Spotify Stories
Prince Is Playing A Freddie Gray Benefit Show In Baltimore And Jay Z's Tidal Is Streaming It For Free
Here's how Tidal will differentiate itself from Spotify: It will stream live concerts that its competitors don't have, like Prince's upcoming Baltimore benefit show.
Despite Billion Dollar Revenues, Spotify Remains In The Red
Spotify's yearly revenues leapt 45 percent in 2014, but investments in product development and expanding its staff left the company unprofitable again.
Spotify Is Getting Into Streaming Video: Report
According to a Dow Jones report, the streaming music service is looking to content partners to develop original programming.
Stolen HBO Go, Xbox Live Account Info Available Cheap On PayIvy Online Marketplace
How long PayIvy will be able to stay online remains to be seen, but it certainly won't be the last marketplace of its kind.
Spotify's Mega-Round Of Funding Keeps Shrinking
The streaming music giant raised the money from Goldman Sachs and other institutional investors at an $8 billion valuation.
Jay Z Weighs Into Tidal Vs. Spotify Debate, Defends Streaming Service Against Critics
Jay Z sent a series of tweets Sunday defending his streaming music company, Tidal.
Jay Z's Tidal Is Less Popular Than 'Cooking Fever' And 699 Other IPhone Apps
Less than a month after its launch, the high-end streaming music service has fallen out of the top 700 apps in the iPhone App Store.
Wiz Khalifa Breaks Spotify Record Of Most Streams In 24 Hours
Wiz Khalifa's "See You Again" broke two records on the streaming music service.
Spotify IPO Prospects Pushed Back By $400 Million Goldman Sachs Investment
This latest round of private investment places the streaming music giant's value at $8.4 billion, more than twice as much as any other music streaming service.
Jay Z Pulls 'Reasonable Doubt' Off Spotify, But Don't Expect Other Artists To Follow
In addition to Tidal, Jay Z's debut remains available on a number of Spotify's competitors, including Deezer, Rdio and Google Play Music.
Jay Z Takes On Tidal Critics: 'It's Not Us Standing Here Saying We're Poor Musicians'
At a hastily organized Q&A session at NYU's Clive Davis School, Jay Z took the first steps toward repairing the damage done by Monday's disastrous Tidal launch.
EU Regulators Probe Apple Over Upcoming Music Streaming Service
The regulators are concerned that Apple could use its market position to influence labels to dump free, ad-supported services.
Jay Z's Tidal Music Service Gets Caught In Undertow As Critics Bash It As Overpriced And Out-Of-Touch
Monday night's exclusive launch event for the streaming music service was long on theater but short on details.
Spotify Launches In Playstation 3 And Playstation 4
The exclusive partnership, a first for both companies, puts Spotify and its catalog at the heart of the video game-playing experience.
Spotify And Taylor Swift Label Universal Music Group Are Fighting Over The Future Of Free Music
The world's largest record label is reportedly demanding that Spotify alter or eliminate its free tier of service as the price of a new deal.
Kendrick Lamar’s 'To Pimp A Butterfly' Breaks Spotify Record With Unconventional Release
The album hit Spotify and iTunes a week early, giving listeners a legal way to listen and its creators a way to profit.
SXSW 2015: Rhapsody Makes Its Entire Song Catalog Available For Listening On Twitter
If someone you follow tweets a song from Rhapsody, you'll be able to listen for free.
Jay Z Just Bought A Streaming Music Service With Higher Sound Quality Than Spotify And iTunes
Jay Z acquires HD streaming music company Aspiro for $56 million.
Google Targets Spotify Users With $3 Trial To Google Play Music All Access
A $3.00 promotion, pegged to the third anniversary of Google's Play Store, could be a preemptive strike against its rival.
Meet 2014’s Most-Pirated TV, Music And Movies, A Haul Worth More Than $800 Billion
HBO, AMC, Warner Brothers and other global entertainment companies have started to look for patterns in the piracy.
Is Jay-Z A Bad Businessman? WiMP, Tidal, Struggling Streaming Music Services Raise Questions
Just weeks after Jay Z bought Aspiro for $56 million, the Swedish streaming music service announced it might not last the year.
Grammys 2015: Ed Sheeran Song ' Thinking Out Loud' Wins On Shazam, Soundhound
The rising British singer-songwriter was shut out in the three categories he was nominated in, but wound up winning the day on music discovery apps.
Artists Fear Apple's Low-Priced Music Service Will Cut Further Into Their Streaming Income
Apple's new music service will be 20 times the size of Spotify when it launches, according to one estimate.
Shazam And Spotify's Grammy Picks Are More Accurate Than Billboard's. Here's Why.
For the past two years, the two digital music apps have bested the music industry bible. What's behind their success?
Apple Music Service Details Leaked: Cheaper Than Spotify, Better-Integrated, Smarter
Apple’s forthcoming streaming music service plans to undercut Spotify with $7.99-a-month pricing — and wage "asymmetric warfare."
Vinyl Sales, Up 54 Percent, Still A 'Fad' To Music Execs
It's the fastest-growing format the record industry has seen in decades. So why are executives turning their noses up at vinyl LPs?
Jay Z Takes On Apple Inc., Google, Spotify In Increasingly Crowded Music Service Market. Can Anyone Make Money?
'I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man.'
Americans Listen To 21 Million Hours Of Podcasts Every Day, Cutting Into Radio, Research Finds
A study by Edison Research suggests that the rising medium is increasing the ways and places Americans listen to audio.
Apple Acquires Music Analytics Startup Semetric As Part Of Expected Beats Revamp
The acquisition of Semetric adds music analytics to Cupertino's growing portfolio of technologies and services.
Spotify Has Added 10 Million New Users Since Taylor Swift Pulled Her Music Last Fall
Despite competition from Apple, Google and Amazon, Spotify is managing to keep steadily growing.