The cost of music is falling but the cost to the environment is increasing according to recent research conducted by the University of Glasgow and the University of Oslo. The price consumers have been willing to pay for listening to recorded music has never been lower while its carbon emissions costs have soared. Dr Matt Brennan from the University of Glasgow, who led the research on the changing economic cost of recorded music, said: “The […]
Boomplay raises $20 million funding to fuel Boomplay’s continued expansion, with a focus on content acquisition, product optimization, recruitment, and a further consolidation of its position as the leader in the African market. The additional capital has been provided by Maison Capital and followed by Seas Capital and other strategic investors. Boomplay offers both an ad-free paid subscription and a free ad-supported streaming service. In February 2019, Boomplay had acquired over 42 million users and […]
Primephonic adds offline playlists to iOS app as part of its v2.5 release on the 4th April 2019. This much requested enhancement became available to download once iOS 12.2 was installed. The iTunes store release notes are: ‘Our latest update enables you to download the playlists that you create to your device, so you can listen to your favourite works even when there’s no internet available. Listen to your very own curated playlists in high […]
Streaming price war hots up in India as Apple Music is the latest streamer to reduce its prices to ₹99/month (£1.10) from ₹120/month following price cuts by local music streaming services, JioSaavn and Gaana. JioSaavn and Gaana are well established and currently account for about half of India’s music streaming market. India has the world’s second largest smartphone market and the potential market for music streaming is huge. The country has seen both Spotify and […]
Deezer launches new K-Pop channel with exclusive playlists from artists like iKON, Stray Kids and Day6. South Korean boy band, iKON will provide fans with an exclusive Hip Hop playlist filled with their own personal inspirations. iKON commented, “Get ready? Showtime! Hello, Deezer K-Pop Channel fans! This is iKON, thank you for listening to our music in the K-Pop channel. We love iKONIC! Enjoy our music!” Deezer’s new channel will also feature editorial playlists focused on K-Pop and its subgenres. […]
Over two thirds of music in Australia is streamed accounting for 70% of recorded music in 2018 according to ARIA, the Australian Record Industry Association. In their annual report they report a 12.6% growth in wholesale figures to AUS$526 million driven by a 41.2% growth in streaming during the year. The streaming category includes revenues from subscription services (such as Apple Music, Deezer, Google Play and Spotify) and other non-subscription on-demand streaming services (such as […]
Google Play to shut Artist Hub at the end of April 2019 and is redirecting new users to YouTube for Artists. They are also suggesting they use YouTube’s preferred partners DistroKid, TuneCore and CD Baby If they would like to make their music available for purchase/download. Google said the closure of Artist Hub won’t impact Google Play Music users and confirmed the move is part of its plan to replace Google Play Music with YouTube Music. […]
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