Spotify $4.99 Student Tier Now Includes Showtime, Hulu
Spotify has added a free Showtime streaming subscription to its $4.99 Premium Student tier. The streamer added a free Hulu subscription to the student tier last year. The new offer. Continue reading
Emo Rap, Genius and Google: Bright Spot In Dark Places
In this piece, the team at Chartmetric explore the recent meteoric rise in popularity of emo rap, and how a number of male rappers in an often machismo laden field. Continue reading
Teen Social Media Cord Cutting – Should It Worry The Music Industry?
Adults have been anxious about the smartphone usage of youths for some time, and it appears teens themselves are jumping on the concern train, with more than half of teenagers. Continue reading
State Of The YouTube Music Economy 2018 [Mark Mulligan]
Despite all the talk of Spotify and Apple Music, YouTube is still the most popular music streaming app globally, and a vital music marketing channel. But YouTube is also under. Continue reading
7 Performers Who Created Masterpieces with GarageBand
A mainstay for budding music industry creatives everywhere, Garageband has long enabled those interested in music to cut their creative teeth before moving on to more industry standard software, at. Continue reading
No Old Wine In New Bottles: Remastering Does Not Mean New Sound Recording Copyright, says 9th Circuit
[UPDATED] The remastering of tracks has long created controversy in the music industry over whether these revampings necessitate the creation of a fresh copyright – a problematic notion to say the. Continue reading
#LoveMusic Launches To Support New EU Copyright Laws
On September 12th, the European Union will vote on whether or not to embrace tougher copyright laws that could include upload filters designed to identify and block unlicensed content. After a. Continue reading