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Universal Music expands into Africa with music streaming service Boomplay 08 November 2018

Universal Music Group becomes the first major music company to license its catalog to Boomplay, a leading music streaming service provider. Under this strategic partnership, Boomplay will add tracks from UMG labels to its current catalog of over two million … Continue reading

iOS includes Waze and Spotify integration 19 September 2017

Navigation app Waze partnered with music streaming service Spotify to display its playlists within the Waze app. A number of direct Spotify features are to be included within Waze and vice versa. Within the Spotify app on iOS, Waze users … Continue reading

Apple strikes a deal with Warner Music Group 08 September 2017

Apple has partnered with Warner Music Group resulting in Apple Music paying a smaller percentage of revenue than earlier when it was launched in 2015. With the rise in on-demand music, music rights holders are ok with receiving lower rates … Continue reading

Music Streaming set to grow in Japan with Napster and Rakuten partnership 02 June 2017

Napster has been selected by Japanese e-commerce leader, Rakuten, to scale its on-demand music streaming catalog. A new partnership with Japanese internet services company Rakuten, Inc was announced by Napster today which is meant for enhancing Rakuten’s on-demand audio streaming … Continue reading