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Online music streaming service Grooveshark shut down its operations as part of its settlement agreement with major record companies, according to a message posted on the website, putting an end to a four-year legal battle.Grooveshark will wipe clean all of the record companies’ copyrighted works and hand over ownership of its website, mobile apps and Read More …
The National Association of Broadcasters, Google and Amazon have teamed up to push back against a music industry push for a public performance right (payment) for on-air and online music. The MIC Coalition (Music. Innovation. Consumers.) says that it is “imperative” that “music policies are balanced among all participants rather than just those of the major Read More …
Subscribers to Jukely Unlimited pay $25 a month for standard membership, or can upgrade to an ‘Unlimited Plus’ tariff for $45pm – which allows them to bring a friend to shows or visit two concerts in one day. Interestingly the new $8m funding, which comes from existing investors, is led by Spotify investors Northzone and Read More …
The UK recorded music market saw a painful decline in single-track downloads in the first three months of 2015, but the number of tracks streamed almost doubled. Track downloads fell 11.9% year-on-year in Q1, dropping from 41.08m in to 36.18m. Digital album sales also dropped significantly by 8.6%, from 7.91m to 7.23m. via Downloads down 12% Read More …
Music-industry sources say Apple is interfering with Jay Z’s music-streaming service Tidal in an attempt to crush it ahead of the relaunch of Apple’s Beats Music, set for June. Last week it emerged that Tidal, following its March 30 launch, has fallen out of the iPhone top 700 apps. But positioning in the app charts Read More …