Indian women prefer to listen to free music online according to a recent YouGov survey into ‘How do urban Indian women listen to music?’ The survey revealed that streaming free music online is the most popular way to listen to music among urban Indian women (with 41% saying so). It is more common than listening to music via a paid service (30%). While free music online is more popular among women between 21-29 years (45%), […]
Spotify combines music and audiobooks to create Bookcasts which blend audio storytelling with original music and sound elements in an immersive listening experience. The song-writing prowess of country icon Dolly Parton has been combined with the skillful storytelling of best-selling author James Patterson to create a unique audio experience which Spotify has christened a ‘Bookcast’. The pair has joined forces to create the Run, Rose, Run Bookcast, which combines their co-authored fiction novel with an original […]
Deezer Flow Moods now available on the desktop allowing users to listen to the right tracks at the right time whether on their mobile or desktop devices. Last October, Deezer launched ‘Flow Moods’, an emotional jukebox to play music based on a particular mood. It also has personalization built-in giving you the ability to share music recommendations based on your mood and music preferences. The ‘Flow Moods’ wheel can now be accessed on desktop devices […]
Pandora launches ‘Digicore by SoundCloud’ station, the first in a series of stations from SoundCloud’s Music Discovery Series ‘SCENES’. The new station will showcase pop’s next genre-bending evolution from a community of underground DIY artists that started on SoundCloud. Originating from SoundCloud’s award-winning music discovery series, SCENES, ‘Digicore by SoundCloud’ is the first from a series of stations set to launch on Pandora to amplify the hottest rising music communities and culture-shifting collectives bubbling up on […]
Nearly four fifths of music in Germany will soon be digital according to the BVMI, Germany’s recorded music industry association. Record sales and revenues from streaming generated a total of €1.96 Bn, compared to 2020 that is an increase of 10%. By far the largest part was generated digitally, 76.4% of the income comes from online music. Audio streaming, which has been growing dynamically for years, again increased by 18.6%. The growth curve is slightly less than […]
UK consumers bought over £1 Bn discs in 2021 featuring music and video and games according to the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA). These figures are from their recently published ERA Yearbook 2022 and defied expectations amid the streaming revolution. Sales of physical formats amounted to £1.05 Bn, down 18.5% on 2020, to comprise just 11% of the overall entertainment market, but in unit terms that still represented more than 50m discs sold. Some segments bucked […]
BBC Sounds app gets upgrades including the ability to control their play queue and integration into the Sonos app. Listeners with iOS devices will now be able to add, sort and delete items in their play queue. How to control your play queue in BBC Sounds To access the queue, when listening to any podcast, radio show or music mix on Sounds, listeners can tap on the button in the bottom right of the screen. […]
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