Tidal Goes Belly Up While Numbers for Apple Music’s New Subscribers Sky-rocket. Great news from Apple with the release of their latest numbers for Apple Music: now it has more than 20 million pa…
SFX Entertainment has emerged from bankruptcy with a new name, LiveStyle
SFX Entertainment has emerged from bankruptcy with a new name, LiveStyle, and a new CEO who shuns the term “EDM”. The electronic music giant, which owns digital music store Beatport, ticketing company…
Sony Music inks new exclusive China deal with Tencent for digital catalogue
Sony Music Entertainment has renewed its partnership with Tencent Music for the exclusive digital distribution of the major’s master recordings across mainland China. According to the IFPI, China gene…
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…
Spotify Premium crosses 40 million paying subscribers
Just moments after disclosing its 39 millionth paying subscriber, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek has announced 40 million paying subscribers. “40 is the new 30. Million,” Ek cheekily tweeted just moments ago,…
Amazon and Pandora’s $5 streaming music services will reportedly launch in the next few weeks
Amazon and Pandora are readying new music streaming services for launch in the coming weeks, The New York Times reports, with both companies planning to undercut competitors like Spotify and Apple Mus…
Top Spotify sales exec Jonathan Forster exits company
One of the longest-serving employees at Spotify, Jonathan Forster, is leaving the company. The news was first reported by Swedish site Breakit, and has since been confirmed to MBW by sources close to …
Spotify is out of contract with all three major labels – and wants to pay them less
Spotify is out of contract with all three major music companies, MBW has learned, with a dispute over revenue splits bringing disharmony to negotiations. The Swedish streaming company has been out of …