Like Hunter Hayes reminds fans in his inspirational "Invisible" song, he's got a message for people who listen to his music on Spotify: You're not invisible. In fact, those streami... More
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Hunter Hayes Used Spotify’s Streaming Data to Pick Where to Tour (Mashable)
Lessons From the Music Industry in Listening to the Social Data Crowd (Adweek)
To appreciate why software is critical to figuring out what works best in the music industry, imagine a major artist trying to plan a tour. A big star will have fans in every city,... More
Inside Spotify’s Plan To Take On Apple Music (Fast Company)
It's called Fresh Finds. At first glance, it's just another playlist—it could easily be one of the collections hand-curated by Spotify's 32 music editors, or one of its 75 millio... More
Apple Music Has Got the Beat But Not the Algorithm
By Paul Sweeting Apple is thinking different about music streaming. As Apple prepares to take on Spotify, Pandora and their many rivals in the streaming media sweepstakes with th... More
Music Streaming Services Adding Analytics to Artistry
Internet radio service Pandora this week announced it has acquired Next Big Sound, a leading music analytics provider, as it seeks to bolster its big data chops amid growing compet... More
Pandora Acquires Music Analytics Company Next Big Sound (Billboard)
Digital music continues to invest in big data. Pandora announced Tuesday it has agreed to acquire Next Big Sound, a music analytics company that tracks social and streaming activit... More
Data Is Power For Indie Musicians
In the music industry, musicians create music in isolation and then release it to the public. They spend weeks or months writing, rehearsing, recording, mixing and mastering. After... More
Report: Music Piracy Eliminated in Norway (After Dawn)
According to the latest IFPI report out of Norway, music piracy has been eliminated in the nation in just 5 short years. In the countrywide survey, only 4 percent of Norwegians un... More
In-app Purchases Proving Lucrative for Spotify and Pandora (Music Ally)
Pandora and Spotify were among the top moneymakers on Apple’s App Store globally in August, according to the latest report by app analytics firm App Annie. Its stats suggest that... More
Apple Mulls Launching Spotify Rival, Android App as Downloads Decline (Billboard)
Apple has opened exploratory talks with senior label executives about the possibility of launching an on-demand streaming service that would rival Spotify and Beats Music, accordin... More