Music Publishing News Weekly Roundup 9.12.14: Spotify Video Ads, ASCAP Workshop, ACM Honors
Spotify has introduced video ads as an attempt to generate more revenue from non paying users. The leading music streaming service’s “Sponsored Session” will be a15 – 30 second video ad. Continue reading
Spotify Launches Insights Data Blog, Eliot Van Buskirk Appointed ‘Data Storyteller’
Spotify has launched a blog to parse the mountains of music data it and its Echo Nest subsidiary collect, and hired veteran tech and music journalist Eliot Van Buskirk as "in-house. Continue reading
Spotify Adds “Sponsored Sessions,” Video “Takeover” Ads [VIDEO]
Spotify’s marketing platform, Spotify For Brands, has added two video ad units, Sponsored Sessions and Video Takeover, designed to attract more ad dollars to support the company's free music platform. Launch. Continue reading
This Is My Jam’s Slow Music Movement Gets Deeper And More Social
This Is My Jam has managed to develop from its core concept of picking one song at a time to share with friends (slow music) to something more complex without. Continue reading
Spotify’s Most Viral & Streamed Tracks US, UK & Global
The most viral tracks on Spotify, based on the number of people who shared it divided by those who listened to it from June 9-15 via Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter and. Continue reading
Spotify Asks Advertisers To Pay More So Listeners Can Hear (Almost) No Ads
Spotify wants sponsors to pay so that listeners will be interrupted by fewer ads. The streaming music service is pitching a new ad unit that would eliminate all the ads on. Continue reading
Spotify + The Echo Nest = New Supercharged API
We get to sample the first fruits of Spotify's acquisition of The Echo Nest today with the launch of its new Web API. Developers will now have the ability to build music. Continue reading
Beats Music’s Best Move: Exclusive Music Releases Beginning With Jay Z
The issue of how a music service like Beats Music can distinguish itself is a tough one. Unless you buy into their playlists being something special as compared to all. Continue reading
