MUSIK !D TV

(By TIM INGHAM | Published on April 11, 2017 for Music Business Worldwide) Did you know that Amazon owns the world’s biggest paid-for music streaming service? Cards on the table.. that claim relies on a bit of a technicality. Based on Amazon’s $6.4bn revenue in 2016 from ‘retail subscription services’, the latest estimates suggest that the company has around 65m Prime members worldwide. These Prime subscribers – who pay an annual fee for speedier delivery of goods and other p

(By Marc Hogan | Published on December 2, 2016 for pitchfork.com) Breaking down the winners and losers of this breakthrough year for streaming music, and looking ahead to what’s next for the industry. Experts have been anticipating the dominance of streaming audio since the days of Y2K and nu metal. In 1999, the first customizable online radio service, Launchcast, was introduced. In 2001, seven years before Spotify, Rhapsody was unveiled as the first proper on-demand streamin

(By Vice News Staff | Published on November 22, 2016 for Vice News) Nashville may be known for its barbecue and honky tonks. But thanks to an ambitious crop of entrepreneurs and support from public-private partnerships, it’s also emerging as a hotbed for the music-technology industry. Whether it’s classical music music meta data or karaoke software, meet some of the startups who are helping to reshape Music City — and the way the world listens to music. #Spotify #Amazon #Pro

(By Dan Seifert 10.12.16 for TheVerge.com) Amazon’s long-rumored on-demand music streaming service is now available. The company is launching its new service as Amazon Music Unlimited, a on-demand competitor to the likes of Spotify, Apple Music, and Google Play Music. Amazon has done a number of things to differentiate Music Unlimited from its competitors, but the most notable one is its price: the service will be available to Amazon Prime members for $7.99 per month or $79 p