Category: music streaming

Tidal brings its streaming music and videos to Roku

[ad_1] For streaming music listeners who prefer Tidal and its commitment to high-quality lossless audio, now its experience is available via Roku. Subscribers can already access it on a number of home theater receivers and other equipment, and with Roku getting into the soundbar / wireless subwoofer game later this year, it makes sense to […]

New music platform Audius plans to capitalize on SoundCloud’s faults

[ad_1] Audius already has backing from some big names, like deadmau5, Rezz, 3LAU and The Stafford Brothers. But to start the library is small, just a few hundred artists. For now, Audius is free, and artists can’t make money. By early 2020, the company may run ads or offer a subscription. According to TechCrunch, the […]

Recommended Reading: The redesigned WWE Network

[ad_1] WWE Network 2.0: How WWE rebuilt its streaming service after a split with DisneyChris Welch,The Verge After a flashy reveal at CES a few years ago, the WWE Network is by all accounts a success, amassing well over a million subscribers by early 2019. Disney threw a wrench in the plans when it bought […]

Pandora’s new desktop app is now available on Windows

[ad_1] It offers access to all tiers of the service: free, Pandora Plus and Pandora Premium. You can use keyboard shortcuts to control playback and see notifications that detail the artist, song, and album title for whatever you’re currently playing. You can also use the Pandora Modes feature, through which you can customize the kinds […]

Spotify’s latest acquisition helps artists and labels hire studio talent

[ad_1] SoundBetter is a mix of LinkedIn and TaskRabbit for musicians. Producers, writers, mixers, mastering engineers, and session performers can form online networks with a free account. People who pay for a monthly subscription can access job boards and take a proactive approach, rather than hoping to be discovered in search listings. Musicians who are […]

Streaming dominates the music industry’s revenue

[ad_1] While it’s a relief to see the music industry avoid a full collapse after losing two thirds of its yearly earnings in the 2000s, artists certainly aren’t lining their pockets with earnings from streaming services. Spotify pays out roughly six to eight tenths of a cent per stream. This handsome sum is then divided […]

Taylor Swift and Spotify are… best friends?

[ad_1] Taylor Swift is getting friendly with Spotify ahead of her new album, ‘Lover.’ Times have changed.Tim Ingham,Music Business Worldwide Not too long ago, Taylor Swift shook off Spotify, pulling her entire catalog from the service and slamming music streaming as “a grand experiment.” Nearly five years later, amid a huge blow up with her […]

Spotify is getting its own TV mini-series

[ad_1] Spotify Untold, a book written by Jonas Leijonhufvud and Sven Carlsson, will be used as a source for the upcoming TV series by Yellow Bird UK, a studio owned by French media organization the Banijay Group. The book was released in March of 2019 but hasn’t had an English-language release yet; it details the […]

Spotify tests simplified speaker handoff feature

[ad_1] This streamlines the handoff experience, as users won’t have to open Spotify and dig through menus to change devices; a single button handles it all. The feature seems to still be in testing, and tech blog Thurrott reports that the notification isn’t always sent. But given the brand’s focus on the Spotify Connect feature […]

Tool, one of the last streaming holdouts, caves ahead of new album

[ad_1] Tool is one of the last big streaming holdouts. In fact, you can’t even buy the band’s first five albums digitally (CDs are available on Amazon, though). In 2017, reports indicated that the group might be willing to soften its stance ahead of a new album, especially since it’s the band’s first in over […]