Spotify Daily Drive comes to Argentina, Mexico, and Brazil

IFPI disputes Google’s YouTube payments saying that its figures show that they are less than half those claimed by Google. In a response to Google’s Anti-Piracy Paper released earlier this month, IFPI Chief Executive, Frances Moore, said: “We welcome Google’s recognition that it and Google’s YouTube need to operate responsibly and properly value creators and their work. However, the figures in Google’s anti-piracy paper don’t match our own. “It is difficult to get any clarity […]

Apple launches Apple Music for Artists, a portal for artists and creators which provides ‘Everything you need to understand your music’s impact across Apple Music and iTunes’. Apple Music for Artists joins other streaming services such as Spotify (Spotify for Artists) and SoundCloud (SoundCloud Creators) providing a dedicated portal for its artists and creators Apple Music for Artists features Keep tabs on how your music is performing View a quick snapshot of your music’s overall […]

IDAGIO, the classical music streamer is now available in the US and Canada following an additional €10 million investment by its existing investors bringing the total investment to over €20 million since its foundation in 2015. IDAGIO has licensing rights to all the major labels and more than a thousand independent labels and rightsholders offering more than a million classical tracks. It is continuing to grow its catalogue with the addition of 20,000 new tracks […]