When will Instagram begin monetizing livestreams?

This thread of tweets makes for very interesting reading on that score. It’s from Neer Sharma, co-founder of mobile game HaikuJam, and is a series of ideas for how Instagram could help artists monetise livestreams. The option for fans to…

Streaming subscriptions up 32% from 2018 to 2019?

Original story: Global Online Music Streaming Grew 32% YoY to Cross 350 Million Subscriptions in 2019 on Counterpoint A new report from Counterpoint Research is plugging one of the knowledge gaps: the number of people subscribing to music…
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Stream 'Eclectic Christmas' this holiday season!

There's a ton of great Christmas and Holiday music playlists out there—both sponsored/official lists from providers like Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, etc. and public playlists from curators and DSP user profiles—this season, we ask that…
Jamie Grace

Rate Jamie Grace's 'The Story (Noel)' at CCM Magazine

In light of Jamie Grace's single, "The Story (Noel)," legacy Christian music publication, CCM Magazine, featured the unique Christmas song in their reader-driven reviews where website users can get involved by rating new music. Readers/website…
Jamie Grace

Jamie Grace's 2020 Vision—New Music Coming Every Month

Christian singer-songwriter and musician extraordinaire—and now, new mother—Jamie Grace is announcing her career plans for the next year, which will include releasing at least one new song every month. A true creative, Jamie's talents…

GivingTuesday is December 3 - Facebook & Instagram ideas for artists

As Thanksgiving approaches, it's the perfect time to be thinking about how to give thanks by giving back and better yet—allowing the chance for all of your fans to rally around a cause that you truly believe in. First, what is GivingTuesday?…
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Pandora launches AMPcast—a mobile-specific, social-centric publishing feature

Pandora introduces AMPcast, as they announce easier ways for artists to directly engage their audience on the streaming platform. Billed as, "The power to speak to your fans, right in your hands," Pandora continues to build creative infrastructure…

Pandora Launches Highly Anticipated Premium Subscription Tier

Pandora announced today that Pandora Premium, its first ever on-demand streaming tier, launches this week. Invites for a free trial of Pandora Premium roll out to select listeners on March 15 and an option to upgrade will be available to all…

5 Reasons Artists Should Pay More Attention To Pandora

Pandora was born 17 years ago this month. That makes it one of the oldest players in the digital game. And with almost 80 million active users… Pandora is also the largest music streaming service in the world. Which begs the question,…

Napster To Power iHeartRadio All Access

On the heels of several new partner announcements aimed at driving long-term company growth, music streaming service Napster today announced a new partnership with iHeartRadio to power its upcoming on-demand streaming service, iHeartRadio…

Amazon Music Unlimited Launches in the UK, Germany & Austria

Amazon today introduced Amazon Music Unlimited in the UK—an on-demand music service that redefines music streaming by putting a catalogue of over 40 million songs and thousands of hand-curated playlists and personalised stations not just at…

Rhapsody + Napster = Napster

Rhapsody is now Napster. We’re the same great service you love – all of your playlists, favorites, albums, and artists have not changed. Today, the Rhapsody app will become the Napster app automatically via app store auto-updates, so you…