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What Spotify can learn from Tencent Music

sudshr47 October 6, 2018

On Tuesday, Tencent Music Entertainment filed for an IPO in the US that is expected to value it in the $25-30 billion range, on par with Spotify’s IPO in April. The filing highlights just how different its social interaction and digital goods business is from the subscription models of leading music streaming services in Western […]

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The war over music copyrights

sudshr47 September 30, 2018

VC firms haven’t been the only ones raising hundreds of millions of dollars to invest in a booming market. After 15+ years of being the last industry anyone wanted to invest in, the music industry is coming back, and money is flooding in to buy up the rights to popular songs. As paid streaming subscriptions […]

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Apple Music launches a ‘Top Charts’ playlist series

sudshr47 September 7, 2018

Apple Music is rolling out a new playlist series that will feature the Top 100 songs on Apple Music globally and for those countries where Apple Music is available. Because they’re playlists, users will be able to add these top charts for their country or the Top 100 Global songs to their library so they can […]

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Apple’s Shazam acquisition cleared by EU regulators

sudshr47 September 6, 2018

European regulators have given the green light to Apple’s December 2017 acquisition of music and image recognition discovery firm Shazam. Apple Music is the second largest music streaming service in Europe, after Spotify . While Shazam offers what has been described as “a leading music recognition app” in the region (and globally). TechCrunch broke the […]

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Get 25% off Beats headphones at Verizon with an Apple Music subscription or the purchase of any smartphone, iPad, or Apple watch

sudshr47 September 6, 2018

It’s times like these we really appreciate Verizon for turning up the heat just as our summer is dwindling away. 
For a limited time, you can get 25% off eligible Beats headphones with the purchase of any smartphone, iPad or Apple watch or a new…

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Spotify is falling behind on lyrics and voice

sudshr47 August 15, 2018

Spotify’s lack of full lyrics support and its minimal attention to voice are beginning to become problems for the streaming service. The company has been so focused on the development of its personalization technology and programming its playlists, it has overlooked key features that its competitors – including Apple, Google, and Amazon – today offer […]

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Apple Music users spot ‘Friends Mix,’ a new personalized playlist of friends’ tunes

sudshr47 August 7, 2018

Apple appears to be working on another personalized playlist for Apple Music subscribers – this time, one that shows you what your friends are listening to on its service, as opposed to a personalized playlist filled with editorial or algorithmic recommendations. The new “Friends Mix” playlist includes 25 songs and is updated on Mondays, according […]

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Apple Music has a new mix based on what your friends are listening to

sudshr47 August 7, 2018

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If you’re constantly asking your friends to recommend new music to you, Apple has a new discovery mix that’s right up your alley. 

The company launched a new Apple Music feature called the Friends Mix, which creates a mix of 25 songs that your Apple Music friends have listened to recently, 9to5Mac reported Tuesday. 

The new feature is not yet visible to everyone (a couple of folks at Mashable with Apple Music subscriptions don’t see it, for example), but some users have gotten it. 

‘Apple Music Mix: friends’

New @AppleMusic playlist with the recommendations of our friends. 25 songs, updated every mondaypic.twitter.com/xC8P7BAPJk

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