Streaming Music Is Getting A Boost From Amazon Echo, Google Home Smart Speakers
If you can say, they can play it. The convenience of listening to music on smart speakers like Google Home, Amazon Echo vand soon the Apple HomePod are poised to. Continue reading
Otto Radio Adds Personalized Themed Stations
Audio content aggregator Otto Radio has added Themed Stations – personalized digital radio station that plays audio, news and podcasts based on user preferences. Much like Pandora or Spotify play. Continue reading
AM BRIEF: Musical.ly Syncs with Apple Music • Can Country Save Pandora? • Brands Summit at Music Biz • More
Friday 4.28.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Apple almost never makes outside partnerships. Does the Musical.ly deal signal a rare strategy shift as Apple Music fights for market. Continue reading
Enjoy The Radio Silence: What The PROMOTE Act Could Mean
Here Stephen Carlisle breaks down the significance of the Performance Royalty Owners of Music Opportunity To Earn Act, better known as the PROMOTE Act, which would give artists the ability to. Continue reading
Spotify Is Planning Its Own Music Hardware, Voice Control
[UPDATED] Two jobs listings point to a major expansions of Spotify's ambitions to include music hardware with voice control. While details are scarce, they hint at a wearable device "akin. Continue reading
At 32 Million Subscribers, Apple Music Challenges Spotify As Streaming Leader
Although Spotify is generally touted as being the front runner in streaming world with it's 51 million plus subscribers, new controversial data suggests that Apple Music may be on course. Continue reading
How The Web Screws Artists… By Allowing Them A Normal Life
In this piece, Ross Pruden of Techdirt works to dispell the myth that the internet is destroying art and culture, making it impossible for artists to make a living via. Continue reading
TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
In this past week's most popular posts on Hypebot, we looked at how Snapchat will alter the music industry in 2017, the launch of Pandora's new premium on demand streaming. Continue reading
How To Setup Your Next Album Release [Music Biz Weekly Podcast]
We're proud to be working with the Music Biz Weekly podcast to share this steady stream of actionable information and great guests from the front lines of the new music. Continue reading
Understanding A Data-Driven Music Industry Culture – Lessons From Fast Forward [Cherie Hu]
In this article, Cherie Hu shares five of her most important takeaways from FastForward 2017, a music conference targeted at under-35s and looking at how the music industry can best. Continue reading
