Warner Music Group Signs Pandora Direct Deal Paving Way For New Spotify, Apple Music Competitor

Holdout Warner Music has become the last of the major music group to sign a direct deal with Pandora.  The deal paves the way for Pandora to launch a full. Continue reading

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Universal, Sony Team To Launch Low Cost Streaming Music Service

Sony and Universal Music have quietly teamed to launch their own budget streaming music service. Extending the popular NOW music compilation brand, Now That's What I Call Music+ will offer. Continue reading

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Rapper’s Fans Launch Streaming Campaign To #SaveNelly

Rapper Nelly's fans are turning to streaming in order to help him with his $2.4 million tax lien. If the campaign reaches critical mass, it will be interesting to see. Continue reading

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Apple Kills Tidal Bailout Rumors

After financial filings that shows Tidal losses doubling to $28 million last year and hints that Jay Z's music streamer was running out of cash, there were renewed rumors that. Continue reading

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Are New Cheap Tiers From Pandora, Amazon Worth $4.99?

$5 a month has often been touted as the magic monthly fee which will precipitate a massive surge in subscriber growth, a theory which looks as though it's about to. Continue reading

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Pandora Rebrands $4.99 Service As Pandora Plus, Adds Offline Listening Alongside New Features For Free Tier

Pandora has rebranded its Premium ad free tier as Pandora Plus and added new features to both its paid and free services. Toady's launch is phase one of a reboot, that. Continue reading

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Spotify Paid Subscribers Grow 33% in 6 Months To 40 Million, But It’s A Dodgy Number

New numbers shared by Spotify CEO Daniel EK show the music streamer growing from 30 million paid subscribers 6 months ago to 40 million.  The music streamer appears to be solidifying. Continue reading

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AM BRIEFING: Apple Kills Tidal Takeover Rumor • Pandora Plus Launches @ $4.99 • Spotify Passes 40M Paid • More

Thursday 9.15.16 Music Business News From Around The Web  The upheaval in streaming music is encapsulated in today's three Briefing headlines. Updated under our More News tab

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Tidal Losses Double To $28M, May Be Running Out Of Cash

Tidal losses doubled year over year to $28 million, according to new filings.  The losses say a lot about about Jay Z's model which emphasizes exclusives from top artists, as. Continue reading

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Revamped Apple Music, iTunes 12.5.1 Released

Apple released its promised revamp of Apple Music which puts data-driven music discovery front and center, alongside a new version of iTunes.  Both add features that make Apple's music services more. Continue reading

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