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Media fragmentation is annoying consumers

sudshr47March 19, 2019

Deloitte’s Technology, Media and Telecommunications division published its 13th-annual Digital Media Trends survey, focused on identifying changes in the ways US consumers engage with various types of media. Led by an independent research firm, the survey had roughly 2,000 consumer respondents across demographics – with the report categorizing respondents based on age (Gen-Z: ages 14-21, […]

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YouTube Music and YouTube Premium come to India

sudshr47March 13, 2019

YouTube Music is coming to the next critical battlefield for streaming music services: India. The company announced this week it’s launching its ad-supported version of YouTube Music for free in the country, as well as YouTube Music Premium, its subscription that offers background listening, offline downloads and an ad-free experience for ₹99 a month. In […]

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Hulu and Spotify launch an even more steeply discounted bundle of $9.99 per month

sudshr47March 12, 2019

Hulu and Spotify today announced an expansion of their partnership on discounted streaming bundles, which lowers the price of Hulu’s ad-supported service to, well… nothing. Starting today, Spotify Premium subscribers can basically tack on a Hulu subscription for free on top of their existing $9.99 per month streaming music plan. In other words, for the […]

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Alexa’s new Song ID feature can announce what music is playing next

sudshr47March 6, 2019

Amazon today is launching a new feature called “Song ID” that aims to help users discover music they like, using Alexa. When enabled, Alexa will announce the title and the artist name before playing each song while you’re listening to a radio station, playlist or new release on Amazon Music over your smart speaker. The […]

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SoundCloud finally introduces discounted student pricing

sudshr47March 5, 2019

SoundCloud wants to make its streaming music service more affordable to a key demographic: younger users who generally spend more time listening to music, compared with their older counterparts. This morning, the company announced the launch of discounted student accounts, offering a 50 percent discount off its top-tier SoundCloud Go+ subscription. That brings the cost […]

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Spotify will now suspend or terminate accounts it finds are using ad blockers

sudshr47February 8, 2019

Spotify will take a harder stance on ad blockers in its updated terms of service. In an email to users today, the streaming music and podcast platform said its new user guidelines “mak[e] it clear that all types of ad blockers, bots and fraudulent streaming activities are not permitted.” Accounts that use ad blockers face […]

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Pandora-powered channels will come to SiriusXM’s app this year

sudshr47January 31, 2019

SiriusXM this week offered a few more details on how it plans to leverage its newest asset, Pandora, following its $3.5 billion acquisition of the streaming music service last year, which officially closes on Friday. At the time of the deal, the company spoke about the potential for cross-promotion opportunities between the services and new […]

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SoundCloud co-founder and chief product officer, Eric Wahlforss, is leaving

sudshr47January 24, 2019

SoundCloud’s Eric Wahlforss is stepping away from the music and podcast streaming platform he co-founded after more than a decade at the company, most recently in the chief product officer role. Wahlforss announced the decision to step back from day-to-day ops — and “transition into an advisory role” — in a post on social media, writing: “After […]

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Spotify and India’s T-Series ink a global content deal for over 160,000 songs

sudshr47January 14, 2019

Ahead of Spotify’s entry into the Indian market, the streaming service this morning announced a global content deal with a leading Indian film and music company, T-Series, which gives it access to T-Series’ entire Indian song catalog. This includes Bollywood and regional movie soundtracks, plus other non-film albums and emerging artist content, the company says. […]

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Apple Music on Amazon Echo review: Not as good as HomePod, but good enough

sudshr47December 18, 2018

Apple Music on Amazon Echo speakers

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The Good

Apple Music on Echo speakers! • Songs can be set as alarms

The Bad

Only works on Amazon’s own Echo speakers (for now) • Alexa can’t favorite songs • Requires paid Apple Music subscription

The Bottom Line

Turns out Apple Music controlled with Alexa on Amazon Echo speakers works pretty well, and it makes Apple’s HomePod look overpriced.

Mashable Score3.75

Cool Factor4.0

Learning Curve4.0

Performance3.0

Bang for the Buck4.0

Apple will never admit it, but the arrival of Apple Music on Amazon’s Echo speakers is an obvious admission that HomePod isn’t getting the job done. Read more…

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YouTube Music turns its Top Charts into playlists

sudshr47December 13, 2018

Earlier this year, Apple Music launched some of its top charts as playlist series. Today, YouTube is doing something similar. The company announced it’s making its YouTube Charts available as playlists in YouTube Music to users across the 29 markets where the music service is live. Each market will receive five of these “charts playlists” — […]

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Tencent Music moving ahead with its $1.2B U.S. stock market debut

sudshr47December 4, 2018

Tencent Music Entertainment’s initial public offering is back in motion, two months after the company reportedly postponed it amid a global selloff. In a regulatory filing today, the company, China’s largest streaming music service, said it plans to offer 82 million American depositary shares (ADS), representing 164 million Class A ordinary shares, for between $13 […]