Tag: apple music
Apple cracks down on streaming fraud
Fraudsters pumping up their streams with fake traffic have been getting their royalties taken away.
EU might be taking on Spotify over artist payments again
An influential legislator in the European Parliament calls streaming platforms "unbalanced" when it comes to paying artists.
The price of streaming music is going up
Apple announced a 10% to 12% increase, effective immediately. Spotify is going up in 2023, CEO Daniel Ek said less than 24 hours later.
Apple Music features Jeff Mills mix in Spatial Audio
Outer to Inner Atmosphere: The Escape Velocity Mix relaunches the streaming giant's One Mix Series.
Vinyl sales jump 61% in a single year
Vinyl jumps, CDs explode and your digital downloads are getting kinda bummed out. More revelations from the RIAA 2021 annual sales report for the record industry.
Bandcamp acquired by Fortnite’s Epic Games
Shocking the industry, Epic Games - publisher of Fortnite and Unreal Engine - has purchased Bandcamp, the leading independent artist platform. What now?
You can now embed Apple Podcasts on your website
A mere 15 years after YouTube and 10 after SoundCloud, Apple finally allows users to embed podcasts from Apple Podcasts on their website.
Apple is Promising a Seamless Post-iTunes Future
Apple's Music app on desktop computers will integrate mp3s, wavs and playlists, and the iTunes store is unaffected. Here's what Apple says is in the new iTunes replacement.
Audio for Mac is Crowdsourcing an iTunes Killer
With Apple killing off iTunes for a replacement, Audio for Mac is crowdsourcing for an audio player and management app designed for collectors and music pros.
Apple Confirms the End of iTunes
The company is splitting its iconic app into three parts, according to Craig Federighi at the 2019 World Wide Developer's Conference.
RIP iTunes, 2001-2019
The company plans to announce next week that iTunes will be discontinued and replaced by three separate apps - TV, Podcasts and Music.
Songwriters to Get a 44% Raise from Streaming Giants
"The largest rate increase in history": Songwriters and publishers are due to get an increase in their rate from Apple, Spotify, Pandora and others.
In The Groove: Welcome to the New Issue of 5 Mag
Bigger, thicker, stronger: a completely redesigned 5 Mag and our longest issue ever with features on underground legend Danny J. Lewis, DJ Aakmael, Pirate Radio, Streaming in Africa, the history of the 808 and its clones, new podcasts, reviews and more.
Finally: Apple Music Welcomes DJ Mixes
How do you get your DJ mix on Apple Music? They'll surely let us know... any day now.
Bandcamp: “We’re Profitable, and We’re Not Going Anywhere”
A week ago, a rumor spread through the industry press that Apple planned to "stop selling music by 2018." It was bullshit (not least...
Why Dance Music Streaming Failed
About 18 months ago, as hastily-assembled EDM conglomerate SFX became more and more obvious about transforming its Beatport digital download store into a streaming...
