Get 3 months of Amazon Music for free
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Get 3 months of Amazon Music for free

Get 3 months of Amazon Music for free as part of a trial offer valid from 11/11/2024 until 10/1/2025. The offer is available for new subscribers only and after the free period will revert to the normal subscription rate of £10.99 per month in the UK, $10.99 in the US (£9.99 per month in the UK for Prime Members, $9.99 in the US). Amazon’s deal is available in most territories where there is Amazon Music […]

TikTok launches 'Share to TikTok' feature
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TikTok launches ‘Share to TikTok’ feature

TikTok launches ‘Share to TikTok’ feature which allows users to share their favourite music, podcasts and audiobooks from Apple Music and Spotify to TikTok directly from their streamer’s share menus. Users can choose to share their favourite content in two different ways: Users can post to the TikTok Feed (FYP and Stories) by sharing tracks, albums, playlists and other content using the popular green screen feature or Photo Mode. DMs via TikTok Messages allow users to send […]

Flow Radio
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Flow Radio

Flow Radio is a Spanish station broadcasting Urban Latin music in several Spanish cities, the Balearics and the Canary Islands with a DAB+ network of transmitters.  They discontinued their CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream in June but this has now been reinstated together with 128kbps AAC+ and 320kbps MP3 streams. Their website contains a webplayer for all three streams and links to their social media, programme guides and blog articles about the artists they are […]

Qobuz hosts The Metallica Report podcast in HiRes
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Qobuz hosts The Metallica Report podcast in HiRes

Qobuz hosts The Metallica Report podcast in HiRes, Pantheon Media’s audio podcast series. Every Wednesday, new episodes can be found in Qobuz’ dedicated “Metallica Report” playlist in full 24-bit resolution not available anywhere else. Metallica fans can listen in to get insider access to the group’s latest news, tour updates, and behind-the-scenes stories straight from the band’s Northern California headquarters. The podcast partnership with Pantheon represents the streaming service’s “boutique in a superstore world” approach […]

Radio G!
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Radio G!

Radio G! is a French community radio station based in Angers in the North West of France. It has DAB+ (channel 11A) and FM (101.5) terrestrial transmitters and an internet presence where it streams a CD Quality Lossless FLAC and a 128kbps MP3 stream both as direct stream links and via a webplayer. Their website has news, events and other local community information plus links to their social media and radio aggregators. Website: https://www.radio-g.fr/internet/index.php Web […]

BBC Sounds continues to grow in Q3 2024
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BBC Sounds continues to grow in Q3 2024

BBC Sounds continues to grow in Q3 2024 with 622 million plays of all content across radio, podcasts and music mixes. There were over 622 million plays of all content across radio, podcasts and music mixes in this quarter (July – Sept 2024). This is up 14 million plays on the previous quarter and an increase of more than 3% from the same period last year, as digital listening continues to grow. The busiest week of […]

French music sales grew 5.9% in first half of 2024
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French music sales grew 5.9% in first half of 2024

French music sales grew 5.9% in first half of 2024 compared to the same period last year according to figures released by SNEP, the French music industry association. Total sales were €415 million with physical sales down 6.8%% and digital sales up 9.6%. The volume of downloading remains stable but marginal with barely more than 1% of total turnover. First half of 2024 highlights Physical sales are falling again (-6.8%) after a cyclical surge in the first half of 2023. […]