Neil Young Caves, Puts Music Back On Streaming Services

After yanking his tunes off of streaming services including Spotify and Apple Music back in 2015 citing poor sound quality, it seems that Neil Young is once again returning his. Continue reading

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REQUIRED READING: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot

The most well read articles on Hypebot from the past week included an explanation of why no one is listening to your music, hard rock's strong showing on streaming services,. Continue reading

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Neil Young Catalog Returns To Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, Napster, Deezer, Others

[UPDATE 2] Neil Young has been one of the most vocal critics of music streaming, primarily because of audio quality. In April of 2015, he pulled all of his catalog. Continue reading

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YouTube Red Has Just 1.5 Million Paid Subscribers [Report]

It's not easy to get people to pay for something that they are used to using for free. That's the man takeaway from a new report that YouTube's paid service. Continue reading

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Should Spotify’s Daily Mix Be A Standalone Product?

After initially focusing more on human curation, the introduction of Spotify's more algorithm-based Daily Mix feature was extremely well received by users. Many were frustrated at the inability to synch. Continue reading

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Spotify Acquires Preact To Help Boost Paid Subscriptions

As Spotify's label renegotiaions have dragged on, we've heard repeatedly that boosting paid subscriptions is a top priority for rightsholders. Today's acquisition of Preact could help the music streamer accomplish. Continue reading

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Apple To Lower The Price Of Apple Music, Claims Dubious Report

Apple is planning to lower the price of Apple Music, a source has reportedly told Digital Music News. The story doesn't add up, given what is known about Apple's deals. Continue reading

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WED. BRIEF: Apple’s Music Profits Up • Pandora Stumbles • MP3tunes Lawsuit Resurrected • More

WEDNESDAY 10.26.16 Music Business News From Around The Web  Music was a bright spot for Apple even as Pandora users fell slightly.  Updated continuously under our More News tab

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TOP POSTS: Last Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot

Some of Hypebot's most popular and well received posts from the past week included a look at the truth behind Amazon Music's alleged low price, ASCAP's litigous actions against unlicensed. Continue reading

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Spotify, Pandora And Apple Each Tackle Music Discovery And Personalization Differently

Delivering the best personalized music experience is the subject of much effort and hand wringing in the conference rooms of every music streamer. And how each service uses artificial intelligence,. Continue reading

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Pandora Rebrands With New Logo

Pandora is revving up it efforts to encourage users to transition from free to paid as it preps its on demand streaming music service for launch later this year.  Along. Continue reading

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