Alliance Entertainment SPAC Deal Flails As NYSE Delists Shares

NYSE Music Acquisition Corporation

Photo Credit: Ken Lund / CC by 2.0 Earlier this week, Alliance Entertainment completed its merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) – while also revealing that it wouldn’t list on the NYSE after […]

Drake Proposes Spotify Offer Bonuses to Artists for Streaming Thresholds

Drake Spotify bonus

Photo Credit: Felipe Pelaquim Drake is the first artist to reach 75 billion streams on Spotify. Now the rapper says the platform should offer bonuses to artists who reach streaming thresholds—like athletes. Drake made the […]

Amazon Music Unlimited Ups Prices For Non-Prime Users In Japan

Amazon Music Unlimited Ups Prices For Non-Prime Users In Japan

Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Photo Credit: Louie Martinez After Apple Music’s price increased in late 2022 – and as Spotify reportedly prepares to up the cost of its individual plan – Amazon Music Unlimited’s monthly charge […]

Kendrick Lamar Tracks Leak On Spotify, YouTube, and Deezer

Kendrick Lamar

Photo Credit: NRK P3 / CC by 2.0 Three previously unreleased Kendrick Lamar tracks – “Computer Love,” “Pure,” and “Make Me Happy” – have leaked on Spotify and other platforms. The unofficial songs’ streaming service […]

IFPI Launches ‘The Official MENA Chart’ Spanning 13 Countries

IFPI official MENA chart

Photo Credit: IFPI IFPI launches ‘The Official MENA Chart’ spanning 13 countries, bringing definitive ranking to the region across all major streaming platforms. IFPI has announced the launch of The Official MENA Chart, the first […]

Amazon’s Amp Lays Off 150 Staff Amid Broader Cost-Cutting Effort

SoundCloud Lays Off 20% of Staff, Citing 'Challenging' Economy

Photo Credit: Brusk Dede Back in March, Amazon launched a live-radio app called Amp. Now, amid a broader push to reduce costs, the ecommerce giant has reportedly laid off about half of the team behind […]

Artists, Industry Leaders Join Together to ‘Protect Black Art’

Protect Black Art open letter

Photo Credit: Warner Music Group Several artists, industry leaders, and legal experts have released an open letter in a call to Protect Black Art. The open letter was published in The New York Times and […]

Make it pop! Do we really need the Beatles to sound new? | Music

Fleetwood Mac in 1977.

Yellow Submarine, Ringo Starr’s turn on Revolver, has been a gateway for children into the music of the Beatles since its release in 1966. A new reissue of the album makes that relationship more explicit: […]

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek Confirms Likely 2023 Price Increase

Spotify CFO Predicts Podcasting Profits During Next 12-24 Months

Photo Credit: Gizmodo Days after Apple Music raised the cost of its individual plan in markets including the U.S., Spotify CEO Daniel Ek has confirmed that his platform will likely roll out a price increase […]