Fans Will Continue to Watch Live Streams After Crisis; Pink Floyd to Stream Concert Footage; Country Music Streams Hit Record High in U.S.

April 20 · Issue #904 ·

Fans Will Continue to Watch Live Streams After Crisis, Says Bandsintown Survey

A new survey conducted by live event discovery platform Bandsintown shows that fans would be willing to continue watching livestreamed events after large gathering bans are lifted.

Country Music Streams Hit Record High in U.S.

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Country music streaming hit a historic new high in the U.S., with a record 1.244 billion on-demand audio streams of songs in the genre in the week ending April 9, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.

Pink Floyd to stream full concert every Friday

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Pink Floyd will share archive concert footage on YouTube during the coronavirus pandemic, beginning Friday.

Tom Brady's Workout, Pregame Playlist Released on Spotify for Fans to Listen

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What do Drake, U2, 50 Cent and Imagine Dragons have in common? Two things: 1) Grammy awards 2) a place on Tom Brady ’s pregame playlist…

Covid-19 could be live industry’s ‘Napster moment’

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Warner Music Group’s chief innovation officer for recorded music, Scott Cohen, thinks that the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic could be a ‘Napster moment’ for the live music industry.

Independent musicians turn to social media to recoup wages

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It’s not just A-list stars providing entertainment on social media

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While I’d love to say I’ve been extra productive or have magically transformed into a fitness guru while self-quarantining during the coronavirus pandemic, it simply wouldn’t be true.

Art+Logic Launches Vibrary, an Open-Source AI Tool for Music Classification

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In collaboration with Dr. Scott Hawley, Physics Professor at Belmont University, Art+Logic is unveiling Vibrary, the first project to come out of its incubator lab.

Apple Music's web player is out of beta

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Apple Music’s web player is no longer in beta, Mac Rumors reports. This makes Apple Music essentially platform agnostic. You’ll no longer need to have iTunes or the Music app to stream your Apple Music playlists.

How the Coronavirus Lockdown Has Changed Our Music Streaming Habits

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With the coronavirus pandemic placing billions in lockdown, The Police’s ‘80s hit is getting more plays on Spotify. Also raging on music streaming services such as Gaana and JioSaavn are coronavirus news podcasts, instrumental and acoustic music, and cooking recipes.

New Research Suggests Spotify Is Pulling Away From Apple Music

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Despite having the largest user base, Spotify is growing faster than its peers.

International Radio Festival heads to Europe's cultural capital for ninth edition

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A music streaming race between Spotify and Apple? | Radioandmusic.com

Elvis, Queen, Cyndi Lauper, Bon Jovi: Streams of old favorites spike during pandemic

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During the first week of April, Spotify says there was a 54% increase in nostalgia-themed playlists.

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Friday, April 17, 2020

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Music Streaming Spend Rises in the U.S.; Music Biz Can Learn from Disney+'s Subscriber Success; How the Music Biz Took on Napster and (Not Everyone) Lost

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

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Consumers Will Pay More for Streaming During Pandemic; Spotify Makes its Radio Play; New Frontiers in Music Licensing

Music Streaming Spend Rises in the U.S.; Music Biz Can Learn from Disney+'s Subscriber Success; How the Music Biz Took on Napster and (Not Everyone) Lost

The Booming Business of Livestreaming; Eurythmics' Dave Stewart Offers Music Collaboration App; Techstars Music Demo Day Goes Livestream

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