Sony unfazed by streaming music revenue growth slowdown in calendar Q2

Sony says it's now expecting the music market to grow at mid-to-high-single-digit rates.

Drake surprise-drops 100GB folder of music and video footage

The release of a huge stash of audio and video featuring a major artist, unreleased tracks included, is usually cause for lawyers to start lawyering. Not this time though. Website 100gigs has, yes, 100GB of material from Drake available for fans to access today, and it’s very much an official drop.

HUDL Music Shifts Focus to Tech, AI as Rebrand to Unifi Music Debuts

Lashion Robinson is preparing for the company’s next chapter, this time shifting the focus and reintroducing itself as a tech company. We recently caught up with Robinson to get an update of the latest news.

Billie Eilish is About to Make History by Crossing 100 Million Spotify Followers — Easily Blowing Past Taylor Swift’s Totals

Eilish was made for breaking records. The “bad guy” singer became only the third artist and the youngest overall to reach 100 million monthly listeners on Spotify back in June, achieving the feat with less than half the number of tracks in her catalog as the two artists who precede her, Taylor Swift and The Weeknd.

Lithe Leads Spotify’s Australian Charge In First Half

Lithe tops Australia’s global leaderboard on Spotify for the first half of 2024. The Melbourne hip-hop singer and songwriter comes in at No. 1 on Spotify Australia’s Australian Music Global Impact List, a gauge of the hottest border-crossing songs from the land Down Under.

Understanding DDEX and the Next Frontier for Metadata Standards

Metadata is everything and we have the hat to prove it. But, as we’ve covered extensively on Synchblog, getting the right metadata flowing through the music value chain can seem like a Sisyphean task. That’s where DDEX comes in.

Audio advertising: What podcasts can learn from radio

Radio has been the dominant audio format for a century — and arguably, it still is. According to MIDiA’s Q1 2024 Consumer Survey, 49% of respondents in all tracked markets (excluding China) say they listen to radio weekly.

Jessica Roffe Joins SoundExchange As Associate Director for Industry Relations

In her new role at SoundExchange, Roffe will leverage her experience in brand market, television/film production, and royalty destruction, along with her extensive rolodex to develop and maintain relationships with SoundExchange’s partners.

Maximizing Impact of Artists Collaborations on Spotify Recommender Algorithms

According to Spotify, the successful collaborations led to a notable uptick in streams, listeners, search volumes, and other engagement metrics on the platform, in some cases leading to a listenership uplift of up to 50%.

12 TikTok Ideas for Musicians To Build Your Fanbase

Now that short-form vertical format videos are so prominently featured on every social media platform that matters, you probably feel pressure to make videos of your own.

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