Amazon Debuts HD Music Streaming; How Artists Tweak Streaming Searches to Score Hits; Spotify Pays Hackers $120K

Amazon launches HD music streaming — www.bbc.com
The company is the first of the “big three” streaming services to offer CD-quality audio.

How Artists Are Gaming Streaming Searches to Score Hits — www.rollingstone.com

Naming a song after something already famous (“Post Malone,” “Hot Girl Bummer”) is leading to extra clicks — and in some cases, extra controversy.

How Lewis Capaldi became a billion-stream superstar — according to his manager, Ryan Walter — www.musicbusinessworldwide.com

Where did Lewis Capaldi come from?

Spotify Pays Hackers $120,000 — www.forbes.com

Spotify has paid out $120,000 to hackers to avoid potential security nightmares; music lovers everywhere should be grateful for that.

How Indie Label Mom + Pop’s Grasp On Digital Distribution Benefits Its Global Roster — www.billboard.com

How Mom + Pop Music got ahead of the curve on streaming.

Universal Makes a Bigger Bet on Southeast Asia — www.billboard.com
Universal Music Group is pushing further into Asia, with a new Southeast Asia headquarters here that will feature hubs for Def Jam and Astralwerks, and a plan to pump up local assets in Vietnam and other countries in the region.

Double-Digit Growth Projected For Digital Radio Ad Revenue Through 2023, But It’s No Panacea — www.billboard.com

According to Borrell Associates, while overall broadcast radio ad revenue has steadily declined from $11.3 billion in 2013 to $9.1 billion in 2018, digital ad revenue for local U.S. radio stations is on the rise, totaling $804.5 million in 2018, a 15% increase over the previous year.

Napster’s Angel Gambino talks tech, Ek and streaming’s evolution — musically.com
Angel Gambino has been in the digital trenches since the late 1990s. Now she’s working for Napster as its chief commercial officer.

Spotify’s Mxmtoon Podcast ’21 Days’ Spotlights the Life of an Up-and-Coming Singer-Songwriter — www.billboard.com

Spotify announced the launch of ’21 Days,’ a new eight-episode music podcast that follows three weeks in the life of 19-year-old singer-songwriter mxmtoon as she goes to work on her forthcoming debut album, ‘the masquerade.’

Post Malone Claims №1 With the Year’s Biggest Streaming Total — www.nytimes.com
The musician’s “Hollywood’s Bleeding” bumped Tool from the top spot on the album chart with the equivalent of 489,000 sales in the United States.

From Spotify to YouTube Music, audio OTT brands look to perfect the pitch — www.business-standard.com

Small sachets, daily subscriptions and bundled offers, Spotify, Amazon Prime, YouTube, Gaana are going all out to woo mass audiences.

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