Pandora CEO Roger Lynch was unable to solve listener engagement issues. SiriusXM has released its operating and financial results for the fourth fiscal quarter and the full-year of 2018. The satellite radio company added 346,000 net […]
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Amazon’s ‘Echo Auto’ Is Now Shipping to 1 Million Drivers In the U.S.
Smart speakers are the fastest growing tech category in the United States. Now, they’re threatening to transform car dashboards, with potentially huge implications for music. Amazon’s Echo currently leads the pack in a heated race […]
Mike Tyson Launching a Cannabis-Centered Music Festival for All Ages
Mike Tyson has a relatively new idea. The former heavyweight boxer has confirmed he’ll host a new music festival. Dubbed the Kind Music Festival(KMF), the event describes itself as one that “embraces cannabis as a legalized […]
What Streaming Music Services Pay (Updated for 2019)
Find out how much you’ll earn from the most popular streaming music services – Pandora, Napster, Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, and more. Early last year, Digital Music News published its streaming royalty payouts list. Thanks […]
Thanks to Streaming, Warner Music Group Posts $4 Billion in Revenue for 2018
Streaming music revenue continues to increase Warner Music Group’s bottom line. Warner Music Group (WMG) has published its results for the fiscal fourth quarter and full year ended September 30th, 2018. For the first time in […]
Universal Music Group’s Revenues Jump 13.5% as Sales Chatter Intensifies
Thanks to the massive success of UMG ahead of its upcoming sale, Vivendi’s own bottom line rose 5.5% in Q3 2018. Last summer, after discarding the idea of a $40 billion IPO for its major […]
Label Group IFPI Says It Can’t Account for Half of YouTube’s Claimed $1.8 Billion In Royalty Payments
Google recently published an anti-piracy report claiming that YouTube has paid more than $1.8 billion in ad revenue to the music industry in 2017. However, the IFPI is challenging Google’s claim, saying that it can’t verify the […]
Tidal Is Now Integrated Into Samsung Wearables – And the Apple Watch Is Next
Tidal has announced its app is now available on a wide variety of Samsung wearable devices. Those devices include the Samsung Galaxy Watch, Gear Sport, Gear S2 & S3, and its fitness-oriented products the Gear […]