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Unauthorized Apple Music Web Player Attracts More Than 200,000 Users

July 9, 2019

Students at the University of Kent have created a web-based Apple Music player, filling a need Apple has so far ignored. Musish launched five months ago, and since then, the web-based player has at... Read More...

FIX Delivers a Much-Needed Music Rewards System

Paul Resnikoff

July 9, 2019

FIX, from Toronto-based Fan Integrated Experiences LTD, has crossed the half-a-million mark on a reinvented music rewards concept. The problem — which is where a lot of entrepreneurs and investors begin — is... Read More...

TikTok Outranks Instagram In Global App Downloads This Year — But Where’s the Revenue?

Ashley King

July 6, 2019

Photo Credit: TikTok TikTok is taking the world by storm and leaving Instagram in the dust. A report looking at Q2 2019 shows TikTok still sits heartily above Instagram — at least when it comes to installs. ... Read More...

TIDAL Unveils MQA Streaming for Hi-Fi Subscribers on iOS

Tidal Rolls Out Detailed Credits to Highlight Producers, Songwriters, Sound Engineers, and Musicians

Ashley King

July 2, 2019

TIDAL has launched a new interactive credit page to highlight various non-performing roles. Songwriters, producers, sound engineers, and session musicians can now be credited for their work. That's another ... Read More...

Fake Streams Are Costing Artists $300 Million a Year, Indie Label Estimates

Ashley King

June 20, 2019

Streaming platforms are growing exponentially, but is all of that growth organic? Indie labels are increasingly worried about the legitimacy of their streaming numbers. Indie Week was held this past week and... Read More...

Deezer Debuts Lyric-Sharing on Instagram Stories — Provided by LyricFind

Ashley King

June 19, 2019

Despite being embroiled in a lyric plagiarism accusation, LyricFind will power Deezer's Instagram Stories integration. Earlier this month, lyrics copied straight from Genius were proven to be showing up in G... Read More...

Taylor Swift Breaks Apple Music’s ‘Pre-Add’ Streaming Record — Sorry, What’s a ‘Pre-Add’ Again?

Ashley King

June 17, 2019

Taylor Swift's upcoming Lover album has broken the record for most 'pre-added albums' by a female artist on Apple Music. Pre-adds are Apple's unique lingo for pre-orders of a streaming music album. Swift'... Read More...

From Ban to Boom: TikTok Says It Has 120 Million Active Users In India

Marsha Silva

June 13, 2019

TikTok, the video-sharing app that features footage up to 60 seconds in length, is making significant progress in India — even after being banned in the country. The said ban came in April of this year. Tik... Read More...

SoundCloud Go+ Expands Into Belgium, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Switzerland

Ashley King

June 4, 2019

SoundCloud is expanding its premium subscription plan SoundCloud Go+ into several European countries. Belgium, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Switzerland now have access to the subscription service. SoundClo... Read More...

Tinder Is Expanding Its ‘Festival Mode’ Hook-Up Concept with a Splendour in the Grass Deal

Ashley King

May 30, 2019

Tinder's new Festival Mode is headed to Australia as part of a new sponsorship deal with music festival Splendour in the Grass. Tinder Festival Mode was introduced at the beginning of May as a way to facilit... Read More...

YouTube Music Slashes India Pricing Further With Cheap Student Plans

Ashley King

May 29, 2019

YouTube is finally rolling out student plans in India, making the streaming service cheaper than ever. YouTube Premium and YouTube Music first debuted in India earlier this year. College students in India c... Read More...

SoundCloud Launches Two New DJ Software Integration Partnerships

Ashley King

May 28, 2019

SoundCloud is aiming to make it easier for indie artists to make it big utilizing their platform. To that end, SoundCloud if offering two new DJ software integrations with Mixvibes and Native Instruments. ... Read More...

Alphabet Touts YouTube Subscription ‘Momentum’ as Broader Revenues Sag

Spotify’s ‘Preferred Distributor’ List Now Includes 23 Companies

HBO’s ‘The Last of Us’ Sends Linda Ronstadt’s “Long Long Time” Spotify Streams Skyrocketing

Apple Music Releases Rihanna’s Catalog in Spatial Audio Ahead of Super Bowl LVII

Miley Cyrus Breaks Her Own Record — “Flowers” Becomes the Most-Streamed Song in a Single Week on Spotify for the Second Week in a Row

Unauthorized Apple Music Web Player Attracts More Than 200,000 Users

FIX Delivers a Much-Needed Music Rewards System

TikTok Outranks Instagram In Global App Downloads This Year — But Where’s the Revenue?

Tidal Rolls Out Detailed Credits to Highlight Producers, Songwriters, Sound Engineers, and Musicians

Fake Streams Are Costing Artists $300 Million a Year, Indie Label Estimates

Deezer Debuts Lyric-Sharing on Instagram Stories — Provided by LyricFind

Taylor Swift Breaks Apple Music’s ‘Pre-Add’ Streaming Record — Sorry, What’s a ‘Pre-Add’ Again?

From Ban to Boom: TikTok Says It Has 120 Million Active Users In India

SoundCloud Go+ Expands Into Belgium, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Switzerland

Tinder Is Expanding Its ‘Festival Mode’ Hook-Up Concept with a Splendour in the Grass Deal

YouTube Music Slashes India Pricing Further With Cheap Student Plans

SoundCloud Launches Two New DJ Software Integration Partnerships