Music Streaming Reaches A Tipping Point
It seems the industry has finally reached a point where music streaming revenue has become the greatest contributor of royalties for both artists and labels and, as purchases continue to drop, this increasing prominence. Continue reading
Cstream Offers More Than Music Streaming, Adds Books And Video
With Apple and Spotify dominating the streaming market, it's become a tough world out there for streaming startups. The new French streaming service Cstream, however, hopes to avoid this issue. Continue reading
Spotify, Apple Music Add A SoundCloud Favorite: Unofficial Mixes
Spotify and Apple Music are adding unofficial mixes for the first time. Remixes and multi-track mixes, which are tipped to launch soon, are the reason many fans love SoundCloud; and. Continue reading
BEWARE: Streaming Music Consolidation Ahead
With recent news in the air that Spotify may be forking over cash in a potential SoundCloud buy up, Bas Grasmayer takes a moment to scrutinize what seems to be. Continue reading
Spotify SoundCloud Acquisition Could Come At A Deep Discount, As Traffic Flattens
There are conflicting reports has to how likely a Spotify acquisition of SoundCloud is, but any deal would likely happen at a price far below the $700 million – $1.2. Continue reading
Spotify, SoundCloud Deal May Not Happen [New Report]
Late Wednesday came reports that Spotify was in advanced talks to acquire SoundCloud, and that an announcement of the deal could be made very soon. Now, a new report asserts. Continue reading
THU. BRIEF: Shazam – 1B Downloads, Profitable • Spotify Adds Japan • SoundCloud + Spotify Reaction • More
Thursday 9.29.16 Music Business News From Around The Web Soundcloud deal or not, Spotify's rate of expansion and innovation is accelerating impressively, but I'd still rather own stock in Shazam. . Continue reading
Spotify In ‘Advance Talks’ To Buy SoundCloud
[UPDATED] Spotify is reportedly in advance talks to buy Soundcloud. We'd heard months ago that Soundcloud was hemorrhaging cash, after efforts to monetize had been slowed by label talks. The. Continue reading
Spotify Loses Two Top Execs: Deezer Nabs Riad Hawa, Early Hire Jonathan Forster Also Exits
Deezer has hired away Spotify exec Riad Hawa to expand its music hardware partnerships. Sales VP Jonathan Forster, one of Spotify's first dozen staffers and a close associate of CEO Daniel EK, is. Continue reading
