Kendrick Lamar Sets Global First Day Spotify Streaming Record
Kendrick Lamar’s new album "To Pimp a Butterfly" was streamed more than 9.6 million times on Spotify on its first day, Monday, March 16. That is a new global record. Continue reading
Free Songs In Tweets: Rhapsody Announces Twitter Partnership #SXSW
While it may come as a surprise, today's Twitter + Rhapsody deal makes sense. To attract and retain users, streaming music services are forming dozens of new partnerships; and social. Continue reading
Google Launches “YouTube For Artists” Free Toolkit For D.I.Y. Musicians
Music helped make YouTube successful, and now YouTube is helping the people who make music find more success on and off the video streamer. Its all part of a trend. Continue reading
ArtistDirect, UlitimateMusic Sold For $1 Million [REPORT]
In an online music world dominated by Pandora, iTunes and Spotify, it is tough for independent music sites to compete. Now ArtistDirect, one the web's original music destinations, is once again. Continue reading
Sony Music CEO On Spotify, Beats, YouTube, How “Free (Music) Is Death” and More
You can tell it is contract renegotiation time for music streamers, because the chorus of major label execs expressing opinions on the evils of free music is growing. Now Sony Music's. Continue reading
A College Professor Describes How His Student’s Music Listening Habits Have Shifted
According to professor Aram Sinnreich, author of the 2013 book The Piracy Crusade: How the Music Industry’s War on Sharing Destroys Markets and Erodes Civil Liberties, college students have changed significantly. Continue reading
