YouTube Music crosses a mark of 50 million subscribers

Highlights

• YouTube Music crosses 50 million subscribers
• Spotify is dominating the music streaming market, followed by Apple and Amazon

On Thursday, YouTube’s music streaming service said that it has reported having more than 50...

KAKAO CORP. AND SPOTIFY REACH AN AGREEMENT ON RENEWAL OF MUSIC LICENSING

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• Kakao Corp. and Spotify reach an agreement on renewal of music licensing.
• The two companies had failed to reach an existing deal last month.
• Songs from popular artists such as IU had become unavailable for Spotify’s...

SPOTIFY - KAKAO M’S LICENSE DEAL EXPIRES; MAJOR K-POP ARTISTS’ SONGS REMOVED

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• Spotify – Kakao M’s license deal expires; major k-pop artists’ songs removed.
• Major South Korean artists’ including IU and Apink songs removed.
• Spotify is said to have faced heated competition agai...

SPOTIFY FOUNDER, DANIEL EK TO INVEST 1 BILLION EURO IN THE EUROPEAN TECHNOLOGY START-UPS

Highlights:

• Spotify chief Daniel Ek have announced that, he will be investing 1 billion euro in the European technology start-ups
• He announced to invest to challenge the dominance of Silicon Valley

Daniel Ek , who is the chief execut...

EUROPEAN UNION INVESTIGATE APPLE INC.’S APP STORE AND APPLE PAY

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• European Union antitrust regulators start investigating Apple Inc.
• Investigation towards its App Store and mobile payment system Apple Pay.
• Apple currently asks its customers to mandatorily use its own in-app purchase sys...

‘BLACKOUT TUESDAY': MUSIC INDUSTRY PAUSES TO PROTEST GEORGE FLOYD’S DEATH

The situation in the United States has got worse after the death of George Floyd in the police custody and number of violent protests are increasing in various cities against police atrocities, where black people are specifically targeted. The country is facing two issues at the same time, one in...

Appointment of former Spotify's Global Marketing Lead as Marketing Director at Twitch

Twitch, which is a live streaming platform has been joined by Matt Webster who is leading global marketer at SPOT. Matt will be the new Marketing Director of the firm.

According to the update from Matt’s LinkedIn profile, he has joined Twitch this month which is owned by Amazon.

Music authorities search out uncommon collections not accessible on gushing

As of the second from last quarter of 2019, music gushing monster Spotify had 113 million paid supporters around the world — yet it's as yet missing some acclaimed collections that numerous audience members feel they can't survive without. What's more, in the present computerize...

Discover your Spotify Wrapped 2019

Spotify is a Swedish company that supports online videos, songs, content platform, and has millions of different performers to choose from to entertain oneself. The service can be availed either for free or through a subscription fee.  If you love music or are a fan of podcast streaming whic...