Boomplay: The African music streamer you’ve never heard of aims for global impact
Music from Africa is finding its place on the world stage and as an increasing number of Nigerian artists rise to prominence and impact western music, West African music streaming. Continue reading
Spotify beats Apple Music with HiFi audio launch
Spotify announced yesterday that it would launch a super-Premium tier streaming CD-quality sound. Spotify’s new HIFI tier came as part of a major series on announcements on Monday. The addition. Continue reading
Spotify adds 85 markets, 36 languages – a full list
Spotify will 80 new markets in more than 36 new languages in the coming weeks, the streamer announced Monday, bringing its total markets to 180. Together, these new markets represent. Continue reading
Battle For Ownership: Why musicians MUST control their intellectual property
Stephen Duval examines the long-running conflict between the creative and commercial sides of the music industry and details the importance of artists having a larger stake in how their intellectual. Continue reading
3 disruptive trends shaping music and entertainment in 2021 and beyond
The analysts at MIDiA have identified and tracked three disruptive trends shaping the music and entertainment industries in 2021 and beyond. By Mark Mulligan of MIDiA and the Music Industry. Continue reading
Music APIs are exactly what the industry needs – Here’s why
While the music industry demonstrated an impressive ability to bounce back thanks to its early adoption of streaming, keeping that momentum going will require a streamlining of the process through. Continue reading
‘Songwriters have been shorted nearly 1/2 billion dollars by streaming services in last decade’
Musicians and the music industry have been reacting to the news that the Mechanical Licensing Collective has received and will distribute more than $424 million in unmatched “black box’ streaming. Continue reading
Interview with Noelle Chesnut Whitmore, CMO of social music streaming app Geojam
In this piece we hear from the CMO of Geogjam, a rewards-based social music streaming app that has been seeing some impressive growth over the past year. Guest post by. Continue reading
Tencent Leads $57M Pex Funding Round
[UPDATED] Digital rights technology provider Pex has announced a $57 million investment round that includes= Tencent, Tencent Music Entertainment, the CueBall Group, NextGen Ventures Partners, Amaranthine along witth existing investors. The. Continue reading
Good news for music tech startups: DLC alters fee structure for blanket compulsory licenses
In what will come as good tidings to many music tech startups out there, the Digital Licensee Coordinator is changing the structure for blanket compulsory license use. Guest post by. Continue reading
