Will the Music Industry Embrace Voice-Controlled Technology?; Senegalese Music Start-ups Race to Be West Africa’s Spotify
Will the Music Industry Embrace Voice-Controlled Technology? — hackernoon.com
For those of you following technology industry trends, it would not be surprising that many experts have been calling 2017 the “Year of Voice”. Along with VR and AI, voice recognition has the…
Spotify’s Valuation Skyrockets as Investors Smell the ‘Next Netflix’ — www.billboard.com
Spotify’s valuation continues to rise in private trades, a signal of strong demand for a stake in the world’s largest streaming music company ahead of it going public.
New Pandora CEO Roger Lynch On the Future of On-Demand Subscriptions & Taking On Radio — www.billboard.com
“I’m a businessman first and a musician second,” says Pandora’s new, guitar-playing CEO Roger Lynch, “but I’m excited to apply what I’ve learned to a category I’m passionate about.”
Russian Google’s Music Streaming Service Strikes Deal With Facebook — www.billboard.com
Russia’s Yandex.Music has become the country’s first music streaming service to enter an integration deal with Facebook, under which users will be able to share excerpts from music tracks with their friends, the company announced.
Restoring Those Old Liner Notes in Music’s Digital Era — www.nytimes.com
TunesMap, which offers a feed of videos, photographs and links to related material when songs are streamed, will make its debut as an Apple TV app in November.
PwC: Internet boosts Africa’s music industry — www.musicinafrica.net
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) this month released a report on the entertainment and media (E&M) industry in five of Africa’s leading economies.
Music And Technology: 4 Disrupters You MUST Pay Attention To — www.hypebot.com
As the music industry continues its second year of promising recovery following the disruption of the digital marketplace and embraces streaming as the dominant form of music consumption, the question is already being raised — what technology will be the next industry disruptor.
Anchor raises $10 million for podcast platform — techcrunch.com
A quarter of Americans listen to podcasts each month, but far fewer make them. Anchor is a startup that is looking to change that with its app that makes it..
‘China Should Crack Down on Pirate Streaming Box Distributors’ — torrentfreak.com
The MPAA, RIAA and other entertainment industry groups wants China to step up its game when it comes to copyright enforcement. While significant progress has been made in recent years, new threats regularly emerge.
Senegalese Music Start-ups Race to Be West Africa’s Spotify — www.voanews.com
Interest in digital entertainment is growing in West Africa but a lack of credit cards has prevented big players from making inroads.
