London firm to launch Spotify-style partner services with Universal Music Group September 24, 2018 London-listed music technology firm 7digital will today reveal a partnership with Universal Music Group, the record label behind artists such as Taylor Swift, Elton John and Lady Gaga, to create new bespoke music partner services attributed to individual artists. The deal will see 7digital power online stores for artists through which fans can buy access [...]
Alex Jones, brand safety, and the issue of how brands can protect themselves in a murky online world September 17, 2018 To paraphrase Game of Thrones, the internet is dark and full of terrors. We’re all aware of issues on the web: the proliferation of hate speech, fake news, offensive content, easy access to pornography or violent images, even terrorist propaganda. For individuals wanting to safely navigate the online world, it’s easy to avoid the darker [...]
The Grosvenor Estate weighs up move to become a serviced office space provider September 13, 2018 It might be one of London’s oldest landlords, but the Grosvenor Estate is mulling a move into one of the property market’s newest trends. In a bid to cash in on the growing popularity of serviced office spaces, the Duke of Westminster’s Mayfair business confirmed it is weighing up the idea of challenging market giants such [...]
Apple Music attracts 11m subscribers in first month, closing in on music-streaming rival Spotify August 6, 2015 Apple has attracted 11m users to Apple Music, its music-streaming service currently in free trial stage. The company revealed the first public figures in an interview with USA Today, as Eddy Cue, senior vice president of internet software and services, commented: We’re thrilled with the numbers so far. Apple Music launched on 30 June and [...]
Spotify’s musical map of the world: These are the most popular songs in London, Manchester, New York, Berlin, and every major city around the world July 14, 2015 Londoners love Jamie xx while New Yorkers prefer the tunes of The Chainsmokers, and everyone loves a bit of hip hop. That's the musical tastes of music fans around the world, based on their listening habits of more than 20bn tracks in more than 1,000 cities around the world. Spotify has created a musical map [...]
Streaming is believing: The race for streaming supremacy is on June 29, 2015 Don’t we just love a media-fuelled battle for supremacy, the winner in the ‘big race’, Goliaths all lining up for the 100 metre Dad’s dash? The truth is, in the mega-subscriber streaming market the gun went off years ago. The battle for streaming kingship is, as they say, a marathon not a sprint and [...]
Spotify reveals user numbers after Apple Music launch as TeliaSonera funding pushes valuation to $8bn June 10, 2015 Spotify has revealed the number of users it has, just days after the launch of a rival music streaming service by Apple dubbed a "Spotify killer". The service which made music streaming popular now counts 75m active users – growth of 88 per cent since May last year – while the number of subscribers has [...]
Streams are the new downloads: Apple music service rumours swirl as Netflix tests ads and Spotify experiments with video June 2, 2015 The battle to dominate the growing online media streaming market, and to make money from it, is about to go up a level. Tech giant Apple is rumoured to be preparing to announce a $10 (£6.50) a month music streaming service at its WWDC conference for software developers on Monday. If the move [...]
Music streaming wars: Is Apple about to unveil a Spotify killer? June 1, 2015 After months of conjecture, is Apple about to take the bull by the horns and launch a Spotify rival? The Wall Street Journal reported today that the company is poised to take on the music streaming giant. According to the WSJ, the technology giant is planning to go into direct competition with Spotify and Pandora, an internet radio [...]
Spotify puts the spotlight on video content May 20, 2015 Music streaming service Spotify yesterday announced that it has made its first move into video and signed some major media partners. The firm said it has partnered with the BBC, MTV, ESPN, Comedy Central and Jimmy Kimmel Live (above), as well as some major podcasting networks.