Streaming services pushed U.S. music industry to biggest gain since 1998

Subscription streaming music services like Apple Music and Spotify bolstered the ailing music industry in 2016, acting as a primary driver of an 11 percent bump in estimated retail revenue, according to the Recording Industry Association of America.

Mikey Campbell 9 years ago 11

Apple Music reportedly leads Spotify, Pandora in unique monthly users

According to fresh market research data, Apple Music's three-month free trial helped push the service ahead of competitors Spotify and Pandora in terms of unique monthly users for the month of February.

Mikey Campbell 9 years ago 18

Apple Music sets new album streaming record 47% higher than Spotify, despite fewer users [u]

On its first full day of availability, Drake's new album More Life set a new record on Spotify of 61.3 million streams by users. Apple Music also hit a record number of streams for the same album: 89.9 million.

Daniel Eran Dilger 9 years ago 34

Apple Music rival Spotify hits 50 million paid subscribers

Spotify on Thursday announced a milestone of 50 million paid Premium subscribers, keeping up a strong lead over its main rival in on-demand music streaming, Apple.

Roger Fingas 9 years ago 28

Spotify app prompts hint at $20 lossless audio subscription

Spotify is testing out the pricing for a new service providing lossless audio streams, with reports claiming a prompt for "Spotify Hi-Fi" offers the higher quality audio tracks and other benefits to subscribers, in exchange for a higher monthly fee.

Malcolm Owen 9 years ago 32

Prince's Warner Brothers music catalog lands on Apple Music, other streaming services

After Prince abruptly pulled his music from all streaming services save for Tidal in 2015, the Purple One's Warner Brothers catalog, which contains a majority of his biggest hits, has returned.

Mikey Campbell 9 years ago 6

Report claims Apple Music pays more to record labels in royalties per stream than Spotify

Record labels are getting a better deal on streaming music royalties with Apple than major rival Spotify, according to a report, with Apple Music streaming rates claimed to be nearly double what is paid out by its main competition.

Malcolm Owen 9 years ago 27

Spotify macOS client update adds Touch Bar, AirPods auto-pause support

Music streaming service Spotify has updated its macOS app, adding both Touch Bar support, and implementation of the auto-pause feature for Apple's wireless AirPods.

Mike Wuerthele 9 years ago 2

Spotify drops efforts to buy SoundCloud in prep for IPO plans - report

Apple's chief rival in on-demand music, Spotify, has backed away from trying to buy another important player in the space, SoundCloud, according to a report.

Roger Fingas 9 years ago 8

Apple Music surpasses 20M subscribers after 17 months of service [u]

Less than 18 months after its debut in 2015, Apple's fledgling music streaming service Apple Music recently surpassed 20 million subscribers, a milestone that took rival Spotify some seven years to reach.

Mikey Campbell 9 years ago 29

Apple Music rival Spotify on verge of turning a profit, board member says

Spotify, the world's biggest on-demand music service, could finally turn a profit in 2017, one of its board members said on Thursday.

Roger Fingas 9 years ago 16

Spotify promises fix for Mac glitch causing excessive writes on hard disks & SSDs

Spotify is currently rolling out a patch for a major bug, which can — at least in some cases — cause its desktop apps to write tens or hundreds of gigabytes to a hard disk or SSD in the space of an hour, according to an official spokesperson.

Roger Fingas 9 years ago 13

Neil Young restores catalog to Apple Music, Spotify & other streaming services

Folk/rock artist Neil Young's back catalog has returned to streaming music services including Apple Music, Deezer, and Spotify, a report noted on Friday, a little over a year after the musician declared a moratorium over audio quality issues.

Roger Fingas 9 years ago 33

No native Spotify app for Apple TV 'any time soon,' company says

People with a fourth-generation Apple TV shouldn't expect a native Spotify app in the near future, according to a product owner with the company.

Roger Fingas 9 years ago 17

Apple Music, Spotify debut user-uploaded remixes via deal with Dubset

Apple Music and Spotify on Thursday granted subscribers access to unofficial, user-uploaded remixes, a first for the streaming services, thanks to partnerships struck with music rights management firm Dubset.

Mikey Campbell 9 years ago 4

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