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SuperStereo Radio Chile adds a 6th channel

31/01/2022

SuperStereo Radio Chile adds a 6th channel broadcasting a selection of adult rock that includes material from South American bands and singers from the 80s and 90s. SuperStereo 5 is a CD Quality stream (16-bit/48kHz) and can be accessed either via the stations web player or by a URL – full details can be found here. SuperStereo now has 3 channels in CD Quality (SuperStereo 2, SuperStereo 5 and SuperStereo 6), 2 channels in 24-bit/96kHz […]

Neil Young Radio returns to SiriusXM

27/01/2022

Neil Young Radio returns to SiriusXM with his complete catalogue of music, from his solo albums to his work with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young to Buffalo Springfield and Crazy Horse, to his latest album. Neil Young Radio will appear on Deep Tracks, channel 27 and will begin at 6am ET on the 27th January. Neil Young Radio returns to SiriusXM following its launch in December as a limited-run channel. It will have a limited […]

Spotify removes Neil Young’s music from its service

27/01/2022

Spotify removes Neil Young’s music from its service after his protest over the continued broadcasting of Joe Rogan’s podcasts which appear to support false statements about the COVID-19 vaccine. In a now deleted open letter to his manager and an executive at his label WMGs’ Warner Brothers Reprise, Young said, “They can have (Joe) Rogan or Young – not both.” Rogan has been criticised by many for interviewing an infectious disease specialist who opposes COVID-19 […]

UK competition watchdog launches music streaming study

27/01/2022

UK competition watchdog launches music streaming study with submissions invited by the 17th February 2022. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will ask whether the music streaming market is working well for music lovers. While focussing on potential harm to consumers, the CMA will also assess whether any lack of competition between music companies could affect the musicians, singers and songwriters whose interests are intertwined with those of music lovers. If the CMA finds problems, […]

Spaniards streamed 62 Bn songs in 2021

21/01/2022

Spaniards streamed 62 Bn songs in 2021 an increase of 23% compared to the previous year according to Promusicae, the Spanish recorded music industry association. Streaming represented 85% of the year’s music consumption with 54% being premium subscriptions. 733 artists got their songs streamed in Spain more than 10 million times (161 more artists compared to the year before). 25 of these artists managed 100 million audio streams – 10 more than in 2020. Sales […]

How are global consumers finding new music?

21/01/2022

How are global consumers finding new music? was the question posed by YouGov as part of its ongoing research into the music industry. The study which surveyed 17 countries found that music apps such as Spotify are the most popular way to discover new tunes (36%) as more consumers migrate to streaming apps. Radio is still a popular source of music discovery with a third of global consumers still finding recent music on terrestrial or satellite radio […]

Spotify has double Apple Music’s subscribers

21/01/2022

Spotify has double Apple Music’s subscribers with a 31% market share compared to Apple Music’s 15%, according to media and technology analysts, MIDiA Research in their Music market subscriber shares 2021 report. The global base of music subscribers continues to grow strongly with 523.9 million music subscribers at the end of Q2 2021, which was up by 109.5 million (26.4%) from one year earlier. Key findings from the report Spotify has the highest market share […]