DMN Pro Weekly: Spotify & Apple Music Now Claim More Than Two-Thirds of Total Subscribers In the US — Here’s the Latest DSP Market Share Breakdown

DMN Pro Weekly: Spotify & Apple Music Now Claim More Than Two-Thirds of Total Subscribers In the US — Here’s the Latest DSP Market Share Breakdown

YouTube Music, Amazon Music, Pandora Premium, and other streaming platforms struggled to gain subscribers in 2024, as Spotify and Apple Music notched their collective leads higher. . . You are trying to view our premium […]

Skepta and Black Coffee's Manager Among First Names Revealed for ADE Pro 2025

Skepta and Black Coffee's Manager Among First Names Revealed for ADE Pro 2025

The organizers of the Amsterdam Dance Event have revealed a handful of speakers for its ADE Pro conference in 2025, spotlighting influential figures shaping the global electronic music industry. Influential techno producer Chris Liebing will lead an […]

Tennis Star Ben Shelton & Soccer Pro Trinity Rodman Confirm Their Romance in Sweet Elevator Selfie | Ben Shelton, Trinity Rodman | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip

Ben Shelton and Trinity Rodman elevator selfie

Love is in the air for new sports power couple Ben Shelton and Trinity Rodman! The 21-year-old tennis star just made things Instagram official with the 22-year-old soccer phenom, hard launching their relationship with an […]

Metallica Tees Up Apple Vision Pro Immersive Concert Experience

Metallica Vision Pro

Metallica is preparing to release a Vision Pro ‘immersive concert experience’ this coming Friday, March 14th. Photo Credit: Apple The Vision Pro is officially set to receive another “immersive experience” – this time from Metallica, […]

Will Anybody Pay $6 Extra for Spotify’s ‘Music Pro’? A Hard Look at Spotify’s Attempt to Break the Streaming Plateau

Spotify's Individual Subscribers Are Suddenly Declining In the US — Here's a Look at the Latest Data

Can Spotify’s ‘super-premium’ tier break the streaming music plateau? In this report, we pick apart the rumored offerings within ‘Music Pro’ – and examine the serious challenges that each presents from both an execution and […]

DMN Pro Weekly: Get Ready for a Sony Music + Spotify Direct Publishing Deal — But After UMG, WMG, and Sony Renegotiate, Can Anyone Else Twist Spotify’s Arm?

DMN Pro Weekly: Get Ready for a Sony Music + Spotify Direct Publishing Deal — But After UMG, WMG, and Sony Renegotiate, Can Anyone Else Twist Spotify’s Arm?

A look at the latest music industry scuttlebutt on Spotify’s post-bundling renegotiations with major content owners – and how the calculus keeps shifting for every publisher, label, songwriter and artist on the field. If you […]

DMN Pro Weekly: Spotify Individual Premium Subscribers Continue to Flatline In the US — As the Broader US-Based Streaming Music Subscription Picture Remains Soft

Spotify's Individual Subscribers Are Suddenly Declining In the US — Here's a Look at the Latest Data

Surprising declines in Spotify’s US-based individual Premium subscriptions first emerged in September of 2024, part of a broader slowdown in music subscription growth in the country. Now, Spotify’s all-important subscription tier appears to be flatlining, […]

DMN Pro Weekly: Fewer Than 1% of Spotify Subscription Plans Are Currently Non-Bundled and Music-Only, Late-2024 Data Shows

Spotify's Individual Subscribers Are Suddenly Declining In the US — Here's a Look at the Latest Data

Spotify’s non-bundled, music-only subscriptions virtually disappeared in 2024, according to DMN Pro’s latest intel. But that’s a Spotify feature, not a Spotify bug. Here’s what the latest data shows across all plan types and tiers […]

DMN Pro Weekly: Core Music Industry Funding Actually Rose in 2024 Thanks to a Few Massive Raises — Is a Wider Resurgence In the Cards for 2025?

DMN Pro Weekly: Core Music Industry Funding Actually Rose in 2024 Thanks to a Few Massive Raises — Is a Wider Resurgence In the Cards for 2025?

Music industry funding ticked upward in 2024, but year-over-year levels would have plunged if not for a few huge raises. Amid rumblings of a significant rebound, what does 2025 have in store? Will 2025 offer […]