Streaming Takes Aim at Its Biggest Consumer Target Yet; Country Music Struggles to Keep Up With Streaming Era

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Aug 28, 2017 · 3 min read
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Streaming Takes Aim at Its Biggest Consumer Target Yetwww.billboard.com
As the industry awaits Spotify’s stock market entry — and the sector itself reaches for the mainstream consumer — the major players usher in new leadership, products and incentives.

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Country Music Struggles to Keep Up With Streaming Erawww.billboard.com
In a streaming world, one of the industry’s most traditionally dominant genres struggles to keep up.

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Elon Musk Responds to Tesla Music Streaming Service Speculationfuturism.com
A report from a “Tesla tinkerer” who is known to pick apart Tesla’s software code has discovered a possible music streaming service called “TTunes.”

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Fanburst could be the future of music platformsmedium.com
If you’re not familiar with Fanburst, it’s the latest in a long line of Soundcloud alternatives that have emerged in the past couple of years.

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Dolby is now designing speakers for laptopswww.theverge.com

It’s no longer just about the software.

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It may look retro, but the Ruark R7 MkIII has Spotify inside, and a lot morewww.digitaltrends.com
The retro Ruark R7 audio system provides a complete musical experience with Spotify Connect, AptX HD Bluetooth, a CD player, radio, and more.

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Taylor Swift Sets Spotify Global First-Day Record With 8 Million Streams of ‘Look’www.billboard.com

Taylor Swift set a new global first-day streaming record with her new single, “Look What You Made Me Do,” which logged more than 8 million same-day streams, Spotify said Saturday.

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Music streaming: a beginner’s guidewww.gramophone.co.uk

The music industry observers seem to have already called it: streaming is taking over the world, and the days of ‘physical media’ — music on discs — are numbered.

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Is “platform” the right metaphor for the technology companies that dominate digital media?www.niemanlab.org
Metaphors don’t just highlight a comparison — they also downplay the aspects they don’t capture. And “platform” papers over some of the big questions social media raises.

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Policy coming to protect online musicjamaica-gleaner.com
Digital platforms on which artistes worldwide are able to share their music have seen significant growth in recent years.

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