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Rock ‘n’ Roll Meets E-Commerce; Spotify Updates Mini Player, Adds 'What’s New' Feed; Soundwhale, Jamendo to Boost Artist Collaboration

 
 
July 30 · Issue #1248 · View online
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Rock ‘n’ Roll Meets E-Commerce: How a Retail Giant Created a New Way to Shop Via Streaming Music
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Brazilian mega retailer Magazine Luiza—known in its home country simply as Magalu—is pioneering a new type of shopping, s-commerce.
Spotify Upgrades Its Mini Player UI With Modern Look
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In a new report, Spotify is spotted testing a new mini player UI redesign that brings more rounded corners and punchy colors.
Spotify adds What’s New feed for all the music and podcasts you follow
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A blue dot will show when there’s new content in the feed, and artists and podcasts can be added by tapping the “Follow” button on their respective pages.
Soundwhale Links with Jamendo to Boost Artist Collaboration, Sync Opportunities
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Soundwhale, a remote collaboration platform for audio post and music production, has joined forces with independent music and licensing platform Jamendo.
Ingrooves expands into Denmark, names Anne Sofie Jeremiassen as Country Manager for the region
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Exec joins Ingrooves after spending the past two years teaching and consulting in the music business.
Speculation over whether Alibaba will re-enter music streaming gains traction after Tencent loses exclusive rights
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Alibaba’s music streaming service could be coming back to life after Beijing deprives Tencent of music streaming exclusivity.
This Twitter Account Documenting The Weirdest Playlists On Spotify Proves The Platform Is A Hidden Comedy Goldmine
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A Twitter account devoted to rounding up the weirdest playlists on Spotify proves the streaming platform is a comedy goldmine.
Over 66% of all music listening in the US is now of catalog records, rather than new releases
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New MRC Data report shows how catalog has increased its dominance over new music in 2021.
What MPs' plans for music streaming mean for artists and listeners
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Musicians, record labels and listeners could all be affected by sweeping changes to the music streaming industry.
New Course With RJD2: From Samples to Songs
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Introducing: Radio 2.0
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How Millennials and Gen Zs Are Redefining Digital Audio
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‘Culture Next’ is Spotify Advertising’s annual study into the listening habits and preferences of these groups, aged 15-25 and 26-40, respectively.
Audioshake Live will help labels create 'stems on demand'
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Audioshake launched earlier this year with a technology for deconstructing music tracks into stems. Now it is launching a service specifically for labels, publishers and other companies to use the tech to “create instrumentals and stems on demand”.
Tricky and Adrian Sherwood to be honoured at 2021 AIM Awards
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The global livestream on August 25 will see Tricky take home the Pioneer Award in association with FUGA. The trip hop legend will also perform at the event.
Eurovision winners Måneskin race to 50m listeners on Spotify
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Are streaming services tough platforms for rock bands? Try telling that to Italian group Måneskin, who are currently the 14th biggest artist in Spotify.
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