Apple Music Has 17 Million Paid Subscribers, Loves Exclusives, Says CEO Tim Cook
At the start of today's launch event, CEO Tim Cook said that Apple now has 17 million paid subscribers, up from 15 million since June. While the the Apple Music. Continue reading
What Music Fans And The Music Industry Can Expect From Today’s Apple Event
Apple is set to announce the new iPhone 7 today along with a new version of the Apple Watch and changes to its Mac Book line. But what can the. Continue reading
Pandora Will Not Announce Music Service Today, As CEO Tim Westergren Goes Head To Head With Apple’s Tim Cook
Today is The Tale Of Two Tims. Excuse the alliteration, but that's exactly what's happening today when Pandora CEO Tim Westergren takes the stage at the CITI Global Technology Conference within. Continue reading
We’ll Be Live Tweeting Both Today’s Apple Event And Pandora’s CEO Interview
If my head doesn't explode from split screen overload, I'll be live tweeting both today's major Apple product launch and the on stage interview of Pandora's CEO Tim Westergren starting. Continue reading
43M Last.fm Passwords, Emails Leaked + Top 10 Idiotic Passwords Users Thought Would Keep Them Safe
Personal data from 43 million Last.fm users has been leaked online. It's a new day, so it was about time for a new data leak; and music sites with their. Continue reading
Kickstarter To Relaunch Drip.fm Patreon-Like Artist, Label Subscription Platform
Kickstarter continues to prove that its serious about music. Late last year they hired respected indie label and digital music veteran Molly Neuman, as their first head of music. Now. Continue reading
Pandora Hopes To Announce New $5, $10 Per Month Music Services Tomorrow [UPDATED]
[UPDATE 2] It's no secret that Pandora is about to launch a Spotify like on-demand streaming music service. Exactly what form it will take and how it will differentiate from the. Continue reading
Apple Music Offers Discount On 1 Year Subscriptions
Just ahead of Wednesday's major product launch event, Apple is offer a big discount on a one year Apple Music subscription. Apple can afford to discount because most it's profits. Continue reading
5 Music Biz Stories You Missed Over The Long Holiday Weekend
While you (and I) were enjoying the last few unofficial days of summer here in the U.S., the music industry and music tech chugged along making news led by Apple and some. Continue reading
Liv Buli’s Reading List: Obama’s SXSW, Pandora ❤ Hip Hop and Nickelback is Cool Say What? It’s Just Another Week in Music and More
As she does (almost) every week, Liv Buli, the Data Journalist for Pandora's Next Big Sound shares what she's paying attention to, as she parsed data while also taking the cultural temperature. Liv. Continue reading
This Week In Music Commentary
This week's music commentators weigh in on the correct way music industry project management should work, how well streaming is actually doing, and why we need a copyright small claims. Continue reading