Another day, another industry-rattling potential buyout for the streaming music vertical. According to a report posted on the Financial Times website, Spotify is currently in talks to buy SoundCloud. …
Spotify swipes right on Tinder with new app partnership
The biggest subscription music service has hooked up with the most prominent mobile dating service, but Spotify and Tinder are hoping for more than a one-night stand. The two companies have partnered …
Deezer becomes stronger rival to Spotify with renewed Orange deal in France
This time last year, Deezer looked to be in a pretty rocky place. The Spotify rival actually manage to lose total monthly subscribers in the first half of 2015, down to 6.3m – of which it categorised …
Apple Music helps US recorded music market grow 8.1% in first half of 2016
A good news day: Revenue from subscription music services more than doubled in the US in the first half of 2016 – driving overall market growth of 8.1%. According to new figures from the RIAA, paid-fo…