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Spotify #loveAds site invites marketers to build playlists of their favourite TV ad scores

Spotify launches brand film to celebrate India launch

Indonesia bans daytime broadcast of western songs due to 'pornographic' lyrics

28 February 2019

Spotify launches in India to tap the country's fast-growing music streaming segment

28 February 2019

Tencent Music makes its US IPO at over $1.1bn despite exec fraud scandal

12 December 2018

JioMusic and Saavn merge into JioSaavn to strengthen position in South Asia

04 December 2018

Gaana chief executive on how it aims to attract the next generation of music streaming users...

04 December 2018

Tencent Music and Entertainment hires three US banks as it readies for IPO

YouTube launches its own music streaming service

Global music streaming leapfrog CD sales for first time

Tencent Music reportedly preparing for IPO this year

Spotify and Hulu ink content partnership

Be-at.tv on how streaming helps brands like Corona drive ROI on music events

Pandora acquires digital audio adtech firm AdsWizz to the tune of $145m

Behind Deezer’s plan to capture Asia Pacific’s ‘healthy competitive market’ for music streaming

08 February 2018

Metro Boomin turns up the trap music in Gap-branded remix, music video to 80s hit single 'Hold...

29 January 2018

Music streaming services hit with higher US royalty levies

29 January 2018

Spotify, nearing reported IPO filing, sued for $1.6bn by Tom Petty’s publisher for using songs...

03 January 2018

Pandora names Aimée Lapic chief marketing officer

12 December 2017

Spotify and Tencent take minority stakes in each other’s business

11 December 2017

'Our app uses product innovation and localised content to beat the competition', says Gaana...

07 December 2017

Spotify launches its own self-serve platform for audio ads

20 September 2017

Spotify's Ong on expansion in Asia Pacific and why it is becoming a leader in programmatic

20 September 2017

Spotify hits 140 million monthly users as it notes ‘explosive’ growth of automated audio ads

Pete Tong talks music innovation: 'I wouldn’t let AI make creative decisions for me'

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AWAL demystifies streaming data for independent artists

Deezer’s first global ad marks a shift in tone for the challenger as it outlines its vision...

Spotify Europe VP: ‘when other walled gardens say no to data questions, we say yes’

SoundCloud makes further steps into programmatic with Rubicon Project deal

16 February 2017

Measuring sound: how data and streaming is impacting the music industry

15 February 2017

Making the artist: What does it take to break through in music in 2017?

08 February 2017

Turning Londoners into Beliebers

08 February 2017

Apple moves into sports sponsorship with FC Bayern Munich partnership

31 January 2017

Facebook hires key YouTube music exec to lead its global music strategy

30 January 2017

Deezer wants to support emerging musicians by leveraging its clout as a 'powerful' marketing...

24 January 2017

Music listening: Are we heading towards a data blackout?

06 January 2017