Platform & Stream

Would you pay to stream endless musicals? Some Broadway insiders are quietly betting on it. —  www.washingtonpost.com   At issue is a pair…

Radiohead Dropped 18 Hours of Unreleased Music to Screw Pirates —  www.wired.com

Back from MIDEM? Find Anyone to Help You Manage Music Metadata at Scale? — vivadata.co

Back from MIDEM? Find Anyone to Help You Manage Music Metadata at Scale? — vivadata.co

Goldman Sachs Expects the Music Industry to Make $45 Billion By 2030 —  www.rollingstone.com

Even in the Streaming Era, Overnight Success Remains Risky as Ever —  www.complex.com   For many artists, viral fame seems like an ideal…

How The New LiveXLive App Is Creating A Brand New Revenue Stream For Musicians —  www.forbes.com   While recent years have seen a shift in…

Spotify is Building Shared-Queue Social Listening — techcrunch.com

DJs of the Future Don’t Spin Records — They Write Code — www.wired.com   “Live-coding” parties are the latest phenomenon in underground…

iTunes’ Death: Greatly Exaggerated — 8sided.blog   How and why the premature news of ‘the death of iTunes’ was spread far and wide.

Metadata is the biggest little problem plaguing the music industry —  www.theverge.com   Metadata problems have plagued the music industry…

Apple’s Newest Innovation Is… the iPod —  www.rollingstone.com

Fandom in the Age of Music Streaming — medium.com   How many are re-evaluating their roles as music fans in the digital era, returning to…

Dolby’s Atmos brings movie theater sound to streaming music —  www.usatoday.com   Dolby’s high-end audio is popular with movies and TV…

How Rap’s SoundCloud Generation Changed the Music Business Forever — pitchfork.com   The recording industry is adjusting to a new social…

New Services Offer Streaming Solutions For Classical Music —  www.forbes.com

The company behind by TikTok plans to launch music streaming service — www.prolificlondon.co.uk   ByteDance, the parent company of…

Spotify Tests ‘Car Thing’ Audio Adapter With Voice Control — variety.com

Through Storyline and Soundtrap, Spotify is Becoming a Storytelling Platform for Creators —  www.digitaltrends.com

Why Legacy Acts Are Finally Joining the Streaming Game —  www.billboard.com   For years, veteran acts avoided the platforms they felt…

Niche Streaming Services Try To Break Music Fans’ ‘One Subscription’ Habit —  www.forbes.com   Specialty streaming services for electronic…

Beatport Launches Subscription Music Streaming Service for DJs —  www.musicbusinessworldwide.com

Thanks to Spotify and Deezer, digital music booms in Brazil — brazilian.report   Digital music: The Brazilian music industry continues to…

TikTok Is the New Music Kingmaker, and Labels Want to Get Paid —  www.bloomberg.com   They’re seeking a better deal after they missed the…