Amy X. Wang / Rolling Stone: Music streaming subscription prices have remained flat for a decade, amid competition from tech giants like Apple that can operate their music arms at …
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Bloomberg: ByteDance has been testing Resso, a new music app, in India and Indonesia, but is yet to seal rights deals with the world’s three largest music companies — – …
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Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Amazon launches a battery-powered portable Echo speaker in India with an enclosed 4,800mAh battery, claims up to 10 hours of continuous music playback — After launching …
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Mark Sullivan / Fast Company: Amazon unveils DeepComposer, a keyboard meant for devs that uses AI to compose music based on genre-specific models, a short initial tune, and other parameters …
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Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: Apple launches Apple Music for Business, letting businesses play music in retail locations with Apple providing human-curated playlists and recommendations — Apple Music is now partnering …
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Tim Ingham / Music Business Worldwide: Amazon expands its free ad-supported version of Amazon Music to its mobile apps, FireTV, and the web, with access to select playlists and radio-like …
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Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times: Sources: ByteDance is in talks with record companies to launch a music streaming service as soon as next month, would debut it initially in Brazil, …
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Mike Murphy / Quartz: Profile of Mixhalo, a live-music app being offered by bands like Aerosmith as a VIP experience, to let fans hear the music at live shows as …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Spotify confirms it is testing real-time lyrics synced to music in its mobile app for some users; the feature appears below the playback controls during testing …
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Bloomberg: Sources: Apple is considering bundling News+, Apple TV+, and Apple Music as soon as 2020 to attract subscribers, meaning less money for News+ publishers — – Company keeps rights …
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