Every Monday, we’re sharing the latest news and information for the music industry and technology worldwide.
Get your learn on and stay in the know with Symphonic’s Music Biz Monday!
Instagram Hits Back at TikTok With Integrated Lyrics — And Recruits Billie Eilish for the Announcement
Instagram is fighting back against TikTok’s rise among teenagers with new integrated lyrics on video Stories.
Facebook even recruited Billie Eilish to showcase the new feature.
Integrated lyrics can be added to any Story with a musical sticker. The feature is available everywhere Instagram Music is available including the US, France, and Germany.
\\ Read more on Digital Music News //
DUBSET AND BEATPORT ENTER INTO PARTNERSHIP TO CONNECT DUBSET’S MIXBANK TO BEATPORT’S RETAIL STORE
Remix clearance startup Dubset, the remix and DJ set clearance trailblazer, is launching a new partnership with Beatport that will allow select remixes cleared through its MixBANK platform to be available for download on Beatport.
The partnership will create an amazing opportunity for DJs to source new edits, flips and alternate versions of songs to be purchased and used in their live sets and recordings.
\\ Read more on Music Business Worldwide //
SPOTIFY INKS EXCLUSIVE PODCAST DEAL WITH BARACK AND MICHELLE OBAMA
Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company, Higher Ground, has inked an exclusive podcast deal with Spotify.
The Obamas formed Higher Ground to ‘produce powerful stories to entertain, inform and inspire, and to lift up new, diverse voices in the entertainment industry’.
\\ Read more on Music Business Worldwide //
The Rise of New Streaming Markets – Midem 2019
This exclusive presentation by MIDiA Research will chronologically underlined the big development of Streaming observed in western countries first, to then detail its expansion to emerging markets like Latin America or China in Asia.
\\ Watch it on YouTube //
PLEDGEMUSIC COLLAPSE: UK MUSIC INDUSTRY UNITES TO SUPPORT AFFECTED ARTISTS & BUSINESSES
A group of UK-based music trade organizations and charities have launched a bid to support UK artists and businesses impacted by the collapse of D2C and e-commerce platform PledgeMusic.
The collective will use an ‘impact survey’ to better understand the scale of the fallout from the firm’s collapse and to help coordinate assistance to those facing difficulties.
\\ Read more on Music Business Worldwide //
Other Stories You May Like
Creative Secrets to step up your Instagram Game
Fresh New Music ft. JAWNZA, Only Child Tyrant + more
