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25 years ago, Napster changed how we listen to music forever
NPR· 5 days agoApple's music store iTunes became wildly successful selling songs for 99 cents to play on an iPod or your laptop. Today's streaming platforms like Spotify ...
Spotify’s 2nd price hike in a year raises prices in July by up to $3
Ars Technica· 4 days agoSpotify seems to have taken a page from the YouTube Premium playbook by engaging in what can only be described as "Package Plague." This trend involves bundling their popular music& ...
Thailand’s GMM Music Valued At $700 Million After Tencent Buys Stake
Forbes· 2 days agoChinese tech giant Tencent—which counts billionaires Ma Huateng and Martin Lau among its biggest...
Alphabet's (GOOGL) Google Rides on Gemini in Generative AI Game
Zacks via Yahoo Finance· 2 days agoThe Zacks Consensus Estimate for 2024 revenues is pegged at $295.53 billion, which indicates...
Streaming Giants Ordered By Canadian Regulator to Pay for More Local Movie and TV Content
The Hollywood Reporter· 3 days agoAmerican streaming platforms have been ordered to direct 5 percent of their Canadian revenues into local content production. The ruling from the CRTC, the ...
Canada Orders Foreign Streamers to Contribute 5% of Canadian Sales to Domestic Broadcasting System...
Market Watch· 3 days agoThe order to hand over 5% of Canadian revenue would apply to streaming services with more than C$25 million sales in the country. The financial contributions ...
Twitch announces a program allowing DJs to split revenue with record labels
The Verge· 18 hours agoLivestreaming platform Twitch announced a new program aimed at DJs today that will allow creators to use copyrighted music in their streams by paying a fee. Twitch signed ...
Spotify raises US prices of its premium plans in margin push
Reuters via Yahoo News· 4 days ago"We're increasing the price of Premium Individual so that we can continue to invest in and innovate...
Canada Orders Foreign Streamers to Contribute 5% of Canadian Sales to Broadcasting System — 3rd...
Morningstar· 3 days agoThe order to hand over 5% of Canadian revenue would apply to streaming services with more than C$25 million sales in the country. The financial contributions ...
Spotify raising prices by up to $3 as frustrated subs beg it to “just do music”
Ars Technica· 4 days agoAfter keeping Spotify Premium subscription pricing flat since debuting it in 2011, Spotify increased...