems from Spotify’s self-confessed inability to distribute royalties quickly and accurately, many times neglecting to pay royalties at all. That’s why Cam
Spotify’s relationship with music artists is… not so good. Thanks to issues with how it distributes royalties, many artists have complained that they’re not properly compensated for their songs that are streamed through Spotify, and some big name artists like Adele and Taylor
It’s safe to say that Tidal has had a rough year, and I’m not sure whether the fact that the company has cycled through three CEOs in the past six months is the cause of that, or the product of it. Either way, Tidal is hoping that things will be different next year, as industry veteran J
It’s a little known fact that the rise of music streaming has actually had a significant impact on concert ticket sales, especially for lesser known artists, and being a music streaming service, this is obviously the something that Pandora would take notice of. That’s probably why the co
The response to Jay Z’s controversial new music streaming service has been… not so good. Words like “arrogant” and “elitist” have been thrown around when describing both the service and the dozen or so music artists that helped found it. Whatever image Tidal tried
With a 53% year-over-year increase in sales last quarter, I think it’s safe to say vinyl isn’t just a fad anymore. Classic artists like the Beatles and Pink Floyd aren’t the only ones enjoying this vinyl comeback either, modern artists like Lana Del Rey and Jack White have sold ten
Alibaba has been trying to expand its entertainment offerings overt he past few months but has generally been sticking with fellow Chinese companies when forming partnerships. However, it looks like that’s starting to change as the Chinese Internet giant has signed its first-ever music deal wi
The recording industry already has a release day standard, but it varies from country to country. Now, after several months of bickering, the industry has finally adopted a global standard that will see all future albums released on a Friday, a change that will go into effect later in the summer. Cr
As Spotify reportedly inches closer to an IPO, the company continues to build out its presence as an e-commerce platform for artists to market themselves and generate revenue beyond basic music royalties. Today, it is turning on an integration and partnership with BandPage, a company that lets music
Billboard and Twitter have launched a new interactive chart – the Billboard Trending 140 – that ranks shared songs in the U.S. by analyzing the fastest-moving tracks, in terms of the acceleration of shares via tweet, over the past hour. The result is a real-time presentation of the most-shared track
Beats Music’s first 100 days on the market have been a huge disappointment, with label sources estimating the service’s paid subscriber count is in the “low six figures.” That conflicts with reports from company insiders claiming the service is being used by “millions of people,” and has actually ex
