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Amazon Music Can Now Play Spatial Audio on Favorite Headphones; UK Regulator to Probe Music Streaming Market; Midemlab Names Hottest Music/Tech Startups

 
 
October 20 · Issue #1306 · View online
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Amazon Music can now play spatial audio on your favorite headphones
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Amazon has announced that subscribers of its Amazon Music Unlimited service can now listen to spatial audio music tracks with their favorite headphones using the Amazon Music app for Android and iOS.
UK’s antitrust regulator to probe music streaming market
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The UK’s antitrust watchdog will take a close look at the music streaming market.
Midemlab contest names its hottest music/tech startups of 2021
musically.com – Share
The Midemlab startups contest is now a key pillar of annual music industry conference Midem, and it’s come a long way since its original incarnation.
Downwrite Leans Into Publishing, Label Services With Eye On Disruption, Hires Music Industry Expert, Randy Sabiston
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Downwrite, the pioneering collaborative songwriting experience, is today boosting its artists’ earning potential with new industry-disrupting splits and opening the door to exclusive co-ownership deals for commissioners using its platform to buy customized, original music.
Mood, music and money: what our Spotify playlists reveal about the emotional nature of financial markets
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A new study using music streaming data to measure national mood underlines how much stock markets are governed by emotion rather than rational calculation.
KKR and Dundee Partners acquire Kobalt copyrights portfolio for $1.1 billion
www.musicweek.com – Share
Investment firm KKR has joined with Dundee Partners to purchase the KMR Music Royalties II portfolio from Kobalt Capital for approximately $1.1 billion.
SiriusXM hosting Tom Petty 'Somewhere You Feel' Week
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Celebration is in honor of what would be Petty’s 71st birthday on October 20th and a year following the “Wildflowers” reissue.
UK's last cassette shop reels in nostalgic music lovers
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UK’s last cassette shop reels in nostalgic music lovers.
Mediatel: Mediatel News: Spotify hires 'ad exec' and aims to grow sales team by 70%
mediatel.co.uk – Share
Spotify is set to hire hundreds more sales staff to boost its ad revenue beyond being a fraction of the streaming and podcasting company’s income.
A Stray Thought on Apple vs Spotify for Podcasters
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Back in October last year, I wrote a long(ish) blog dissecting the performance of a 6-episode podcast documentary that I had just made, The Town That Didn’t Stare.
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Apple Debuts $5 Music Subscription; Beatles Songs Now Available on TikTok; New App for Spotify Playlist Alerts

Tuesday, October 19, 2021

October 19 · Issue #1305 · View online Platform & Stream Beatles Songs Now Available on TikTok variety.com – Share TikTok creators can now soundtrack videos with 36 songs from The Beatles. Apple

The Metaverse & Music; Platforms Can Help Build a Lasting Creator Economy; Abbey Road Turns 90

Monday, October 18, 2021

October 18 · Issue #1304 · View online Platform & Stream How the metaverse promises to transform how we interact with music online musically.com – Share The metaverse is here, and it promises a new

How AI Will Shape Music Production; Can Spotify Become an Advertising Giant?; A Closer Look at Nugs.net

Friday, October 15, 2021

October 15 · Issue #1303 · View online Platform & Stream How artificial intelligence will shape music production djmag.com – Share Already part of some major DAWs including Logic Pro, AI and

How NFTs Will Revolutionize the Music Industry; Qrates' Fukuyama Talks Vinyl Biz, Streaming; Music Streamers Turn to Telcos to Make Africa Pay

Thursday, October 14, 2021

October 14 · Issue #1302 · View online Platform & Stream How NFTs Will Revolutionize the Music Industry flypaper.soundfly.com – Share A beginner's guide to what NFTs are and how they can be

Blackstone, Hipgnosis Partner to Invest in Music; Alternative Classical Launches Opera Roulette; DistroKid Joins with American Songwriter on Song Contest

Thursday, October 14, 2021

October 13 · Issue #1301 · View online Platform & Stream Blackstone, Hipgnosis partner to invest in music as online streaming booms www.reuters.com – Share Blackstone said on Tuesday it would

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