Spotify launches ” Loud & Clear ” website to share global streaming economy data
Announced by Spotify founder Daniel EK, Loud & Clear website aim to increase transparency and shed light on the complicated economics of music streaming.
Spotify will deliver CD-quality sound featuring Spotify HiFi
Spotify premium users will soon be able to upgrade their sound quality to Spotify HiFi and listen to their favorite songs in a lossless audio format.
Vinyl sales exceed CD sales for the first time in 30 years
The Recording Industry Association of America reported $232million sales of vinyl music between January & June 2020 compared with just $144million CD sales.
Spotify introduce a new promotion feature in exchange of reduced royalties
Spotify stated that this new "Personalized Recommendations" will offers artists & labels more opportunities to connect with new listeners.
Spotify launches new interactive audio format combining music and talk content
Spotify has today unveiled a brand new feature named Anchor which brings for the first time the format of Radio to the streaming plateform world.
Only 1% of artists represent 90% of listenings on streaming plateforms
Only 16,000 artists on the 1.6 million registered on streaming platforms have secured 90 percent of listeners’ plays, per analytics firm Alpha Data.
IMS IBIZA 2018 : IMS Business Report 2018
IMS Ibiza released the highly anticipated annual IMS Business Report 2018, an in-depth economic study of electronic Music Industry by author Kevin Watson.
Spotify acquires Soundtrap browser-based music production
Swedish streaming platform Spotify acquires Soundtrap online music and audio recording studio, no financial details of the deal has been revealed.
The end of free music streaming is coming
The majors push hard the streaming platforms - from which they derive a large part of their incomes - to develop premium offers and paid subscriptions.