UMG Jumps Into the Livestreaming Space; New York Phil Launches Streaming Service; Sylvain Sylvain Livestream Tribute on the Way

Universal Music and K-pop’s YG Entertainment have invested in a live-streaming platform venture of Korea’s Big Hit and tech firm Kiswe.

The Philharmonic stopped large-scale live concerts last March because of the new coronavirus pandemic.

Spotify’s Daniel Ek on podcasts, how the company is coping with lockdown, and how his comment about album cycles may have been misconstrued.

A long list of rock greats will spread the love for Sylvain on Valentine’s Day. Also announced for the online-stream are Thurston Moore, Glen Matlock and many more.

Top radio companies like iHeartMedia and Entercom are increasingly outsourcing talent, turning to voice-tracking DJs to lower costs during the pandemic.

The music executive will advise the CEO of the European streaming company.

ForTunes, the data analytics app built for music creators, makes analyzing an artist’s online presence as easy as checking a Twitter feed.

Beatsource has signed deals with indie distributors Empire and Create Music Group to create fully licensed DJ edits of popular tracks from their catalogs.

Hint: it was not subscriber growth or gross margin.

Dwight Yoakam is suing Warner Music over the rights to some of his older, best-known recordings.

Google is urging users to transfer or delete their Google Play Music data before it gets wiped out on February 24, 2021.

Hungary may have come late to digital music but it is making up for lost time, with streaming revenue up 41% in 2019, according to recorded music association MAHASZ, driving a 37.6% increase in digital music revenue.

The streaming platform announced its US streams will count toward the Billboard Hot 100, Billboard 200, Artist 100, and Billboard Global 200 charts, and more.

“Songtradr is the go-to platform for sync licensing, making it a natural fit for this deal,” said Lee Cardan, director and co-founder of Alt. Music Group.