This new TikTok-Apple Music partnership hints at things to come
If you’re on TikTok, you know how addictive the platform can be. One frustration is the need to leave the app when you run across a clip of an interesting
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Random music news for Monday, October 31, 2022
Ugh. Halloween. The night when mini-extortionists in disguise are encouraged by their parents to demand unhealthy treats from strangers underscored with threats of some kind of “trick” unless there’s compliance.
Read MoreRandom music news for Friday, October 21, 2022
Imagine trying to park The World’s Biggest SUV. It’s much easer to just read music news for October 21, 2022. Did Spotify crash for you earlier today? Blame Taylor Swift
Read MoreTikTok seems to be getting closer to launching a streaming music services
For better or worse, TikTok has become a monster in the world of music. The next logical step would be to further ensnare users by launching its own streaming music
Read MoreIt sure looks like TikTok is prepping a streaming music service
Does the world need another streaming music service? I mean, there are dozens of them out there already with dominance going to Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and YouTube Music.
Read MoreIs TikTok planning to launch a streaming music app? If so, it would be a monster.
TikTok has become monstrously important to the music industry over the last couple of years as users of the platform help break new songs and resurrect old ones (cf. “Dreams”
Read MoreRandom music news for Saturday, October 10, 2020
Hello, Newman. You do bring up some good points. More info in today’s round-up of music news for October 10, 2020. Coronavirus update 1: At least 11 music venues in
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Room 217 wants to help you relax during COVID-19
If you’re feeling more stressed and anxious these days — or during the past five months — you’re far from alone. Room 217, a Canadian music-based health arts organization, wants
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What’s going on with Spotify and streaming payments?
Musicians are paid fractions of a penny every time their song is streamed. The U.S. Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) ruled last year that this is garbage and ordered that musicians’
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Is Facebook preparing its own streaming service?
Streaming music is huge and getting huger. According to a report called Music in the Air prepared by Goldman Sachs, the market is going to grow from $1.4 billion today
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Amazon Gets into the Streaming Music Business and is Charging Less. (Sorry, Canada. This Not for You)
After months of hinting that something was coming, Amazon announced yesterday a new streaming music service with a monthly cost that’s less that Spotify, Apple Music, Google Play Music and
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