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YouTube Music adds three new personalized playlists, including its Spotify Discover Weekly rival
YouTube Music is taking on Spotify, Apple Music and others with the launch of three personalized playlists, including its own…
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Spotify’s free music service will now stream on Alexa devices, plus Bose and Sonos smart speakers
Spotify has worked with Amazon Echo since 2016, but only for premium subscribers. Today, that changes as Spotify says its…
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Spotify confirms it’s testing real-time lyrics synced to music
With the launch of iOS 13, Apple added perfectly timed live lyrics to its Apple Music app. Now Spotify may…
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Paid streaming music subscriptions in US top 60M, says RIAA
Streaming music subscriptions continue to drive the U.S. music industry’s growth and revenues, according to a new report from the…
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Spotify partners with Disney on a new streaming hub aimed at families
In an effort likely aimed at boosting family memberships, Spotify this morning announced a new partnership with Disney on the…
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MAX.ng raises $7M round backed by Yamaha and pilots EVs in Nigeria
Nigerian motorcycle transit startup MAX.ng has raised a $7 million funding round led by Novastar Ventures, with participation of Japanese…
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Streaming accounted for nearly half of music revenues worldwide in 2018
The scales are about to tip in favor of streaming music becoming the number one driver of global recorded music…
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Something magical happens if you google Rihanna and your birthday
Seriously. Do it. Go to Google.com, type in “Rihanna (your DOB),” you’ll get… a picture of Rihanna taken on the…
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Spotify will now let brands sponsor its Discover Weekly playlist
Spotify has begun testing a new type of ad in Discover Weekly, its personalized playlist of music that’s the streaming…
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