Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge After 12 years, the price of Spotify Premium is increasing in the US. The subscription will now cost $10.99 a month, the company announced today. Spotify has charged […]
Yes, Father’s Day is this weekend. But before you have a full-blown panic attack because you forgot to pick up a gift worthy of dad’s admiration, take a deep breath. After all, the internet is […]
Photo Credit: James Yarema YouTube Music is experimenting with connecting to speakers for automatic voice control. Asking a Google Assitant-enabled smart speaker to play music means you can open the YouTube Music app and have […]
Photo Credit: Ivan Radic About one week after it began testing a Shorts-like music video offering called Samples, YouTube Music has reportedly started integrating play counts. This latest feature from the streaming service, which has […]
A new report has confirmed that more new music is being recorded and uploaded to streaming services than at any point in history. According to Luminate (via Music Business Worldwide), an average of 120,000 new […]
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo Credit: Agustín Diaz YouTube Music is reportedly experimenting with a “Samples” short-form feature that would set the stage for music video previews on the streaming service. YouTube Music’s potential foray […]
Photo Credit: Alexander Shatov YouTube Music contractors have unionized with the Alphabet Workers Union-CWA. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced the YouTube Music Content Operations Team overwhelmingly won their election for a union—with 83% […]
Photo Credit: YouTube Music YouTube Music is finally rolling out support for listening to podcasts—in the US only for now. The update is rolling out gradually, so users may not see it for a few […]
Photo Credit: Christian Wiediger As a growing number of tech companies invest heavily in recent explosive advances in AI, YouTube introduces two new AI-powered music ad solutions focused on targeting Gen Z. YouTube has announced two new […]
An impassioned ballad about the unrequited love between an anthropomorphic turtle and the princess of Mushroom Kingdom is shaping up to be a dark horse for Song of the Summer. With The Super Marios Bros. […]
The first thing Dee Williams noticed was that it felt like home. It was December 2019, and the Los Angeles-based photographer had just touched down in Accra, Ghana, for the first time. What she found […]
Photo Credit: matteventu / Reddit YouTube Music may soon be adding song credits to bring it up to speed with rivals like Spotify and Tidal. There is no way to see full album or song […]
Photo Credit: James Farrell for Amazon Music Amazon Music has announced two new shows to highlight hip-hop and Latin music. Rotation Roundtable will focus on highlighting hip-hop music, while La Semanal Live will focus on […]
Photo Credit: Naxos Naxos Records has recently been awarded Label of the Year by the 2023 International Classical Music Awards (ICMA). The following comes from Naxos China, a company DMN is proud to be partnering […]
Photo Credit: YouTube Music The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has officially determined that Google and Cognizant jointly employ striking YouTube Music team members – potentially setting the stage for an election through which the […]
Cognizant’s original corporate headquarters in Chennai, India. Photo Credit: Cognizant The third week of the YouTube Music strike is in full swing, and around 40 team members (contracted by Cognizant) are continuing to speak out […]
Photo Credit: Ivan Radic Hey music fans, YouTube Music is bringing more of what you want—that’s right, podcasts. Why listen to your favorite music playlist when YouTube Music can cram podcasts down your throat faster […]
Photo Credit: YouTube Music YouTube Music is making its radio experience a bit more Pandora-like with more customization features. The previous radio experience on YouTube Music had people choose their listening experience by seeding from […]
Google is giving YouTube Music users the ability to create custom stations based on specific artists and to tune how the algorithm decides what songs it should play. The feature, which is called the “Radio […]
Photo Credit: YouTube Music Earlier this month, about 40 (previously remote) YouTube Music employees went on strike after being ordered to show up for work at the office. Now, in a letter to Google CEO […]