Photo Credit: Apple Apple will allow third-party music apps to display animated album artwork on the lock screen in iOS 26—opening this feature to Spotify and others. Previously the animated artwork was only available to […]
Photo Credit: Umesh Kumar Bansal, Chief Business Officer, Zee Music Company & Zee Studios Zee Music Company reaches YouTube’s rare 100 million subscribers milestone, joining T-Series as the only other music company to achieve the […]
Once upon a time, it took an army to promote music to the vast reaches of radio, clubs, and streaming platforms. Fast-forward to 2025, and the need for multiple middlemen is quickly becoming a thing […]
An over $10 million question: Which DSPs made material payments in the alleged years-long fake stream scheme purportedly orchestrated by Michael Smith? Photo Credit: Simone Secci Billions of fake streams and millions in allegedly stolen […]
YouTube is adding more ads to its cheaper subscription plan just months after launching it in the United States. Earlier in 2025, YouTube revealed Premium Lite, a cheaper version of its traditional Premium service with […]
Photo Credit: Flaco2xs / reddit Apple’s removal of the popular music streaming app Musi from the App Store has sparked a high-profile legal battle. Musi’s creators allege the tech giant engaged in collusion and ‘backroom […]
Photo Credit: Google Android Auto is getting a slew of new features, including a Spotify experience with a brand new app that includes support for its “Jam” feature. Google has announced a series of car-related […]
A nighttime shot of Seoul, South Korea. Photo Credit: Yohan Cho YouTube looks to have resolved a bundling-focused investigation in South Korea, where the platform reportedly intends to launch its Premium Lite subscription. Local outlets […]
Photo Credit: SoundCloud SoundCloud and TikTok have announced a new partnership that will add SoundCloud to TikTok’s new music discovery feature, ‘Add to Music App.’ The ‘Add to Music App’ feature gives music fans the […]
Which way, USA? Latest DMN Pro data shows a problematic slide in stateside Spotify subscribers (Photo: GDJ) DMN Pro first reported serious subscriber slowdowns at Amazon Music in 2024. Now, it’s Spotify’s turn: according to […]
A breakdown of the newly added voice-request support for Spotify’s AI DJ. Photo Credit: Spotify Spotify has officially added voice-based music requests to AI DJ, listener engagement with which is said to have “nearly doubled […]
Intercept Music has announced a $50 million song rights partnership. Photo Credit: Casey Botticello Let the song rights purchases continue: Intercept Music has announced $50 million in fresh catalog funding, and “several initial acquisitions” are […]
Photo Credit: Alexander Shatov YouTube keeps raking in the cash from its advertisers across the globe, with ad revenue approaching $9 billion in the first quarter of 2025. YouTube turned 20 this year, and the […]
Photo Credit: Thibault Penin Spotify is planning to raise subscription prices in dozens of countries outside the US this summer, according to sources close to the matter. In the face of slowing subscriber gains for […]
Photo Credit: Spotify Spotify expands its AI Playlist beta to 40 more countries as YouTube announces a very similar feature. Spotify launched its AI Playlist beta a year ago, a feature that creates playlists on […]
Photo Credit: YouTube Music Google is working to close the feature gap between YouTube Music and its most popular rivals—Spotify and Apple Music. Now you can directly share lyrics from the YouTube Music app. Here’s […]
The Korea Fair Trade Commission headquarters in Sejong, South Korea. Photo Credit: Minseong Kim YouTube is reportedly set to unbundle Music from Premium in South Korea, where it’s facing a Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) […]
Photo Credit: YouTube Coachella is happening this weekend and YouTube is delivering the full festival—both weekends—live. Here’s how to watch your favorite artists. YouTube’s live stream for the festival begins Friday, April 11 at 4 […]
Photo Credit: DMN Pro Major digital service providers (DSPs) saw their subscriber growth flatline in 2024 as the US market for music subscriptions becomes saturated. Spotify and Apple Music are still growing—but everyone else has […]
Photo Credit: Alexander Shatov A new survey suggests 45% of Spotify subscribers are interested in a higher-priced service level, up from 39% from Q4. A survey by KeyBanc Capital Markets reveals that 45% of Spotify […]