Google Play Music is to close later this year and users are being urged to transfer their music to YouTube Music according to a recent blog posting by the streamer. This has been some time in coming when it announced in 2017 that Google Play Music would be merged into YouTube Red, the predecessor of YouTube Music. When launched YouTube Music was a pale imitation of Google Play Music (GPM) but the upgrades which have […]
Deezer cuts the price of its HiFi plan offering CD Quality streaming for £14.99/$14.99/AUS$14.99 per month with the reduction taking effect immediately on new and existing subscriptions. Deezer HiFi is an on-demand ad free streaming service offering 56 million tracks in 44.1kHz/16bit FLAC. A subscription to Deezer HiFi also gives you access to Sony’s new immersive audio format, 360 Reality Audio. There are dedicated iOS and Android apps, 360 by Deezer, which support tracks in […]
Music streaming subscriptions up 14% in the Nordics (Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland) since 2018 with the share of paying users now greater than that of users streaming exclusively through a free service. This is the key statistic from the Polaris Nordic Digital Music Survey 2020, conducted by YouGov on behalf of the Polaris HUB, which is a joint venture between the Nordic collective rights management societies Koda (DK), TONO (NO) and Teosto (FIN). Today, […]
Spotify celebrates Mother’s Day* in US with a special playlist for moms and publishes the results of a survey of 3000 moms in Australia, Canada and the US. The findings show how they are navigating the new normal and how music and podcasts are playing a role. Of mothers surveyed, 78% have used music to connect with their kids in the past month, while a third say they’ve listened to podcasts with their kids for […]
US moms keep connected during COVID-19 crisis with more reliance on the internet and devices according to a recent survey by Edison Research. Moms and Media 2020 builds on The Infinite Dial, the company’s 20+ year series of surveys of digital media consumer behaviour in America enquiring into the use of media channels, including streaming audio, podcasting, and social media. Survey findings Mobile devices like smartphones and tablets keep up with busy moms and smart […]
YouTube Music gets new Explore tab and song lyrics and is rolling out these features to both its iOS and Android apps for both free and paid subscriptions. In the Explore tab you can find new releases and browse playlists by mood and Song Lyrics to sing along to your favourites. Both these features have been available to a small subset of users for a couple of months but have now been released to all […]
Pandora and Hasbro produce games playlists for the games maker’s range of family oriented games like Monopoly, Operation and Battleship. Each Pandora playlist features a thematic list of songs for each of 12 games, so you can perfectly soundtrack your next game night with music from artists like Taylor Swift, Rihanna, AC/DC, Justin Bieber and Prince. MONOPOLY: As you roll the Monopoly dice, the rich mix of tunes will keep your mind on your money […]
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