A Kanye West Music Streaming Service?; Peloton’s Music Chief Tempts Artists; Spotify’s First Gaming Podcast Playlist
Kanye West Shares Artist Roster for Possible Yeezy Sound Streaming Service — www.billboard.com
Kanye West has shared the “roster proposal” for Yeezy Sound, a proposed music streaming service he filed trademark papers for in 2017.
Peloton’s New Music Chief On Why Artists Should Take The Company For A Spin — www.forbes.com
“The question is, how do we bring the relevance of a live concert into somebody’s workout program?” says Peloton’s Gwen Bethel Riley.
Eat, Sleep, Game is Spotify’s First Gaming Podcast Playlist — www.digitaltrends.com
Spotify has announced its latest human-curated podcast playlist, Eat, Sleep, Game. The playlist hosts a selection of episodes from a range of gaming podcasts.
In-Store Music Provider Mood Media to File for Bankruptcy, Citing Costs and COVID — www.billboard.com
Mood Media, a provider of in-store music known for its now-retired Muzak brand, plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy no later than July 30, according to a notice sent to a record label on Wednesday (July 8).
Stat Of The Week: Less than half of Scandinavians pay for music streaming — but 69% pay for on-demand TV and movies — www.musicbusinessworldwide.com
MBW’s Stat Of The Week is a new series in which we show why a single data point deserves the attention of the global music industry. Stat Of the Week is…
Kobalt enters India’s music publishing market via partnership with Turnkey — www.musicbusinessworldwide.com
Fairwood and Konic Records also ink their own deals with Turnkey.
Hipgnosis has another $300m to spend on songs, thanks to its biggest fundraise yet — www.musicbusinessworldwide.com
Biggest fundraise to date, and the biggest fundraise by a LSE listed investment trust since the COVID-19 lockdown.
Digital Disruption and Music Economics With Former Spotify Chief Economist Will Page — blog.chartmetric.com
Will Page, Chief Economist at Spotify from 2012 to 2019, talks to Chartmetric about digital disruption and music economics on this episode of How Music Charts.
Napster, iHeartMedia Dropped from Massive Streaming Collusion Lawsuit — www.digitalmusicnews.com
Pro Music Rights (PMR) has voluntarily removed iHeartMedia and Naspter owner Rhapsody from its far-reaching collusion lawsuit.
Spotify Stock Valuation Debated As Streaming Music Leader Soars — www.investors.com
Spotify stock on Monday was downgraded to sell by one Wall Street analyst while two others reiterated their buy ratings and raised their price targets.
How to distribute lo-fi music to streaming platforms for free — routenote.com
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