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Amazon expands to Canada with launch of music streaming service 28 September 2018

E-commerce giant Amazon announces the arrival of its music streaming service in Canada. The recently launched music streaming service, Amazon Music Unlimited is an expansion of recently launched Prime Music and is expected to compete with streaming services such as … Continue reading

Pandora’s paid subscriber base grows 01 August 2018

Music streaming company, Pandora Media has reported a growth in paid subscribers for the second quarter of 2018, thus driving its shares 12 percent higher. Facing competitions from bigger rivals such as Spotify, Google Play Music and Apple Music hasn’t … Continue reading

Spotify hits 83 million paid subscribers 27 July 2018

Music streaming giant Spotify has 83 million paid subscribers amount to a total of 180 million daily active users as reported in its second-quarter earnings report from 2018. Spotify’s daily active user base has grown 30 percent year-over-year. Additionally, Spotify … Continue reading

Spotify India launch: Company is now at loggerheads with music label companies 26 July 2018

Warner, Sony, and Universal, the big three American music labels have interrupted the Swedish music streaming giant Spotify’s India launch. The above three music labels account for the vast majority of music in the US and across the Western world. … Continue reading

YouTube unveils new music streaming service 18 May 2018

YouTube’s most-awaited online music streaming service, Youtube Music is here. YouTube Music will be launched on May 22 with official versions of millions of songs, playlists, and ad-free, offline features. Youtube Music will replace the existing music streaming service, Google … Continue reading

Apple online audio streaming platform reaches 50 million subscription 17 May 2018

Technology giant, Apple music streaming service, Apple Music has hit the 50 million subscribers mark, a big leap from the 40 million, as reported in April. According to reports, Apple is committed to develop original on-demand video content with an … Continue reading

SoundCloud’s Revenue clocks $100 million 10 April 2018

German audio streaming platform SoundCloud has generated $100 million in revenue in 2017. Established in the year 2007 and competing with the likes of Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal etc., SoundCloud has marketed more towards the creators rather than pushing it’s … Continue reading

Spotify registers smooth debut on NYSE 06 April 2018

Swedish Audio streaming giant Spotify went public this week on the New York Stock Exchange and registered a smooth debut by ending up 12.9% on the first day. Spotify’s share opened at $165.90, up nearly 26 percent from a reference … Continue reading

Spotify optimistic about closing 2018 with 92-96 million paying users 28 March 2018

Swedish music streaming giant Spotify is expecting to register 92-96 million paying customers by the end of  2018 against 36 million paid subscriber count of its arch-rival Apple Music. Spotify quotes premium subscribers as the ones who have completed registration … Continue reading

Popularity of Audio streaming results in higher music sales in the US 27 March 2018

According to reports, the rise in music streaming has led to significant growth in music sales in the U.S. The registered revenue which grew at a rate of 16.5% has hit a level, last seen a decade ago as per … Continue reading