Apple Music In The News

Universal launches hip-hop label in India with Nas and Mass Appeal

Mass Appeal India's first signing is Mumbai rapper DIVINE

Official: Subscription streaming revenue growth is slowing down in the UK

Is key global market showing very first signs of streaming saturation?

Daniel Ek rubbishes iHeart boss Pittman’s claim that ‘73% of Spotify’s listening comes from just 3% of their audience’

iHeart now reaches 275 million Americans monthly – more than the top two closest broadcast radio competitors combined

Exec who launched Universal’s Digster and Spinnup in Sweden starts platform for fans to invest in artists ‘without a traditional label’

Mattias Tengblad and Emil Angervall launch Corite out of Sweden with interesting fan-funding model

Apple Music For Artists launches, rivalling Spotify’s analytics tools

Unsurprisingly, Apple is putting Shazam data front and center within its app

The major labels are close to generating $1m from streaming every hour – but global growth is actually slowing down

MBW analysis shows that global major label streaming revenue growth slowed by 19.1% YoY in the first six months of this year

After Apple’s Verizon deal, free Spotify subscriptions offered to customers of rival AT&T

AT&T Unlimited & More Premium customers can select a Spotify Premium subscription from one of seven premium entertainment options for free

Spotify’s subscriber base grows to 108m, as total Monthly Active User count hits 232m

Latest figures show growth both quarter-on-quarter and year-on-year