Amazon Announces New Elton John Audio Program; Spinnin’ Records Get 'Voice Ready' with Rebranded Playlists

Amazon today announced “Soundboard With Elton John,” featuring Interviews, guests, more.

Acknowledging the hype, some see potential fruitful disruption for media businesses.

The streaming music company wants to get more music — and more profitable music — from the little guys.

Fresh from being acquired by Sony Music, dance label Spinnin’ Records is experimenting with its streaming playlists and a voice-driven rebrand.

There’s nothing more exciting for a new artist than finding out that listeners are starting to learn about and enjoy their music. But using play counts, views, and hits as the only metrics to measure musical success is a bad idea.

The CLASSICS Act does not address every inequity facing music creators , but it’s an important step on the journey towards treating all creators fairly – across all platforms. And it’s progress. We urge Congress to move quickly and decisively to turn the unity package into law.

Adobe announced new audio capabilities for their Analytics Cloud that companies like Spotify and Pandora can use.

Jack White has banned cell phones from his upcoming tour, reinforcing his reputation as a retro-fetishizing Luddite.

Anghami is the leading Music streaming service in the MENA region. My team leads on personalization related features, the champion of which is the “Your Weekly Mixtape” feature.

Spotify rolled out a self-serve platform to ramp up its ads sales. We’ve put together tips for independent artists on how to use Spotify Ad Studio.

The legendary manager and chairman/CEO of Azoff MSG Entertainment will host conversations with influential music business figures on his weekly show on the Volume channel.

At the Stockholm Arlanda airport, getting ready to fly to New York for Spotify’s Capital Markets Day, I dug through the deepest corners of Dropbox to look for an old slide.