Spotify launched yesterday in Indonesia on mobile, tablet and desktop offering over 30 million songs from Indonesian music to international hits. The service is free for all users in Indonesia, upgrading to Spotify Premium costs Rp 49,990 (around $3.80) per month.
German-based music distributor Feiyr.com acquired CD distributor Nova MD GmbH and expanded its distribution network adding a new physical distribution service. The CD and DVD aggregator was formerly based in Stuttgart, but it became part of DANCE OF ALL DAY GmbH after the acquisition at the beginning of this year. The parties have agreed not...
According to the latest RIAA statistics, streaming claimed 34% of the total value of the US market in 2015. The overall retail income of the US recorded music market increased 0.9% to $7bn. The total value of digitally distributed formats was up 6% to $4.8bn. That was partially due to the impressive growth of streaming services, in particular of paid-for s...
According to a research, 68% of smartphone-users in the U.S. stream music daily, and two-third of them listen to music via a streaming service. The ranking changes when you compare the popularity of a subscription service between fixed-line and mobile broadband. Trends are also different when it comes to different operating systems.
However, more and more smartphone users are listening and streaming music on their mobile devices, and th...
Messenger users can now share links to songs and playlists on Spotify. Thanks to the app’s new integration, you can now quickly jump into Spotify, choose a track and send it over to a friend via Messenger.
The new feature still need to be implem...
