A Decade Under Spotify's Streaming Influence; The New EMTV Video Platform; TuneCore Partners with Ayoba

What made Spotify a big deal was that word: free. It was ad-supported, or you could pay for premium, in what is one of the most well-known success stories of the “freemium” model — where a free service that reserves more advanced and sophisticated features for paying customers.

We spoke to Juliette Dufornee, EMTV’s Deputy Director, about this new platform for early music lovers.

Global music distributor TuneCore last week announced a partnership with Ayoba, a South Africa-based social networking app which provides free music, games, news, entertainment, instant messaging, voice and video calling, and other content.

French musician Nes. B (Anes Boukadoum) has launched Meteora’s music streaming platform on the layer-2 blockchain network Lunaris.core.

The iPod’s death has been a long time coming.

YouTube has rolled out a new shortcut directly within the video window, encouraging users to switch from the main app to YouTube Music.

According to Apple Music, Kendrick Lamar’s fifth studio album has smashed the record for first-day streams.

Editorial playlists have helped thousands of artists stand out from the crowd, gain more listeners, and get noticed by industry experts.

Apple may have at long last discontinued the iPod, but the “pod” lives on. The iPod played a crucial role in the development of digital audio, but podcasting has outlived — and outgrown — its namesake.

Music websites can meet diverse needs and interests of music fans and artists around the world. We’ll help you sift through to discover the best ones for learning, creating or just casually listening to music.

Napster has been bought for the second time in under two years; this time by web3 companies Hivemind and Algorand.