I like single-use apps, with their inherently low cognitive load. I’m also a huge fan of having other people do work for me. A new app from Playlists.net, the Spotify community and playlist sharing site acquired by Watner Music Group, hits both notes.
Dubbed ‘Playlist a Day’, the iOS and Android app does one thing and one thing only: It… [Read more on TechCrunch]
WhoSampled isn’t always on the mainstream startup radar, but the London-based company has been building a solid product over the past eight years, one that unearths the veritable spider web of connections between your favorite songs. And with the company’s latest update, users will now be able to… [Read more on VentureBeat]
SoundCloud recently announced it struck a long-awaited licensing deal with Universal Music, whose hit roster includes Kanye West, Adele and Taylor Swift. This latest deal provides SoundCloud with 50 percent coverage among the “Big Four” — Warner Brothers also has a deal with SoundCloud; Sony BMG and Sony/ATV are still holding out.
The Universal deal, in addition to… [Read more on TechCrunch]
Spotify lance son application Music Matchmaker. Un outil tout spécialement destiné aux agences média européennes. Il permet aux célibataires qui y travaillent de trouver l’amour à l’occasion de la Saint-Valentin. Disponible dans 12 pays européens dont la France, Music Matchmaker interroge les… [Lire la suite sur CBNews]
Les vidéos seront des formats courts, disponibles à tous et destinées aux amateurs de musique.
La rumeur enflait, elle désormais confirmée : la plateforme suédoise de musique en ligne Spotify va proposer d’ici la fin… [Lire la suite sur L’Express]
Amazon has eaten away at the publishing industry, upended retail giants and begun to change the world of supply and fulfillment.
Now it may want to do the same to the young, highly competitive and potentially lucrative music streaming industry.
The e-commerce behemoth is said to… [Read more on Mashable]
With newcomer Apple Music already taking a sizable bite out of the market, competing services Spotify and Pandora hope to differentiate themselves by amping up ways to help artists connect with their fans.
Spotify continues to refine its artist portal feature, which makes… [Read more on billboard]
Why not learn a thing or two while enjoying some great songs?
Music streaming service Spotify wants to help users learn more about the songs they listen to, so it’s teamed up with Genius (formerly known as Rap Genius) to provide… [Read more on Fortune]
Spotify vient de racheter deux entreprises afin d’enrichir son offre de streaming musical. Soundwave et Cord Project ont de grandes chances de voir leurs produits disparaître puisque les équipes vont être absorbées et réorientées vers des objectifs précis.
Spotify à beau actuellement régner sur le monde du streaming musical, la société sait que cette place est fragile. Non seulement… [Lire la suite sur Next INpact]
The singer died on Sunday.
Music streaming company Spotify is flying it’s company flag at half mast in honor of David Bowie’s passing, a company… [Read more on Fortune]
Pandora, une des figures de proue de la radio sur internet, a présenté lundi une nouvelle fonctionnalité qui permet d’améliorer la personnalisation des choix musicaux, dans l’espoir de conserver ses utilisateurs face à une offre grandissante dans la musique à la demande.
Contrairement à la majorité des sites de streaming (flux sans téléchargement) comme Spotify, qui permettent à l’internaute de… [Lire la suite sur La Presse]
Spotify Ltd. will let some artists offer their new releases only on its paid service for a period of time, according to people with knowledge of the matter, in a major concession to music labels.
The move, described as a test by the people, is a departure from… [Read more on Bloomberg]
According to WeTransfer, its new music service is not a competitor to Spotify or any other music streaming service.
“To be clear, WeTransfer’s new music streaming-solution is… [Read more on nltimes]
Spotify réactive pour Noël l’offre découverte de sa formule Premium. Sur une période de trois mois on ne paiera que 0,99 € au total. Ensuite on revient sur un versement mensuel de 9,99 €. La différence entre gratuit et Premium porte sur… [Lire la suite sur iGeneration]
Les artistes ne croient pas vraiment au modèle mi gratuit / mi payant de sites de streaming musical. Spotify active un levier pour tenter de les convaincre : ouvrir (gratuitement) les vannes de la data.
De nombreux artistes considèrent que les sites de streaming musical offrant un accès gratuit financé par la publicité ne sont pas assez rémunérateurs. En 2014, Taylor Swift a (bruyamment) retiré ses titres des plates-formes en ligne, et de nombreux artistes l’ont imitée. Depuis, … [Lire la suite sur L’Usine Digitale]
L’application mobile s’enrichit désormais des bandes originales de films et séries, en partenariat avec Spotify
Toute la musique cinéma et séries
La toute dernière version de l’application pour smartphones s’enrichit d’une… [Lire la suite sur Allociné]
There is growing demand for technologies that blur the boundary between creator and consumer in the music industry. From the abundance of user-generated content on streaming services like SoundCloud and YouTube, to the wide availability of composition hardware such as the Novation Launchpad, to the rise of public music creation and collaboration platforms like… [Read more on Forbes]]
Le lancement de la plateforme suédoise n’aurait pas eu d’impact global sur les revenus et profits des labels et maisons de disque.
Spotify ou un modèle de réussite dans un domaine en pleine décrépitude. Pourtant, l’entreprise suédoise est loin de faire l’unanimité. D’un côté, ses défenseurs avancent… [Lire la suite sur Slate]
Spotify has added a new feature called “In Residence,” which consists of podcast-like radio shows curated by musical artists. The service appears to be an attempt to compete on some level with Apple Music’s Beats 1 radio station, although the Spotify shows are not aired live.
As the music streaming wars continue to heat up, streaming services are looking to find ways to differentiate themselves from the competition. One of the most successfully-received aspects of… [Read more on Tech Times]
Sometimes, all it takes is a little prod from one individual to get a major company to change its ways for the better.
Yesterday, I wanted to share a song by a post-punk band called Protomartyr. When I asked to connect my Twitter with my Spotify account, I had a look at some of the permissions. One stuck out: Spotify wanted access to my private direct messages… [Read more on Forbes]
YouTube a présenté sa très attendue version payante : Red. Pour 10 dollars par mois, les abonnés pourront accéder à des vidéos sans publicité, à des productions originales mais aussi à un service de streaming musical. Google veut ainsi concurrencer aussi bien Netflix, que Spotify ou Apple Music…
I’m canceling my four-year-old Spotify subscription not because Apple Music is a better overall service than Spotify, but because it’s better for owners of Apple devices. I’m an iPhone owner and I’ve grown accustomed to asking Siri to play specific bands, songs, albums, or playlists. “Hey Siri, play Beats 1 Radio,” I say and she delivers. And when I add a song on my iPhone at the gym, it’s automatically… [Read more on The Verge]
If fans can’t listen to music through free services like Spotify, they’ll turn to piracy, Troy Carter argues.
Pop music superstar Taylor Swift has railed against music streaming services like Spotify, going as far as… [Read more on Fortune]
It’s tough to create a playlist that your friend or partner will enjoy just as much as you do, especially if your tastes don’t quite sync up. How are you going to reconcile your fondness for tender folk music with your pal’s addiction to drum-and-bass? Spotify thinks it has… [Read more on Engadget]
Of course Coldplay’s “Clocks” is on there
Ahmed Mohamed, the Texas teenager who was arrested after a teacher mistook his homemade clock for a bomb, has received an outpouring of encouragement and support in the past three days: President Obama told him to… [Read more on Time]
Spotify‘s growth rate has actually increased since the release of Apple Music, CEO Daniel Ek said Monday, according to Bloomberg.
Apple Music may have started with a heavy helping of hype, but Spotify has by no means sat back and let Apple dominate the streaming music market.
Spotify recently closed another funding round, which gave it $526 million in new cash, and valued it at $8.53 billion. This capital could help Spotify expand beyond music, as… [Read more on Business Insider]
S’il y a bien une chose que les amateurs de musique aiment faire, c’est clamer haut et fort qu’ils connaissaient l’artiste du moment depuis des années, qu’ils avaient assisté à son premier concert, fait tourner leur première démo… mais qu’aujourd’hui, c’est devenu mainstream. Vous connaissez forcément un frimeur de ce type et la dernière nouveauté de Spotify devrait beaucoup leur plaire.
Mercredi, le service de streaming musical a lancé “Found them first“, un outil qui… [Lire la suite sur The Huffington Post]
In what appears to be a first for the company, Spotify has directly emailed Foo Fighters marketing material to the band’s top listeners on the service.
This could be a significant development for record label promotional campaigns in future.
Up until now, Spotify has not allowed… [Read more on Music Business Worldwide]
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