Platform & Stream

Deezer claims $1.4bn valuation with TV Azteca partnership in Mexico — musically.com   Deezer is doubling down on Latin America courtesy of…

Spotify’s Stock Market Success Says Nothing About the Future of Music —  www.rollingstone.com

Discovering Classical Music With Concert Roulette — platformandstream.wordpress.com

Why the Pixies Podcasted Their Album — artists.spotify.com   The alt-rock legends forged a deeper connection with fans when they…

Super Hi-Fi Is Reshaping The Sound Of Streaming With AI —  www.forbes.com   The Los Angeles-based company is working with digital music…

Hipgnosis says feelgood hits streaming heavily during pandemic —  www.musicweek.com   Hipgnosis said that feelgood hits such as Sweet…

Spotify Combines Artist, Label Analytics In One Place —  www.billboard.com

Moving online: The booming business of livestreaming —  www.iq-mag.net   As many turn online for their live event fix, IQ speaks to two…

Erykah Badu and Jill Scott Streams Triple After ‘Verzuz’ Battle —  www.billboard.com   The two singer-songwriter’s combined streams more…

Stageit, the Music Live-Stream Platform, Finally Comes Into Its Own — variety.com   Stageit, a live-stream music platform that’s served a…

5 Years of RapCaviar: Spotify’s Carl Chery Breaks Down the Power of the Playlist —  www.billboard.com   With Spotify celebrating the fifth…

What’s Next for Lockdown Live Music? Pay-Per-View Tours, Crowdless Concerts, Virtual Merch and More — variety.com   Despite talk of…

Live From Lockdown: How Erykah Badu and Other Musicians Are Finding New Ways to Connect in the Coronavirus Age — variety.com   Faced with…

Music Piracy Is Rising on Torrent Sites During COVID-19 —  www.rollingstone.com

With Empty Campuses, College Radio Stations Face Uphill Battle During Coronavirus —  www.billboard.com   Like just about every business…

Where Can Virtual Concerts Go After Travis Scott’s Fortnite Extravaganza? — pitchfork.com   With COVID-19 putting a halt to the live music…

Why the Music Business Should Be Looking Closely at Fortnite —  www.rollingstone.com

Testing..Testing…1,2,3 — Check Your Audio Streams — nodeping.com

Music streaming service 8tracks is back from the dead — musically.com   Launched in August 2008, 8tracks was one of the…

In a Time of Isolation, Dance Music Offers Community Through Streaming —  www.vice.com   Amid coronavirus, dance music mainstays like New…

SiriusXM Launching Bowie, Eagles, Led Zeppelin, Prince and Rolling Stones Channels With Exclusive Content —  www.billboard.com

Classic Songs Providing Comfort to Fans (and Opportunity for Labels) During Pandemic —  www.billboard.com   Music companies’ catalog…

Why Netflix Should Buy Spotify Right Now — nymag.com   On the Pivot podcast, Scott Galloway and Kara Swisher discuss how Netflix could…

Live Streaming Is Here To Stay — The Future Of An Emerging Technology —  www.ludwig-van.com   We take a look at live streaming and the…