Spotify Everywhere - new smart integrations released
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6 new ways to stream Spotify on a smart device

6 new ways to stream Spotify on a smart device have been published in a new blog by the streamer as part of its Ubiquity strategy. The idea is that you should be able to tune in to Spotify wherever, whenever, using whatever. With the ever increasing use of smart devices such as smart watches and smart speakers, the aim is to provide access to all of your favourite audio content on all of these […]

National Album Day
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15% of under 25s have never listened to a full album

15% of under 25s have never listened to a full album was one of the surprise findings of a survey into the UK’s music listening habits conducted by Deezer. The survey timed to coincide with the run up to National Album Day found that despite Brits listening to fewer full albums than 3-5 years ago (49%), nostalgia and fandom are increasing the nation’s desire to enjoy more albums. Over a quarter of people (28%) say […]

Amazon Music joins Spotify on Apple TV
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Amazon Music joins Spotify on Apple TV

Amazon Music joins Spotify on Apple TV with a new app which runs on Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD running tvOS 12.0 and later. Amazon is the latest streamer to be added to Apple TV after Spotify created an Apple TV app to add to its existing support for TV platforms including Android TV, Samsung Tizen, Amazon Fire TV and Roku. Available now, customers can download the Amazon Music app from the App […]

World Mental Health Day
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Mental health guide for the electronic music industry

The Association For Electronic Music (AFEM) has published a mental health guide for the electronic music industry to coincide with World Mental Health Day which takes place on the 10th October every year. The guide, which can be downloaded here, is an updated version of the Music Managers Forum (MMF) Mental Health Guide and provides general information aimed at everyone who works in the electronic music industry worldwide. The Guide contains sections on Anxiety & […]

India's favourite music genres
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Local music dominates listening in India

Local music dominates listening in India according to a joint study published by IFPI and the IMI, the Indian recorded music industry association. IFPI designed and ran the Music Consumer Study, 2019 across 21 of the world’s major music markets, exploring the music habits of consumers worldwide. India was a key part of the study and the Digital Music Study, 2019 explores in greater depth some of the insights taken from the responses of the […]

Deezer's Podcast Channel
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Deezer adds five new podcast partners

Deezer adds five new podcast partners raising its game against rival streamers, such as Spotify and Pandora, who have recently increased their podcasting content. The demand for podcasting has rapidly increased as almost a quarter of internet users in Europe listened to a podcast in Q1 2019, including 44% in MENA and 34% in Latam. Deezer has been part of this increase and monthly podcast usage has increased by 250% including quadrupling the amount of […]

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Music listening is above average in Spain

Music listening is above average in Spain with Spaniards listening to 20 hours of music a week, two more than the world average. Half of the Spanish population declares themselves to be a ‘fan’ of music and mostly listens to it on streaming platforms according to an analysis of data from IFPI’s Music Listening Report 2019 by Promusicae, the Spanish recorded music industry association. The complete IFPI report can be downloaded in either English or […]