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On July 5th, it has been reported that Apple Music exceeded Spotify’s US-located subscriber count. Apple Music and Spotify both have more than 20 million subscribers in the U.S. The statistics for 2018 reveals that Apple is thriving a far intense rate-of-growth in the United States, implying a wider lead over the forthcoming months. Ironically, the Wall Street Journal reported that Apple’s US-located subscriber growth ratio was 5%, correlated to Spotify’s 2% back in February.

Source - billboard.com Spotify has offered advances to a number of managers and indie acts in exchange for licensing their music directly to the streaming service, sources tell Billboard. Under the terms of some of the deals, management firms can receive several hundred thousand dollars as an advance fee for agreeing to license a certain number of tracks by their independent acts directly to Spotify. Then, in at least some cases, the managers and acts stand to earn 50 percent

On May 31st, Daniel Ek (CEO of Spotify) admitted that the company misgoverned how it broadcasted plans to erase R.Kelly and other musicians’ music. Spotify released a statement that they have created a new policy on hate speech and offensive conduct, along with removing R. Kelly’s music from their playlists on May 10th. R.Kelly has been publicly accused of sexual misconduct against a numerous amount of women. This announcement caused a significant backfire from the public; ev

On May 24, Spotify has released a sequence of music industry courses called, “The Game Plan.” These lessons are arranged to help musicians with their journey in the music business. Also, these courses have tutorials on utilizing “Spotify for Artists” and more generic academics on making music accessible for streaming. Also, other exercises will cover the best time to publish music, how and why to use audio data, how to install music, when to employ a lawyer, and more. What do

Apparently, Apple Music proceeds to increase around 2 million net added subscribers, monthly. Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, has announced that the platform now has 50 million users (the number is mixed with paid subscriptions and consumers with a 3-month trial). Their rival, Spotify, currently has 75 million subscribers and 170 million monthly active consumers. Also, they included 4 million paid subscribers in the first 3 months of 2018. What do you guys think? Team Apple or Te

On May 10th, Spotify has ejected R. Kelly and XXXTencion’s music from their top playlists due to their new “hate content and hateful conduct” policy. Although, the two artists’ discographies is still available. The #TimesUp movement reached out to Spotify, Apple Music, RCA, and Ticketmaster to participate its efforts to “mute” R.Kelly. Spotify decided to make the first move. However, the company’s new policy has caused controversy in the music industry; even their top executi

On May 2nd, Instagram have announced that they’re authorizing apps to upload content directly into their stories with Spotify have a head start. Also, the company is launching enhanced-reality camera effects to colleagues. Since Spotify is included as a primary participant, consumers can share a stamp of songs, playlists or albums to an Instagram story. In addition, Instagram users can utilize GoPro to share new videos from the GoPro camera app. What do you guys think? Let us

On April 23rd, Spotify disclosed huge alterations to its ‘free’ mobile category that will substantially boost the on-demand component of the platform. These adjustments will provide access to play on-demand songs in 15 key playlists, along with Daily Mix, Discover Weekly, Today’s Top Hits and Rap Caviar. Also, Spotify presented a behind-the-scenes press conference for the media in New York, clarifying the thought behind this new free category. The company had signed new licen

We have been discussing Artificial Intelligence on the channel, lately. It has been reported that Spotify made a new feature called ‘auto-mix.’ This feature authorizes songs that are on shuffle to blend, perfectly; ideally for party planners and occasional listeners. How it works is to open up the Spotify desktop client and upload the Drum & Bass Fix playlist, then establish the mix to shuffle. This mix will transit you from the end of a song to a suitable spot in another so

On April 12th, Spotify has obtained music licensing company Loudr to assist clarify and streamline its ability to record and compensate royalties to music publishers. Loudr formally started in 2009, then rebranded in 2013. This licensing company provides mechanical rights and a direct-to-fan storefront for cover songs. “For over ten years Spotify seemingly neglected to invest in a platform to best manage the song copyrights powering their service. This has resulted in an extr