Spotify Revamps In-App Concert Discovery; Fender, Meta Partner on VR Experience; UMG Expands Audiomack Deal

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Spotify revamps in-app concert discovery with new Live Events Feed

Spotify is introducing a new feature that will allow users to better discover nearby events and concerts.

33 companies to watch if you're interested in music and the metaverse

Partnerships between the music and games industries go back decades, but in 2022 there’s a lot of talk about music and ‘the metaverse’ – a catch-all term that includes games, virtual worlds and augmented reality.

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UMG expands Audiomack deal and debuts UMusic Media Network

Two announcements from Universal Music Group to report on today. First, it has expanded its licensing deal with streaming service Audiomack.

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Fender partners with Meta for an out-of-this-world VR experience, the Stratoverse

Users can unlock sound tokens by completing an air guitar challenge and answering guitar-based trivia questions, which can then be used to create custom melodies

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Spotify is developing ‘Community,’ a new place to see your friends’ activity in the mobile app

Spotify is developing a new feature called Community that would allow mobile users to see what sort of music their friends are streaming in real time as well as what playlists they’ve recently updated in a dedicated place in the app.

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Spotify’s Head of Innovation Headlines Music Tectonics, the LA Area’s Own Music Technology Conference

In his role as Spotify’s Head of Content Business Innovation and Market Intelligence, Máuhan M. Zonoozy leads the company’s strategic direction that keeps the company focused on the future as the leading audio streaming service.

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Goldman Sachs: The global music industry is going to be worth even MORE than we thought

Goldman releases a lot of numbers… that will make music’s biggest investors very happy.

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Music industry launches ‘large-scale action’ against infringing music services in Brazil

The move part of of ‘Operation 404’, an initiative to tackle infringing services online.

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Has The Instagram Engagement Of Your Artist Profile Dropped? You're Not The Only One

Since Instagram shifted its focus to short-form video content, users have been experiencing a significant drop in their Instagram engagement rate.

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Tencent joins metaverse race with 'extended reality' division

China’s Tencent is the latest tech giant to stake a claim to the metaverse, with a new unit reportedly developing hardware and software.

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Black Sherif joins Boomplay’s ‘Golden Club’ with 100m streams

We know about the growing reach of African streaming service Boomplay: it had 69 million monthly active users by April this year.

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JR Schumann To Exit SiriusXM

Schumann joined the satellite radio company in 2015 and led programming for all country music stations, including The Highway, as well as channels in the Christian category and SiriusXM’s Elvis Radio

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Tech firm DAACI patents AI for metaverse music composition as it launches £4m funding round

DAACI has developed and filed a series of patents for its AI core tech, which the firm says will “revolutionise the creative process of music composition, democratising music creation for the metaverse masses”.

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Requiem for Microsoft Zune; Soundexchange Debuts Global Publisher Division; Audius: Making Music Artists Money

Thursday, June 23, 2022

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New Spotify Site Dedicated to K-Pop; T-Bone Burnett's Ionic Original Technology; Dolby Team-Up Promises More Immersive Car Audio

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

View online Spotify expands editorial ambitions with K-Pop ON! Track site Spotify expands editorial ambitions with K-Pop ON! Track site YouTube may have been the first global streaming service to help

‘Running Up That Hill’ a Sales, Streaming Smash; Bob’s Burgers Video Recreates Dialogue Using Songs From Spotify Playlist; Elton John, Vodafone Team for AR Concert

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

View online Kate Bush's 'Running Up That Hill' Is Already a 2022 Sales and Streaming Smash — Will It Take Over Radio Too? Kate Bush's 'Running Up That Hill' Is Already a 2022

Portishead Go Digital; Kate Bush Runs Up the Charts; LimeWire, Winamp, Napster Find New Life in Web3

Monday, June 20, 2022

View online Portishead go digital, uploading their entire musical archive Portishead go digital, uploading their entire musical archive Portishead have digitised their musical archive and have uploaded

LANDR Challenges Lets Fans Curate, Co-Own Tracks; TikTok as Record Label?; Qello Concerts to Livestream 56th Montreux Jazz Fest

Friday, June 17, 2022

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Global Box Office Hit $30B In 2024 As Year Ended On Upbeat Note, But It’s No Longer Good Enough To Have A Good Movie: Studio Report Cards

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

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New Spotify Site Dedicated to K-Pop; T-Bone Burnett's Ionic Original Technology; Dolby Team-Up Promises More Immersive Car Audio

‘Running Up That Hill’ a Sales, Streaming Smash; Bob’s Burgers Video Recreates Dialogue Using Songs From Spotify Playlist; Elton John, Vodafone Team for AR Concert

Portishead Go Digital; Kate Bush Runs Up the Charts; LimeWire, Winamp, Napster Find New Life in Web3

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