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Tech companies, radio stations and labels took away most of the $43 billion generated...
Artists only received 12% of the revenue generated in the music industry in the United States in 2017 according to a new report by Citigroup...
Soon DJs will be able to stream millions of tracks directly to their software and hardware. DJ Mag explores the impact on DJing tech, creativity...
Imagine the scenario — you walk into the booth with nothing more than a pair of headphones, login with your username and password to the...
Can they challenge Spotify and Apple Music?...
YouTube has officially launched its new YouTube Music and YouTube Premium streaming services.
Following an initial rollout last month, YouTube has today debuted both...
The roadmap was announced at the annual IMS Business Report in Ibiza...
Beatport will soon be allowing users to stream their catalogue to DJ software. As we reported earlier this year, electronic music streaming platform Pulselocker was acquired...
Could this be the first step towards true cloud-based DJing?
Beatport has acquired Pulselocker, a streaming and storage platform designed for DJs to access and play music from the cloud. Announcing in November that they...
But are they actually winning...?
The streaming wars are warming up with the revelation that Apple Music has overtaken Spotify in the US, the biggest music streaming market in the...
Aiming for a March 2018 start...
YouTube has revealed its intentions to launch a paid music streaming service in early 2018. The Spotify rival is internally being called Remix.
Reports indicate...
SoundCloud denies the information leaked by internal sources...
SoundCloud is running out of cash and will only survive “until Q4” reports sources within the streaming platform. Q4 starts in 50 days.
The news...
That's $12.5 million every day...
Whilst not everyone is reaping the rewards of the current music streaming boom, a new report from Music Business Worldwide states that the three major...
Kicking off this weekend...
Coachella's first weekend is almost upon us and if you can't make to Indio fear not as there will be three channels of live streams...
Breathe a sigh of relief...
YouTube has announced it will no longer have unskippable, 30-second adverts come 2018.
Advertising on the platform is used to generate revenue for the company...
"We're going to do whatever hits popular culture smack on the nose"...
Apple Music boss Jimmy Iovine has confirmed that the streaming platform is aiming to branch out beyond just music.
In a Q&A session during the Television...
Insists company is on “a very positive path”...
SoundCloud may "run out of cash" by the end of the year, Music Business Worldwide reports.
The news follows a reported loss of $52 million...
Platform rumoured to be on offer for $500 million...
Google is rumoured to be interested in buying SoundCloud, a new article from Music Business Worldwide claims.
Sources report the tech giant could purchase the...
Also in licensing talks with major labels...
Facebook is in the process of building an content recognition system, a new report by the Financial Times has revealed.
The program will combat copyright...
The future is coming...
Boiler Room is taking the online gig experience to the next level with the launch of the first virtual reality music venue.
Created by VR developer...
Aims to push Echo speaker through cheaper subscription...
Amazon has launched its new streaming service Amazon Music Unlimited.
According to a report from The Verge, the platform hosts "tens of millions" of...
Long live the mixtape!
A new app called Pacemaker allows users to share mixtapes made up of songs on Spotify.
The program, which originally launched back in 2014, contains...
Both companies refuse to comment...
Swedish streaming giant Spotify is in "advanced talks" to purchase DIY rival SoundCloud, according to a report in The Financial Times.
The Berlin company's...
Revenue generated by streaming services is slowly bringing the music industry back on track says a report published by The Verge.
According to figures...