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TIDAL EXPANDS INTO AFRICA VIA MTN PARTNERSHIP – WITH MONTHLY SUBS COSTING $4 (OR LESS)
Africa is a focal point for the global music industry right now – with Universal Music Group, for one, recently announcing catalog acquisitions in the region and operational expansion into markets such as the Ivory Coast and Nigeria. Today (August 23), Jay-Z’s streaming… Continue Reading
Hardest Bars | Press Release
LINK UP TV UNVEILS EXPLOSIVE NEW SEASON OF “HARDEST BARS: MUSIC CHART SHOW” MONDAY, MARCH 12 AT 7:00 P.M. GMT For video click HERE LONDON, UK (MARCH 11, 2018) – LINK UP TV today announced that the new season of “Hardest Bars: Music… Continue Reading
Apple ‘to buy shazam for $400m’
Apple is close to buying the music recognition app Shazam for about $400m (£300m), media reports say. Shazam, a UK company founded in 1999, allows people to use their smartphone or computer to identify and buy music through a… Continue Reading
Universal partners with SparkLabs in search for music start-ups
Universal Music Group’s recently announced music start-up project is ramping up its operations by partnering with leading Asian digital company SparkLabs Group. Universal’s Accelerator Engagement Network, announced in October, will work closely with SparkLabs, which operates incubator programmes in Seoul… Continue Reading
GSM London Presents The GET LIT Showcase
The Get Lit Music Showcase will be bringing industry experts together to showcase their talents and talk about their journey to success. Featuring interviews, live performances, Q&A panels and DJ’s we have a list of incredible guests to inspire you… Continue Reading
How Kanye West’s ‘Graduation’ Changed Music
10 years ago today Kanye West released ‘Graduation,’ the final piece of the education-themed trilogy that established Kanye as an icon in music. The album outsold 50 Cent’s Curtis in its first week by nearly 300,000 units after a much-publicized… Continue Reading
Amazon Is Now The 3rd Biggest Music Subscription Service
Amazon is the dark horse of streaming music. That horse is not looking so dark anymore. We’ve been tracking weekly usage of streaming music apps on a quarterly basis since 2016 and we’ve seen Amazon growing strongly quarter upon quarter.… Continue Reading
Spotify agrees to launch $43m fund to settle copyright claims
Spotify has agreed plans to create a $43.45 million fund to compensate publishers and songwriters whose music is used without payment of mechanical royalties. The agreement addresses combined copyright infringement lawsuits from folk singer Melissa Ferrick and David Lowery, frontman… Continue Reading
Hardest Rapstar Winner 2016
Back in March Hardest Bars launched the search for Hardest Rapstar 2016 in association with Link Up TV. After months of searching through video entries and several rounds later we are proud to announce Marc D as Hardest Rapstar 2016.… Continue Reading