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This music streaming service puts the power in the artists' hands
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence "Digital Media Briefing" subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.Paris-based music streaming service Deezer has partnered with music...
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Amazon keeps giving goodies away to Prime members because it pays off in the end
Amazon is getting into the music streaming game (for real this time!), and it’s hoping Prime users will carry it to glory. The new service, Amazon Music Unlimited, is your everyday Spotify competitor...
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A Spotify bug is overloading users' hard drives
If you use Spotify’s desktop apps to get your tuneage, you might want to temporarily switch to its Web or mobile apps for your music fix.Severalsubscribersreported that the streaming service’s apps for...
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There's a setting in Spotify Premium that makes your music sound better —...
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...
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More love for music subscriptions
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence "Digital Media Briefing" subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.iHeartRadio launched a new music-subscription service yesterday, with...
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Apple Music now has 20 million subscribers (AAPL)
Apple Music has 20 million subscribers, Apple says.The Californian tech giant gave interviews to Billboard and the BBC announcing the milestone — which means it is now half the size of rival...
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Vinyl albums just outsold digital for the first time ever
More money was spent on vinyl than album downloads last week for the first time ever, new figures have revealed.The Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) said vinyl sales earned the record industry...
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Apple Music is gaining steam, but it can't catch Spotify (AAPL)
Apple Music just hit a milestone. On Wednesday, the iPhone maker announced that its music streaming service hit the 20 million paid subscriber mark. For an app that launched 18 months ago and has no...
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Spotify is reportedly going to block free users from listening to its hottest...
People who use Spotify without paying may be blocked from listening to some of the hottest new music on the platform, according to a new report from The Financial Times.The music streaming service is...
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Pandora is betting its future on a new on-demand music service called...
It's hard to understate how important Pandora's new on-demand service, which competes with the likes of Spotify and Apple Music, is to its future as a company.Many investors seem to have lost faith in...
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The rise of music streaming services hasn’t killed music piracy
There’s no doubt that streaming services have helped combat the music industry’s piracy problems. Apps like Spotify and Apple Music made the Napsters and Limewires of the world less relevant through...
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Pandora's new on-demand service is finally available to everyone — here's...
On Monday, Pandora completed the rollout of its new on-demand service, which competes with the likes of Spotify and Apple Music, and is key to the company's future.Pandora has a massive and loyal...
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Apple Music is still well behind Spotify, and that may be a problem for the...
For all of Apple’s resources and marketing might, Apple Music still can’t quite catch up to Spotify.Apple announced this week that Music is now up to 27 million subscribers a couple years into its...
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Taylor Swift's love-hate relationship with Spotify highlights the biggest...
Taylor Swift and Spotify are friends again.The mega-star musician is allowing her music back on the music streaming service, to the delight of her fans.Swift has had a long-running and highly...
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Spotify grew its revenue to $3.5 billion last year, and will pay music labels...
Music streaming service Spotify's operating loss widened in 2016 but revenue rose significantly, the company said in its annual financial statement, ahead of a possible stock market listing before the...
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5 reasons a Tesla music-streaming service is the best idea Elon Musk has had...
Last week, Tesla revealed that it was working on a music-streaming service for its vehicles (and, presumably, other environments, such as smartphones).The service is unnamed, but we're going to suggest...
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MORGAN STANLEY: Here's why it makes sense for Tesla to become the next big...
Tesla, the electric-car and energy-storage company, could become the next big music-streaming service.Last week, a representative told Business Insider that it was important for its customers to...
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Pandora has gained 5 million users in the past 3 years, while Spotify has...
Pandora is down a CEO, and it's not hard to understand why the company's board and investors might have been itching for a change. To put it simply: Pandora hasn't been doing great, particularly...
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Jay-Z calls out Apple Music on his new album
Apple and Jay-Z don't see eye-to-eye.Jay-Z owns a large stake in the streaming service Tidal, which has become known for debuting new music exclusively for a short window and keeping it off competitors...
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There's a setting in Spotify that makes your music sound better — here's how...
I'm always amazed by how many of my friends still don't know about Spotify's "Extreme" sound quality setting, which comes with Spotify's $9.99 per month "Premium" service.The "Extreme" sound quality...
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