
Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Pop ain’t poppin’ • Hidden ‘Fan’ org funding • Making Vinyl recap
Episode 156 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s podcast Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business is live now. Episode 156 On this week’s podcast, Jay Gilbert. Continue reading

What drives the 1.9B music discoveries that happen on Spotify every day?
Listeners “discover” a track for the first time 1.9 billion times every day on Spotify, and usually, that song has been identified as one they might like. Who is doing. Continue reading

Songwriters are using AI Generated voices for song pitches
Some may see it as cheating while others find it genius, however no matter what you think AI will not be stopped by creating new strides for music professionals. by. Continue reading

Believe and Tunecore study looks at how DIY Musicians view and use AI
A new survey by Believe and subsidiary TuneCore of 1558 self-releasing artists from 10+ countries examined the use of and attitudes toward artificial intelligence in the independent music community. Denis. Continue reading

Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Spotify fan study • Merch trends • User-centric • Bandsintown, MIDiA Live study • more
Episode 155 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s podcast Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business is available now. Episode 155 Listen on your favorite podcast platform.. Continue reading

SoundExchange annual distribution tops $1 Billion
SoundExchange distributed $1.017 billion in royalties to artists and labels last year, the PRO announced in its latest annual report. The digital royalties were collected from over 3,600 digital streaming. Continue reading

Spotify stock tumbled Tuesday despite strong user growth – NYSE: SPOT
Spotify [NYSE: SPOT] stock fell 14.26%, closing at $140.38 on Tuesday after the company’s Q2 report to investors.\ Spotify reported impressive growth in both paid and ad-supported users. Monthly active. Continue reading

Spotify users jump 27% to 551M, subscribers up 17% to 220M [NYSE: SPOT]
Spotify’s monthly active users (MAUs) surged 27% to 551 million, up 36 million, and subscribers grew 17% to 220 million, up 10 million. The increase comes as Spotify followed its. Continue reading

Spotify stock falls on weak quarterly report and guidance – NYSE: SPOT
Despite record quarterly user growth to 551 million and Monday’s price increase in 50 countries, investors dove Spotify stock down as much as 6.1% in pre-market trading Tuesday. Here’s an. Continue reading

Spotify confirms price increases in 50 countries
Spotify has confirmed that it has raised prices effective today in 50 markets, including the US, UK, Europe, South America, and Asia, following similar increases by Apple Music and other. Continue reading