If you want to hear songs in the best quality possible, make sure you have...
Paying $9.99 a month for Spotify Premium means no ads to break your groove, unlimited song downloads to your device for offline playback, and the ability to play any song in Spotify's music library at...
View ArticleThis band's website loops Spotify songs to rack up payments for musicians
Eternify is a Spotify hack that wants its artists to earn their "rightful" paychecks by allowing users to "stream their favorite artists forever." The website plays 30-second loops of music from...
View ArticleSpotify has a great feature if you like to listen to music while running, but...
When it was first announced back in May, Spotify's new Running feature sounded like it was going to let runners just open the Spotify app and go.No more playlists and getting bored of the songs after a...
View ArticleYouTube to launch subscription music service, cementing its dominance in...
YouTube will launch a subscription-based, ad-free music service by the end of this year, CEO Susan Wojcicki confirmed earlier this week during an interview at Fortune's Brainstorm conference. The...
View ArticleHere's what happened in digital media this week (TWC, CMCSA, TWTR, GOOG)
Happy Weekend! Digital Media Weekender is a collection of our favorite digital media news of the week from BI Intelligence, Business Insider’s paid research service.CABLE NETWORKS EMBRACE STREAMING AND...
View ArticleIf you want to hear songs in the best quality possible, make sure you have...
Paying $9.99 a month for Spotify Premium means no ads to break your groove, unlimited song downloads to your device for offline playback, and the ability to play any song in Spotify's music library at...
View ArticlePeople streamed over one trillion songs in the first half of this year —...
Streaming is the future of music. With the Apple — the behemoth of music downloading — finally lumbering into the fray with Apple Music, the question is no longer “if” streaming will dominate, but...
View ArticleMusic streaming has generated an incredible 1 trillion plays so far this year
Earlier this year, when Apple Music joined an already crowded music streaming field, many people wondered if all the services could co-exist.But music streaming is taking over the world, and if you...
View Article7 things you probably didn't know you could do with Spotify
Spotify and music streaming have become synonymous over the past few years as the service racks up tens of millions of users who listen to countless hours of music. Despite stiff competition, most...
View Article7 things you probably didn't know you could do with Spotify
Spotify and music streaming have become synonymous over the past few years as the service racks up tens of millions of users who listen to countless hours of music. Despite stiff competition, most...
View ArticleTaylor Swift's label boss says 50% of all streaming services will be dead in...
Scott Borchetta has never been afraid to question the worth and economic stability of streaming music services.As Taylor Swift’s label boss, the US exec protects and advises the most famous Spotify...
View ArticleSpotify has a 'taste profile' on everyone — here's what mine looks like
When I'm at work, I listen to a lot of instrumental, ambient music. I usually fire up Spotify on my Mac and play a playlist like "Deep Focus," on shuffle for hours.I'm not actively listening to...
View ArticleHere's why Spotify thinks its 'free' music service is actually worth billions
Spotify has mounted a strong defence of the commercial potential of its freemium tier, through a new Europe-wide study conducted by global market research firm TNS.The new report, The New Audio, is...
View ArticleVinyl sales generate more revenue than free Spotify, Youtube, and VEVO combined
Here’s a new talking point for audiophiles and flannel-wearers at the water cooler: Vinyl sales generate more money for the music industry than YouTube, ad-based Spotify, and VEVO combined, according...
View ArticleJay Z's visit to Samsung could hint at the future of Tidal
Rapper and music mogul Jay Z has stirred up some commotion in Silicon Valley after he was spotted leaving Samsung's offices this week.Jay Z, who co-owns the music-streaming service, Tidal, reportedly...
View ArticleThe Apple Music bugs are piling up and it's infuriating (AAPL)
Apple Music is almost five months old. And the streaming service still riddled with bugs.I have a Spotify Premium subscription — and much prefer it to Apple's offering, for many reasons — but I keep...
View ArticleApple is killing Beats Music later this month (AAPL)
Apple will shutter Beats Music at the end of this month so as to transition those users to Apple Music.Now that Apple Music has finally arrived on Android, Apple can finally focus all its efforts on...
View ArticleThis profitable startup worth more than $100 million just entered the war...
There’s an unlikely new entrant into the music streaming wars: WeTransfer, a Dutch file-sharing service valued at more than $100 million.WeTransfer plans to release a new music player and to gun for...
View ArticleJay Z's music streaming service Tidal just hired another new CEO
Tidal has a new CEO — its third since the music-streaming service launched in March, Billboard reports.After months of heavy turnover in Tidal's executive ranks, the company has named former SoundCloud...
View ArticleThe 'Popcorn Time for music' has shut down in a $3 million settlement
Unlicensed music streaming service Aurous, dubbed both ‘Popcorn Time For Music’ and ‘The New Grooveshark’ after launching in October, has officially shut down — and it won’t be coming back.Owner Andrew...
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