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Travel broadens your musical mind

27/06/2024

Travel broadens your musical mind according to a recent study by Deezer and researchers from NYU and Princeton have shed light on how disruptions in personal routines, including travel, can impact musical exploration and cause changes in people’s tastes and listening habits. The recent study analysed over 100 million music streams from tens of thousands of Deezer users in nine countries (France, Germany, UK, Brazil, Australia, Russia, South Africa, Morocco, and Mexico). It uncovered a striking […]

Get 5 months of Amazon Music for free

27/06/2024

Get 5 months of Amazon Music Unlimited for free for Prime members (3 months free for non-Prime members) as part of their early Prime Day offers. 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 […]

BBC Sounds got over 5 million weekly users in Q1 2024

24/06/2024

BBC Sounds got over 5 million weekly users in Q1 2024 with a weekly audience of 4.97 million users across the app, website and voice activated devices, and for the first time, a peak of 5.1m. The RAJAR figures for the same period highlight how audiences value BBC Radio with 31.3m people tuning in each week for live output across the stations, with a share of 43.4% of all radio listening in the UK. Podcast […]

Spotify launches a cheaper US subscription plan

24/06/2024

Spotify launches a cheaper US subscription plan which is a Premium plan less Audiobook access and will cost $1 less per month than a Premium subscription. There is currently no information regarding whether this subscription model will be rolled out to other countries but given Spotify’s history of trialling new innovations we can expect to see this extended to other countries fairly soon. Despite constant rumours there is no information regarding the availability or cost […]

Lenbrook and HDTracks to create HiRes streaming service

24/06/2024

Lenbrook and HDTracks are to create a HiRes streaming service which will support both FLAC and MQA formats. The service is aimed squarely at discerning music fans according to the two companies and will be the first subscription service using the AIRIA (MQA) codec. David Chesky, HDtracks co-founder said, “We have wanted to launch an HDtracks streaming service for some time. In Lenbrook we have a partner with global reach to help us launch a […]

New Apple Music features with iOS 18

19/06/2024

New Apple Music features with iOS 18 have been announced and will become available to download from this autumn. New Apple Music features with iOS 18 Collaborative Listening with SharePlay With updates to SharePlay with Apple Music, even more users can share control of music playing from HomePod, Apple TV, or any Bluetooth-enabled speaker, making listening together even more fun and rewarding. Participants do not need to have an Apple Music subscription to contribute to what’s playing. […]

MQA relaunched as MQA Labs

19/06/2024

MQA relaunched as MQA Labs by Lenbrook Media Group (LMG) is focussing on a suite of products that bring audio processing enhancements across the music supply chain. AIRIA by MQA Labs formerly branded as MQair is claimed to deliver high resolution audio while seamlessly scaling from full lossless to very lossy rates. FOQUS represents an innovative approach for analogue to digital conversion and QRONO brings a variety of audio processing enhancements within playback devices. These […]