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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

Pandora to help shows monetize via ‘podcast genome project’ 15 January 2018

After launching a competition to Apple Music last spring, Pandora is all set to build a massive podcast catalog called “podcast genome project” that would help podcasters monetize shows more easily. Talking to Variety, Pandora Internet Radio CEO Roger Lynch … Continue reading

2017 memorable for the US Music Industry 08 January 2018

With incredible artists, huge investment, and innovative steps from record companies, 2017, has proved to be a memorable year for the music industry. However, its the streaming services who are largely responsible for the reach, popularity, and growth of the … Continue reading

Stingray music to be carried by Amazon Channels 08 December 2017

Stingray Classica, Stingray DJAZZ, and Stingray Karaoke will now be available on Amazon Channels. The multi-platform music services provider, today announced that it has successfully been added to Amazon Channels in Germany and the UK. Prime members in the UK … Continue reading

Deezer launches music streaming channel on Roku 08 November 2017

Music streaming company Deezer launches a channel on the Roku platform for US customers. Deezer shall be available in the Roku channel store and customers can directly add the app to their Roku devices and can access the library of … Continue reading

The rise and fall of MP3 27 October 2017

MP3 was a much sought-after term in the 1990s and early 2000s. A lot of us will be able to relate to the days of slow dial-up when downloading a song could take close to an hour. This was one … Continue reading

Now Create Playlists and allow users to add tracks to Queues 09 August 2017

Audio/Music streaming is the buzz these days. Users are shunning purchasing music CDs and literally switching over to online music streaming. They are essentially streaming anything and everything from music to audio books to podcasts on e-learning , self-help, spiritual … Continue reading

Increasing listeners in China have begun to pay for online music subscription 27 July 2017

In China out of the 600m Chinese who listen to music online, only 20m have a paid subscription that typically costs between 8 and 12 yuan (between $1.2 and $1.8) a month. Rest of the listeners don’t pay anything for … Continue reading

Apple Music growing rapidly with number of subscribers at 27 million 09 June 2017

The total number of subscribers for Apple Music has increased from 20 million as reported in December to the latest estimate of 27 million. This figure was announced at the Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference in San Jose. Spotify which is … Continue reading

Top players in music streaming compared – UK 08 June 2017

There are 4 music streaming services that are considered “big players” namely Spotify, Apple Music, Google Play Music and Amazon Music Unlimited. Even though all four offer similar large catalogues of music, each of them have their own set of … Continue reading