Deezer Connects with Driift; New Era of Virtual Concerts; Warner Music Artists to Direct-Text Their Biggest Fans

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Deezer buys minority stake in livestream company Driift

Driift says that the new funding will help it accelerate its growth, while Deezer plans to leverage its technology and expertise to support the livestreaming platform’s future growth, including the roll-out of new products and offerings.

Warner Music Artists Will Soon Be Direct-Texting Their Biggest Fans

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Warner Music has unveiled a new partnership with Community, the text messaging platform that powers “one-on-one” conversations between artists and fans.

We’re about to enter a new era of virtual concerts. And it is going to get very, very weird

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Think hologram performances by dead musicians were spooky? Just wait until the full implications of these virtual performers become clear.

Spotify: Jennifer Masset’s advice for Indies

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Last summer, Jennifer Masset - Spotify’s Global Head of Indies - came to Paris to visit IDOL’s headquarters. We took that chance to dive into her role and the best ways for independent actors to engage with the platform.

Neil Young Streams Song To Celebrate Bootleg Series Launch

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Neil Young is streaming ‘Flying On The Ground Is Wrong’ from his 1970 Carnegie Hall performance

To succeed in the music business, technical skills are not enough

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The world of professional training is constantly debating whether to provide specialist knowledge and hard skills – or to focus on the transmission of a wider understanding of things, and the development of soft skills.

Public Radio Experiments With 'Urban Alternative' Format to Reach Younger Listeners

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The latest round of grants from the CPB went to public radio stations building Urban Alternative, a new format that mixes new and classic hip-hop/R&B tracks.

Pandora shuts down Next Big Sound analytics to focus on AMP

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Next Big Sound was one of the first big third-party music analytics services, crowned as a winner at the MidemNet Labs (as it was known then) contest in 2011.

Spotify’s fresh host signings are all about the ‘X-factor’

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Spotify, having proved a master in the music recommendation game, is giving it everything to try to win the next generation of podcast hosts and listeners as it looks set to surpass Apple in the podcast battle for the first time.

The Seattle DJ Who Introduced Nirvana to the World

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Marco Collins is a radio DJ credited with putting Seattle on the map in the 1990’s by breaking bands such as Nirvana and Pearl Jam during his time as Music Director at Seattle’s 107.7 ‘The End.’

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One Billion Music Creators; Amazon Music's Country Heat Brand Surpasses 13B Streams; Tinder, Spotify to Generate Custom Dating Playlists

Will Music Industry Shift to the Metaverse?; TikTok is Evolving; Qobuz, THX to Increase Consumer Access to 24-Bit High Resolution Music

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