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Primephonic relaunches its classical music streaming service

13/09/2018

Primephonic which has been replatforming has announced the large scale launch of its classical music streaming service in the US, UK and the Netherlands. Primephonic’s catalogue contains over 1 million tracks from Warner Classics, Sony Classical, Universal Music Classical, Decca, Deutsche Grammophon and EMI and another 400+ labels from around the world. The company believes that classical music lovers can finally stream and download nearly all classical music that has ever been recorded in CD-quality. […]

SoundCloud launches SoundCloud Weekly

11/09/2018

SoundCloud launches SoundCloud Weekly, a new personalized playlist which works in a similar way to Spotify’s Discover Weekly feature. The new personalized playlist which updates every Monday draws from SoundCloud’s one-of-a-kind catalogue of original tracks, DJ sets and mixes connecting more creators with new listeners than ever before. Each week, SoundCloud Weekly playlists will feature music from millions of unique creators – multiple times more than are featured in playlists on other streaming services – […]

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13th October 2018 is UK ‘National Album Day’

10/09/2018

The 13th October 2018 is to be the UK’s ‘National Album Day’, celebrating the 70th anniversary of the album. National Album Day will mark the culmination of a week-long series of events and activity around the country that will celebrate all aspects of the UK’s love of the album. Supported by the BPI and BBC Music with backing across the music community, at 3.33(r)pm on Saturday, 13th October the British public are encouraged to play […]

Apple Music - UK Top 100 Chart (9th September 2018)

Apple Music rolls out Top 100 Charts

09/09/2018

Apple Music has rolled out 116 ‘Top 100’ Charts, one for every country where it is available plus a Global Top 100. Every chart will be updated on a daily basis at 12am PST (US time). The format is similar to that of playlists or albums and can be found on the Browse page with top Songs and Playlists. With instant and free access not only to the Chart listings but also the tracks themselves, […]

DEEZER app now available on Garmin wearables

07/09/2018

DEEZER’s music streaming service is now available on six new wearables from Garmin. Available on the Vivoactive 3 Music, Forerunner 645 Music and Fenix 5 Plus Series models, the DEEZER app offers the following features: Store more than 100 tracks right on your watch Sync your favourite playlists to your watch Get a daily refresh of songs with DEEZER Flow Choose from a variety of curated workout playlists Garmin users in the US will also […]

EU approves Apple’s acquisition of Shazam

07/09/2018

The European Commission has approved the proposed acquisition of Shazam by Apple under the EU Merger Regulation. The Commission concluded that the merger would not adversely affect competition in the European Economic Area or any substantial part of it. Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, in charge of competition policy, said: ‘Data is key in the digital economy. We must therefore carefully review transactions which lead to the acquisition of important sets of data, including potentially commercially sensitive […]

UK students can try Amazon Music Unlimited for 3 months free

07/09/2018

Amazon have announced a special offer for UK students who can try Amazon Music Unlimited for 3 months free after which the usual student price of £4.99 will apply with the option to cancel anytime. The offer is good till 18th October 2018. Amazon Music Unlimited offers over 50 million tracks with thousands of expert-programmed playlists and stations on any device. Best music streaming deals for students Amazon Music Review Recently added albums […]