Taking The Music Industry Monopoly Seriously
As weakening antitrust laws and consolidation of businesses continue, virtually every corner of the music industry is now controlled by a choice few companies, whether its streaming or live music,. Continue reading
$1B Deal Combines Music Streamers Saavn, Jio Music
Indian conglomerate and telecom giant Reliance is merging its digital music service JioMusic with rival Saavn music, which it is acquiring for $104 million in cash and stock.The combined companies. Continue reading
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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
In this cycle back through a crowded week of music business happenings and shakeups, we revisit the music industry's bump in revenue, Jimmy Iovine's step back at Apple Music, YouTube's. Continue reading
TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
This week, our most popular and often viewed articles on Hypebot covered Spotify's termination of the playlist payola service SpotLister, more users' ditching of Facebook in the wake of the. Continue reading
Spotify Says 2 Million Used Hacked Apps To Block Ads
Spotify says that 2 million users of its free ad-supported music service have used hacked apps to block ads in the last few months. The revelation came in a Friday. Continue reading
Spotify Takes Action To Prevent Playlist “Playola”
Back in the days when radio was king, labels would attempt to game the system by bribing radio stations to play their tracks, a practice known as payola which was. Continue reading
Beatport Adds Creative Services
EDM and DJ music platform Beatport has launched Beatport Creative Services, which it touts as “one of several significant developments planned for the company” in 2018. BCS is designed to. Continue reading
