Spotify’s annual Wrapped feature is now up to give users insights into what they streamed over the past twelve months. While obviously a promotion for the music service, Wrapped is a quick and amusing diversion from an increasingly hellish news cycle. Spotify acknowledges the fact that 2017 has been an ordeal for lots of people on Wrapped’s landing page, which says “in a… Read More
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Ed Sheeran takes Drake’s crown to become Spotify’s most streamed artist of 2017
My god, Ed Sheeran is highly inoffensive and very, very popular.
Spotify released its annual Year in Music list, and Britain’s all-around nice guy is the most streamed artist on Spotify with 45 million monthly listeners around the world.
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Ten predictions for digital media in 2018
In reaction to 2017’s sobering and frequently shocking negative societal forces, many digital media companies will take things even further by infusing their offline efforts with social impact, an inspirational and motivational element that is already proven to be commercially smart. Read More
Spotify is quietly testing a new feature to make your Discover Weekly playlist even smarter
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If you love Spotify’s Discover Weekly playlist, but wish you could teach it some new tricks — you just might be in luck.
Mashable UK Social Media Producer Jennie Gale noticed Monday morning a new feature in her Discover Weekly playlist — a little heart, and a blocked sign, on the bottom left corner when a song is playing.
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When you hover over the line or circle, it says “like” or “don’t like.”
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And here’s an up-close view of the Dislike.
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View More Spotify is quietly testing a new feature to make your Discover Weekly playlist even smarterWhy the YouTube of AR won’t be YouTube
A couple of years ago when I was working at Samsung, around the time the GearVR was being launched, there were lots of ideas flying around regarding the services to offer alongside the device. Many (most) of these ideas were related to hosting 360 Video content, and our boss David Eun (ex-YouTube) often reminded everyone that YouTube will be the YouTube of VR. He meant that the content on… Read More
Why the YouTube of AR won’t be YouTube
A couple of years ago when I was working at Samsung, around the time the GearVR was being launched, there were lots of ideas flying around regarding the services to offer alongside the device. Many (most) of these ideas were related to hosting 360 Video content, and our boss David Eun (ex-YouTube) often reminded everyone that YouTube will be the YouTube of VR. He meant that the content on… Read More
Sonos One users can now ask Alexa to play Spotify music
In October, Sonos launched the Sonos One, raising the bar on what is already the gold standard in wireless whole-home audio. The big new feature? An integrated microphone that added support for Amazon’s Alexa. However, there was one big caveat: While Alexa was integrated to control music services like Apple Music, Google Play Music, Soundcloud and others, it was missing a major player in… Read More
Spotify acquires online music studio Soundtrap as it goes after creators
Spotify has made another acquisition as it continues to build out the services it offers to artists beyond basic streaming. It has acquired online music studio startup Soundtrap, the company announced via a blog post this morning. The three year-old company, based in Stockholm, is the maker of a cloud-based, collaborative music and podcast recording studio which includes its own collection… Read More
Want to make music on Spotify? A new acquisition could make it possible.
Spotify has become the biggest music streaming service in the world by letting you listen to any song, anywhere, any time. Now, it wants you to get in on the fun.
Spotify has acquired online music creation platform Soundtrap, which allows people to m…
Google backs music startup to help make more Chance the Rappers
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Imagine you’re in the market for a new pair of shoes, and you hear your favorite artist playing in the background of an online ad.
Coincidence? Maybe not in the future. Launched out of stealth mode Wednesday by record label veteran Steve Stoute, United Masters is tying together artists and brands in the hope of driving more attention and sales for both groups.
And cutting out labels in the process.
“Brands are spending hundreds of millions of dollars trying to get to young people by using music as the vehicle,” Stoute told the Wall Street Journal. “Being able to use music data and making it actionable so they can target and speak to these fans, that’s super important.” Read more…
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Here’s the one way to legally stream Taylor Swift’s ‘reputation’ (sort of)
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Taylor Swift has a grudge against streaming services. But there’s still one way to listen to reputation online legally without buying a copy.
iHeartRadio is streaming Swift’s new album—but only as part of a curated reputation radio station. AKA you can’t listen to the full album on demand, but you can listen to a radio station that plays Swift’s back catalogue with songs from the new album sprinkled in. It’s basically like any Taylor Swift Pandora station, but there’s a chance a song from reputation will appear.
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View More Here’s the one way to legally stream Taylor Swift’s ‘reputation’ (sort of)Taylor Swift will not let ‘Reputation’ stream online for a week
Taylor Swift is once again struggling in negotiations with streaming services.
The pop star will be keeping her new album off streaming services for at least a week after it going on sale, according to Bloomberg.
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