The New Online Rap Communities; Music’s Last Best Hope Lies in Live-Streaming; Google Play Will Bite the Dust in December

We look at Bandcamp, Twitch, and Discord in this guide to unconventional rap communities.

With big crowds and concerts off limits, there is almost no other way for performers to make money. 

Google’s lengthy road to shutting down its music streaming service, Google Play Music, is finally reaching an end.

Pex reported on the state of Youtube in 2018, analyzing its uploads, views, and growth. In 2019, some things have changed.

Whatever the outcome, chaos is already underway.

SiriusXM satellite radio is rapidly becoming broadcast radio’s chief competitor.

Blockchain technology is tipping the scales of the music industry, shifting the power from intermediaries back to artists

Spotify’s head of sales for the UK and pan-EMEA, Rakesh Patel, has found a happy and inclusive home at the audio-streaming brand, which he describes as having values that align strongly with his own.

Pandora and SiriusXM have launched a new weekly chart and playlist, The Top Thumb Hundred.

NetEase said it will take measures to regulate comments posted on its music streaming platform after receiving criticism that the app had become too ‘depressing’

Spotify is available in 92 countries. But what users pay for a Spotify Premium subscription varies widely, according to a new study.

Spotify recently expanded its beta songwriter pages and “Written By” playlists which offer a deeper dive into some of the creators behind the most popular songs.