Music Streaming

Spotify Suffers Multiple Outages In January As Hundreds of Employees Receive Layoff Notices

Dylan Smith

January 27, 2023

Universal Music Group Cuts the Ribbon on EMI North in Leeds

Ashley King

January 27, 2023

Spotify’s ‘Viral Hire’ Thanks to Spotify-Themed Resume Is Laid Off

Ashley King

January 27, 2023

Belarus Legalizes Piracy of Intellectual Property from ‘Unfriendly Nations’

Ashley King

January 26, 2023

Meet the Company Blowing Up Catalog Tracks on Spotify

Paul Resnikoff

January 26, 2023

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PPL Paid Over $300M to 165,000 Performers and Recording Rightsholders in 2022

Ashley King

January 25, 2023

Photo Credit: PPL PPL paid out £244.9m ($303.6m) to 165,000 performers and recording rightsholders in 2022. UK-based music licensing company PPL announced that in 2022, the company paid out £244.9 million ($... Read More...

SiriusXM Launches Limited-Run ‘The Grammy Channel’

Ashley King

January 25, 2023

Photo Credit: SiriusXM SiriusXM launches the limited-run 'The Grammy Channel,' the event's 'Official Audio Experience.' SiriusXM announced the return of The Grammy Channel in collaboration with the Recording... Read More...

2023 Grammy Awards Performances Announced – Bad Bunny, Lizzo, Sam Smith, Mary J. Blige & More

Ashley King

January 25, 2023

Photo Credit: Courtesy NARAS The 2023 Grammy Award performances have been announced to include Bad Bunny, Mary J. Blige, Luke Combs, Lizzo, and many more. The 2023 Grammy Awards will be hosted by Trevor Noah... Read More...

Spotify Layoffs Encompass 6% of Workforce — Here’s Daniel Ek’s Letter

Ashley King

January 23, 2023

Photo Credit: Reet Talreja Spotify plans to lay off around 6% of its workforce, adding to other massive layoffs in the tech industry. Spotify grew immensely over the course of the pandemic, attracting 456 mi... Read More...

Miley Cyrus’ ‘Flowers’ Sets Spotify Record for Most Streams in a Single Week — 101 Million Plays and Counting

Dylan Smith

January 20, 2023

Miley Cyrus performing live in 2019. Photo Credit: Casey J. Hopkins Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” has set a Spotify record for the most streams in a single week, with north of 100 million on-platform plays to its cr... Read More...

Amazon Music Unlimited Is Raising Its Prices for Individuals & Students

Ashley King

January 20, 2023

Photo Credit: Waldemar Brandt Following a price hike in Japan, Amazon is also raising prices for Amazon Music Unlimited in the US. Tokyo outlets first reported the news of an Amazon Music Unlimited price hik... Read More...

David Crosby, Co-Founder of the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash — Dead at 81

Ashley King

January 19, 2023

Photo Credit: Glenn Francis / CC by 4.0 David Crosby, singer-songwriter-guitarist and co-founder of The Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash, has died at 81. Singer-songwriter and guitarist David Crosby, a fo... Read More...

Code in iOS 16.3 Reveals Apple Still Working on Classical Music App

Ashley King

January 19, 2023

Photo Credit: Manuel Nägeli More evidence that Apple continues work on its classical music app has surfaced in code from iOS 16.3. The final stages of its beta test are underway, with a public release expect... Read More...

The Rolling Stones & Mick Jagger Join Keith Richards on TikTok

Ashley King

January 19, 2023

Photo Credit: Vale Arellano The Rolling Stones have officially joined TikTok, allowing creators to access their music catalog on the platform. Users will be able to create covers and remixes of iconic Rollin... Read More...

What are the Most Watched YouTube Music Videos of All Time?

Ashley King

January 19, 2023

Photo Credit: LuisFonsiVEVO Alexa, play "Despacito." Here are the most-watched YouTube music videos of all time. Some songs are so culturally pervasive that you can't help but know them. But only a few achie... Read More...

Apple announces new HomePod 2nd generation

Apple Just Announced a New $299 HomePod 2nd Generation

Ashley King

January 18, 2023

Photo Credit: Apple Apple just announced a new full-size $299 HomePod with some rich new audio features -- and one notable limitation. Apple has announced the second-generation HomePod, "a powerful smart spe... Read More...

Viberate Disrupts the Music Industry by Making Data Affordable for Everyone

Urska Jaksa

January 18, 2023

Photo Credit: Viberate “Reducing the price from $129 to only $9.90 per month feels like the right thing to do,” says the co-founder of music data analytics platform Viberate, which also started the year by ro... Read More...