WED. BRIEF: Apple Music Passes 20M • Pandora Unveils Premium • Musical.ly On Defensive • More
Wednesday 12.7.16 Music Business News From Around The Web Apple Music's 20 million paid subscribers is impressive after 17 months, but far less than the industry expected. Updated continuously under. Continue reading
YouTube Has Paid Musicians, Music Industry $1 Billion In 12 Months vs $1.6 Billion From Spotify
UPDATED: Amid ongoing label driven furor over the size of payments to musicians and the music industry, YouTube has shared a big number – $1 billion. That's the amount that. Continue reading
The Streaming Music Price Wars Have Started
Something many believed to be an inevitable occurrence, it seems the first of the streaming music price wars has broken out. Precipitated by Amazon's joining of the market, other streaming industry major. Continue reading
TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
Some of the star-studded, heavily read posts on Hypebot this week covered topics ranging from how Instagram and Snapchat can be utilized to reach music fans, to how record labels. Continue reading
Spotify Discover Weekly Has Helped Fans Unearth 300 Billion Tracks
Included with Spotify's annual lists of artists, albums, tracks and trends that topped the service in 2016, was a note that the music streamer's Discover Weekly playlists had been streamed more. Continue reading
Instagram: The Best Way To Reach Music Fans
If you're curious which social media platform is the best one to target fans on, it looks as though the popular photosharing app Instagram may be your best bet, as. Continue reading
Act Fast For Deep Discounts On Soundcloud, YouTube Red, Google Play Music, Spotify, Amazon Prime Music
Most of the top music streamers are offering deep year end discounts on premium subscriptions this holiday season designed to lure new and returning customers. But you'll need to act. Continue reading
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. and Indie Music
In our how-to and do it yourself corner this week, we advise independent artists on how they can a verified artist on Spotify, how they can build the ideal home. Continue reading
Napster/Rhapsody Posts Surprise $1.6M Quarterly Profit
Napster, the music streamer formerly known in the U.S. as Rhapsody has posted a surprising $1.6 million profit in the third quarter of 2016. Maybe there is still hope for. Continue reading
