Apple Music Up To 13 Million Subscribers

It looks like all the naysayers were wrong.  Apple  reported on its recent earnings call that its  Apple Music  streaming service was now up...

Your Cover Songs May Not Be Streamed

Doing a great cover version of a hit song has been a successful tactic in helping to raise the visibility of an artist or band for some time...

The Beatles A Bigger Hit On Spotify Than Current Artists

After all these years, it's surprising how popular The Beatles  music still is, and the band's presence on Spotify proves it. The F...

$38 Script Let's You Set Up A Spotify-Like Site

It seems that pirate music sites are getting easier and easier to set up these days. Apparently there's a script that you can buy for ju...

Facebook Integrates Spotify Into Messenger

Facebook and Spotify are trying to make it easier for fans to share your songs. The latest version of Facebook Messenger now incorporates...

Volvo Adds Phone-Free Spotify

Almost all new cars are blue-tooth enabled so you can stream music from your smartphone, but any driver who's tried this knows how clunk...

Spotify Up To 28 Million Paid Subscribers

The music industry received some good news recently when Spotify announced that it had surpassed 28 million paid subscribers at the end of ...

Patrick Mahoney From Manhead Merch On My Latest Inner Circle Podcast

If you're in the music business you've heard how increasingly important merchandise is to the revenue stream of an artist. My guest ...

Apple Music Now In Far More Countries Than Spotify

Apple  has done a great job making  Apple Music  available throughout the world. As a matter of fact,  Music Business Worldwide  notes that ...

Warner Music May Give Spotify Windfall Back To Artists

Major record labels aren't known for being particularly generous to their artists, but in at least one case, that might change a little....

Artist Management Consultant Mike Gormley On My Latest Inner Circle Podcast

My guest on this week's Inner Circle Podcast is artist management consultant Mike Gormley . Mike was head of PR for Mercury and A&...

Spotify To Begin Streaming Videos

Spotify is introducing streaming video to its users, first on the Android platform and shortly followed by iOS . What's interesting is...

Finally, A Streaming Service At A Reasonable Price

The major record labels have been largely responsible for the $9.95 per month prices being charged by the streaming services, even though mo...

Spotify Launches A New Backstory Feature

Spotify has teamed up with a company called Genius in an effort to try to take using the platform to the next level. G enius provides anno...

Apple Music Has 10 Million Subscribers

It looks like Apple Music has beaten the predictions by making it to 10 million subscribers much faster than anticipated. Although no offic...

5 Bold Music Business Predictions For 2016

The new year is upon us, which means it’s time to look into the crystal ball to foresee what might happen in the music business in 2016. Her...

Spotify Hit With A $150 Million Class Action Lawsuit

A lot of artists, bands, indie labels and publishers have a problem with the payout from Spotify , but most feel that at least they're b...

Beatles Songs Stream 50 Million Times In 48 Hours

The Beatles were one of the final major holdouts to streaming, and many thought that they waited far too long to be able to take advantage ...

The Beatles Finally Coming To Streaming

All signs are pointing to one of the last major remaining holdouts, The Beatles , finally coming to a streaming network near you. Billboard ...

Spotify Still Leads In Paid Streaming Customers

It looks like Spotify is still in the lead in terms of paying customers, if this chart from Statista is any indication. The chart shows th...