Playlists Have Passed Album Listenership, Says New Study

It's no secret that how music is discovered and consumed is changing at a dizzying pace, thanks to streaming music. The latest proof is a survey that shows that listening. Continue reading

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Samsung Milk Music Shuts Down Today, Users Encouraged To Transition To Slacker

Milk Music, the on again off again attempt by Samsung, one of the world's biggest cell phone manufacturers to launch a music service, is shutting down today. One beneficiary of Milk's. Continue reading

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Free Music Services Account For More Than 80% Of All U.S. Streaming

Free music services account for 80% of all streaming the in U.S., according to a new Music Watch survey.  That's bad news for rightsholders, since free services pay far less. Continue reading

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Pandora’s New Direct Deals Are Very Bad News For SoundExchange And Potentially For Artists

Hidden in the hoopla surrounding Pandora's direct deals last week, and the resulting launch of the Pandora Plus interactive streaming service, was the major blow they dealt to SoundExchange; and the. Continue reading

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Recorded Music Business Grew 8.1% In First Half Of 2016 Driven By Spotify, Apple Music

After a decade of decline, the U.S. recorded music business is growing for the second year in a row, according to the RIAA. Driving the trend is the revenue source. Continue reading

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TUE. BRIEF: Spotify, Apple Drive Music Biz Growth • Live Nation Says No Streaming Ads • #Twitter Relaxes Limits • More

TUESDAY 9.20.16 Music Business News From Around The Web With Spotify and Apple the frontrunners, can anyone other than behemoths Pandora and Amazon hope to compete? Updated continuously under our More. Continue reading

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Streaming Music Service Paid Subscriber Counts Compared [CHART]

With all of the action this week in streaming music including the launch of Pandora Plus, Amazon rumors and new subscriber numbers from market leader Spotify, we thought it was. Continue reading

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Warner Music Group Signs Pandora Direct Deal Paving Way For New Spotify, Apple Music Competitor

Holdout Warner Music has become the last of the major music group to sign a direct deal with Pandora.  The deal paves the way for Pandora to launch a full. Continue reading

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Pandora Rebrands $4.99 Service As Pandora Plus, Adds Offline Listening Alongside New Features For Free Tier

Pandora has rebranded its Premium ad free tier as Pandora Plus and added new features to both its paid and free services. Toady's launch is phase one of a reboot, that. Continue reading

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AM BRIEFING: Apple Kills Tidal Takeover Rumor • Pandora Plus Launches @ $4.99 • Spotify Passes 40M Paid • More

Thursday 9.15.16 Music Business News From Around The Web  The upheaval in streaming music is encapsulated in today's three Briefing headlines. Updated under our More News tab

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Pandora Signs Direct Deals With UMG, Sony, 30 Indies Paving Way For New Music Service – WMG Last Holdout

UPDATED: Early Tuesday morning Pandora announced most, but not all, of the deals it needs to launch an on demand subscription music service.  With robust $5 and $10 tiers likely. Continue reading

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