Music Industry

mora: the online music and video store for the Japanese market

mora is an online music and video store for the Japanese market. It is integrated into the Japanese version of…

8 years ago

Beatport is taking new approach to genres

Genres are constantly a topic of debate for every music lover and DJ. The way that music stores decide on genres…

8 years ago

KKBOX: The best of music at your fingertips!

KKBOX is a Taiwan-based company that has provided streaming music services in Asia since before Spotify was founded. The company…

9 years ago

Is Spotify buying SoundCloud?

Another day, another industry-rattling potential buyout for the streaming music vertical. According to a report posted on the Financial Times…

9 years ago

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…

9 years ago

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…

9 years ago

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…

9 years ago

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…

9 years 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…

9 years ago

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…

9 years ago