The Beatles: no band for old men (according to streaming stats...)
YouTube Music will come as a pre-installed app on new Android devices
Ticketing startup Dice lands in Italy, with FKA twigs
Licensing start-up Soundfeed launches open beta with 150 labels
IFPI report reveals new highs in on-demand streaming habits
The Beatles: no band for old men (according to streaming stats...)
According to Spotify, The Beatles' music has been streamed nearly 1.7bn times on the platform in 2019 alone. The company stressed that “18-24 is the…
YouTube Music will come as a pre-installed app on new Android devices
The transition from Google Play Music to YouTube Music is going steady. Indeed, Google has announced that the YouTube Music app will now be pre…
Ticketing startup Dice lands in Italy, with FKA twigs
Ticketing startup Dice last March launched in the US and now it's expanding again. This time it arrives in Italy. Dice's app just launched there…
Licensing start-up Soundfeed launches open beta with 150 labels
Start-up Soundfeed, a platform which simplifies international licensing for labels, is now moving to open beta. The platform has already seen…
IFPI report reveals new highs in on-demand streaming habits
The IFPI's new "Music Listening 2019" study (the new name for its annual "Music Consumer Insight" report) has been relesed. Reading it we note that…
Sony Music’s merch operation expands
Sony Music’s merchandising division, The Thread Shop, is going to acquire the music merch division of The Araca Group for an undisclosed fee. New…
Is Tencent buying 10% of Universal Music Group?
Chinese coloss Tencent made an offer to buy 10% of UMG for €3bn. If the deal is finalized, Tencent would also have a one-year call option to acquire…
Spotify's paying subscribers reaches 108m
A new financial update released on July 31 by Spotify confirmed that the company's premium subs count was up 31% year on year (on the same three…
FUGA acquire rights platform Songspace
FUGA, tha amsterdam.based technology and services company, just acquired full ownership of Nashville-based rights management and creative workflow…
Vivendi to appoint investment for the sale of up to 50% of its subsidiary UMG
France-based coloss Vivendi is appointing, today (July 25th) “several investment banks” for the sale of up to 50% of its subsidiary Universal Music…
FIMI's Enzo Mazza urges Spotify to ‘do more’ make Italians subscribe
Enzo Mazza, boss of Italian music body FIMI talkend about his thoughts (during an interview with Torrentfreak) on the topic of music subscriptions…
Patreon announced a $60m Series D funding round
Crowdfunding firm Patreon announced a $60m Series D funding round, taking its total raised since launch to nearly $166m.
Musician Serj…
Musician Serj…
7digital Group plc annonces board changes
Following the publication of its annual accounts for the year ended 31 December 2018, 7digital Group plc announced the appointments of Tamir Koch as…
Spotify changed its mind: it won't be a distributor
Spotify, last year, announced that it was enabling artists to upload their music direct to the platform. This feature launched in Beta in September…
Spotify and Libra cryptocurrency: what's up?
It's official: music-streaming Spotify is on board as one of the first backers of Facebook's new Libra cryptocurrency. The social network will…
Merlin reveals record revenue distributions in new 2019 Membership Report
Merlin, the global digital rights agency for the independent label sector, published its 2019 Membership Report & Survey - revealing a…
Emerge: social change is the focus
Emerge is a radical new festival/conference, aiming to reignite the role of popular music as a central driver of social change by showcasing…
Midem: finalists for 2019 Midemlab startups contest unveiled
The 20 startups that will be pitching as part of the Midemlab startups contest in Cannes this June have been revealed. The contest saw 177 startups…
Amazon is getting ready to launch a hi-def music streaming service
Less than a week after Amazon launched its first fully free music streaming service, according to "Music Business Worldwide" the company is planning…
EU passes first ever Europe-wide legislation vs ticket scalping
MEPs have voted to outlaw the use of specialised software (bots) to circumvent ticket purchasing rules, including maximum buying limits. The move…
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