Warner Music IPO Suggests Streaming Price Increase
While Warner Music Group and now UMG’s announcements that they will file for an IPO are not especially surprising, indications in WMG’s filing that an increase in streaming prices could. Continue reading
UMG To IPO As Annual Revenues Pass $2.28B
An initial public offering (IPO) for Universal Music Group is “currently planned for early 2023 at the latest,” parent company Vivendi posted in a presentation to shareholders. Last week, the. Continue reading
Spotify Playlist Submission: Best Practices
Spotify can be a complicated platform to use, and for those unfamiliar, it can be difficult to utilize the streaming service as the powerful marketing tool it can be and. Continue reading
How To Craft The Best Apple Music Artist Profile
Tossing your completed music up on SoundCloud or Bandcamp is all well and good, but for many artists, it’s worth distributing it through platforms like Apple Music as well. In. Continue reading
6 Marketing Strategies To Get Featured On Playlists
Getting your music discovered in the absurdly crowded marketplace that is the modern music industry can be a challenge to say the least, but as playlisting continues to dominate music. Continue reading
Spotify Adds Songwriter Pages, Playlists
Spotify has launched songwriter pages and playlists in beta as “a new way to share the songs you’ve written on Spotify and get discovered by potential collaborators and fans.” Since. Continue reading
Music Streaming Discovery Match: Serendipity 2, Algorithms 0
Even as the streaming giants continue to pour more and more resources into creating the perfect music ‘discovery’ algorithms for their listeners, good old fashioned serendipity often still seems to. Continue reading
Streaming And The Art Of Playlist Stuffing
The rise of the streaming age has not only altered our listening habits, but is also impacting the way in which artists release songs. In an effort to hit the. Continue reading
US Music Industry Loses $1B Annually From Unauthorized Account Sharing
Industry analysts MusicWatch has been tracking paid streaming account sharing and the use of family plans for some time, and the results of last year’s survey point to lost revenue. Continue reading
Tidal Posts $36M Loss As 100,000+ US Subscribers Exit
[UPDATED] Jay-Z’ds Tidal music streaming service continues to burn through cash, posting a record operating loss in 2018 of $36.7 million and a net loss of $36.9 million. The losses. Continue reading
