Spotify Now Has 50 Million Users, 12.5 Million Paid Subscribers
[UPDATED] In a blog post we published earlier on Tuesday, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek revealed that the music streamer has surpassed 50 million users and 12.5 million paid premium subscribers.. Continue reading
Apple Used Luxembourg To Dodge Taxes On Billions In iTunes Revenue
Two-thirds of the money Apple’s iTunes collects outside of North America is being funneled through iTunes Sàrla, a Luxembourg holding company that is charhed no tax thanks to special agreement signed. Continue reading
audiomachine: Remixed Now Available on CD Baby
audiomachine, a boutique motion picture advertising music production collective, was approached by demanding consumers to release their fan-proclaimed "epic" trailer music commercially, and as a result, audiomachine: Remixed happened. To add. Continue reading
The New Bandcamp Subscription Feature And Why It Won’t Work [Bobby Owsinski]
By Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 Indie music aggregator Bandcamp recently launched a new feature that enables fans to subscribe to its artists for a fixed amount per year (like the $32. Continue reading
The Taylor Swift Factor
Social media has become as ubiquitous as radio play and touring when it comes to an artist making themselves known to the public. However there is a certain finesse that. Continue reading
Insurance Companies Fight To Avoid $12.7M Rolling Stones Payout After L’Wren Scott Suicide
Insurance underwriters are seeking information about the mental state of Mich Jagger's girlfriend L'Wren Scott before she took her life earlier this year. Scott's suicide derailed a tour of Australia and. Continue reading
$2 Billion and Counting: Spotify CEO Daniel Ek Speaks Out On Taylor Swift, 3 Big Myths & More
By Spotify CEO Daniel Ek. Taylor Swift is absolutely right: music is art, art has real value, and artists deserve to be paid for it. We started Spotify because we love. Continue reading
Jason Aldean Joins Taylor Swift’s Spotify Ban
One of country music's top stars, Jason Aldean, has followed Taylor Swift's lead and pulled his latest album off Spotify. Unlike Swift, Aldean's catalog remains available on the music streamer. The. Continue reading
