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Apple Music Has 15 Million Subscribers And 6.5 Million Of Them Are Paying
Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed that the three-month-old streaming service has a further 8.5 million using the free trial, making it the second-biggest player in the market after Spotify.
Tidal X Tickets Are Being Resold For Thousands Of Dollars As Streaming Service Seeks Momentum With Exclusive Concert
As Jay Z's music streaming service looks to build hard-won momentum, resale ticket prices for its Brooklyn, New York, concert are skyrocketing.
Deezer IPO Aims To Raise Up To $460M To Expand User Base, Take On Spotify And Apple
Music-streaming service Deezer will float on the Paris stock exchange at the end of October, hoping to raise as much as $460 million from the share issue.
Can Television Save The Music Industry? Electric Jukebox Looks To Bring Streaming To The Masses Where Apple Music And Spotify Fail
Electric Jukebox turns your TV into a music center for the whole house. It's half the price of Spotify or Apple Music, but there's a catch.
Adobe Flash Zero-Day Discovered Being Used By Russia-Linked Hacking Group Pawn Storm
Researchers have discovered a serious vulnerability in Adobe's Flash software, which is reportedly being used by Russia-linked hacking group Pawn Storm.
Music Managers Have No Idea Where Their Artists' Digital Royalties Are, Either
More than a third of artists' contracts with labels and publishers contain no mention at all of income from digital sources, a survey of artists' managers found.
Rhapsody Kids Takes Aim At Streaming Parents To Stand Apart From Spotify, Apple Music
The Seattle-based company is hoping a feature aimed at parents, not millennials, will set them apart.
Google's Chromecast Audio Turns Your Old Speakers Into A Connected Sound System
Google has launched a version of its Chromecast dongle that is aimed at turning your old speakers into a smart, connected sound system.
Spotify Launches All-Out Blitz On Advertisers In NYC As Streaming Music Heats Up
With two marketing and advertising conferences going on in New York during Advertising Week, Spotify brought out the big guns.
Pandora Royalties Hit $1.5 Billion Milestone As Streaming Radio Payouts Accelerate
It took the streaming radio service, which has more than 80 million active users, nearly nine years to pay out its first billion.
How To Cancel Apple Music Subscription Without Getting Charged After Free Trial
Customers that stick with the subscription service will be charged $9.99 a month for a single user plan or $14.99 for a family plan.
Apple Music Emmy Ad With Kerry Washington, Mary J. Blige And Taraji P. Henson Goes After Middle-Aged Moms
An ad starring Kerry Washington, Taraji P. Henson and Mary J. Blige that debuted during the 2015 Emmys was aimed at an unlikely demographic group.
Spotify Creates Playlist For Ahmed Mohamed
Spotfiy is the most recent addition to an increasing list of businesses that “stand with" the teen arrested this week for bringing a home-built clock to school.
Apple Music, Still Free, Surpasses Spotify In Web Traffic In Australia and New Zealand, Report Says
According to Sandvine, a firm that monitors global web traffic, Apple Music leapfrogged Spotify in the Asia-Pacific region during July.
Apple Music Is Making Spotify Stronger, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek Says
Speaking at an event sponsored by Canadian telco Rogers, Daniel Ek said his company has been "setting records" every week since Apple Music debuted.
Struggling Apple Music Enlists The Weeknd, John Travolta At MTA VMAs
Apple hopes the spot, also featuring John Travolta, will give its struggling music service a much-needed boost.
Is Tidal Failing? Music Industry Executives Put Jay Z’s Embattled Streaming Service On Deathwatch
An anonymous survey of 50 industry executives revealed that 88 percent of them think Tidal will be done in two years or less.
One Direction Breakup Could Have A Big Impact On Global Music Sales In 2016
The British boy band will take an "extended hiatus" in March, and it could have a seismic effect on the sale of recorded music around the world.
President Obama’s Summer Spotify Playlist: Sinatra, Coltrane, Erykah Badu And Beyoncé's 'Superpower'
The 20 tracks are mostly what you would expect to be on the president's list.
Spotify And Pandora Help Streaming Music Ad Revenue Pass $1 Billion By 2017, Report Says
As the industry closes in on a billion-dollar threshold, the lion's share of streaming revenue still comes from subscriptions.
Musicians Union Sues Major Labels For Not Paying Them For Streams On Spotify, Apple Music, Rdio And Others
The American Federation of Musicians claims major record labels haven't paid it a cent of the money it believes it is owed.
Apple Music Hits 11 Million Users: But How Will It Fare Once Free Trials Are Over?
Apple Music acquired millions of subscribers in less time than comparable streaming services. Did Apple fly too far too fast?
Apple Music Nets 11 Million Trial Subscribers In Just 5 Weeks
The first customers of Apple Music won't start paying for the service until September, when the trial ends.
Streaming Music Services Are Saving The Music Business ... In Spain
A trade group found that a 40 percent growth in streaming revenues has given the Spanish music industry its first growth in over a decade.
Microsoft Gets Its Groove On With New Streaming-Music Service, But It's No Spotify Killer
The software maker is looking to become a major player in streaming music after several false starts.
Copying CDs And DVDs To Digital Formats Ruled Illegal In UK High Court
Personal copies of copyrighted music and videos are deemed illegal to have or make in the United Kingdom without compensation.
Prince Has Removed His Music From Every Streaming Service Except For Jay-Z's Tidal And Google Play
Prince's pulled his entire catalogue from every streaming music service except for Jay-Z's Tidal.
Apple Music Will Kill Your iPhone Battery; Here's What To Do About It
Tests show Apple Music is a bigger power hog than Spotify or Tidal. But here's what you can do about it.
You Can Stream AC/DC's Entire Catalog On Spotify And Rdio Right Now, And Maybe Apple Music Soon
At long last, AC/DC's entire music catalog is available to stream on Spotify and Rdio.
Apple To Release iOS 8.4 Along With Apple Music On June 30 At 11 AM EDT
Apple is going to release the iOS 8.4 update along with Apple Music service on Tuesday.