Category: streaming music

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New partnership makes Google Play Music the default on all Samsung devices, with double the storage capacity

April 21, 2017
Sarah Perez

 Samsung and Google today announced a new partnership that will make Google Play Music the default…

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Spotify strikes new deal with indy giant Merlin, ‘competitive’ with big 3 labels

April 20, 2017
Ingrid Lunden

 Spotify — the streaming music company with 50 million paying users — has been working on renegotiating…

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Spotify’s artist dashboard exits beta, offering streaming insights, profile management & more

April 18, 2017
Sarah Perez

 In the battle to lure artists to its platform, Spotify has used exclusives, free advertising, the…

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Spotify’s artist dashboard exits beta, offering streaming insights, profile management & more

April 18, 2017
Sarah Perez

 In the battle to lure artists to its platform, Spotify has used exclusives, free advertising, the…

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Soundcloud confirms new $70M credit line after failing to close $100M round

March 23, 2017
Ingrid Lunden

 Soundcloud — the popular, but unprofitable platform that lets creators post and share music and other audio…

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How Spotify is finally gaining leverage over record labels

March 18, 2017
Josh Constine

 That’s why over the past few years, Spotify has been pushing five different paths to putting…