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Not so fast: Google hits pause on transferring files to YouTube Music

June 17, 2020June 16, 2020 Amber Healy 3 Comments file transfer, Google Play Music, GPM, Music Apps, Music Library, Music Streaming, Music Streaming Services, Streaming, YouTube Music

When Google announced last month it was actually moving forward with its intention to nix Google Play Music and force

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Music Industry 

Spotify’s Road to World Domination Leads Right Through Asia. Here’s the Economic Reason Why.

September 11, 2017September 11, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Asia, Music Streaming Services, Spotify, Streaming

[SINGAPORE] – It’s only natural that our worldviews are created as the result of what we see and experience locally.

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Music Industry 

Let’s Talk About Apple Music and What It All Means, Shall We? [EVEN MORE UPDATES!]

June 11, 2015June 14, 2015 Alan Cross 11 Comments Apple Music, Beats 1, Music Streaming Services

[NOTE: Because there’s so much interest in Apple’s new music service, I’ve adding/amending as we go. This might be the

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Music News 

Study: Canadians Are Spending More Time Listening to Music. Here’s How We Listen.

June 4, 2015June 4, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2015, Canada, Music Listening Habits, Music Streaming Services, Nielsen

Thought Canadians listened to a lot of music in the past? We did–but now with streaming music and smartphones in

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Music Industry 

What Tidal Has to Do to Survive

April 10, 2015April 9, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Music Streaming Services, Tidal

Much has been written about Tidal since its formal re-coming out party last week. Most everything I’ve read (and said)

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Music Industry 

News from the World of Streaming Music Services

March 11, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Google Play Music, Music Streaming Services, Rdio, Sonos, Spotify, Universal

Have you tried streaming yet? Why not? It’s seriously fun (and now that I have a Sonos system throughout the

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Cool! 

Fun With Big Music Data: We Now Know Who’s Popular Where

February 18, 2015February 17, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alt-J, Drake, Imagine Dragons, Music Machinery, Music Streaming Services

The thing about using a streaming music service is that every time you log in, you add more information to

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Music Industry 

Jay Z Just Dropped $56 Million to Buy High-Res Audio Streaming Service TIDAL

January 31, 2015January 31, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments High-Def Audio, Jay Z, Music Streaming Services, Tidal

If you haven’t heard of TIDAL, you will now.  It positions itself as a rival to Spotify, Rdio, Pandora and

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Music News
Music News 

Random Music News for Saturday, December 6, 2014

December 6, 2014December 5, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alice in Chains, Axl Rose, Beyonce, Chuck Mosley, Faith No More, Music Streaming Services, Racism, Twitter Hoax

I spent the night new Newark. Not recommended. LA Police screwed up. Why did they detain Alice in Chains singer

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Controversy 

So Who’s Telling the Truth in the Taylor Swift vs. Spotify War?

November 12, 2014November 12, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Daniel Ek, Music Streaming Services, Spotify, Taylor Swift

You can scream all you want, but the future of music disruption is streaming. Get use to “renting” music the

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Music Industry 

“Why I Don’t Care About the Future of Music Streaming”

October 25, 2014October 24, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Music Streaming Services

This is from–wait for it–CocaColaCompany.com and their Unbottled blog Last weekend, I went down to Miami for the first Revolt

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