[mainpage]Read and hear about the latest in streaming business through these news links. Spotify's Daniel Ek responds to Taylor Swift and claims that Spotify is creating an alternative to Piracy (or, more accurate, to illegal downloads and streams) while Google and YouTube launch the paid Music Key service and the former head of LiveNation now discovered his will to fight for artist rights - through his own licensing company putting pressure on YouTube. YouTube is also planning a lyrics video solution (it is about time!).
What's more, rumors are that Apple will use Beats as their door to the streaming market in 2015 and maybe even acquire SoundCloud for this purpose.
Twitter officially laid to rest Twitter #Music while introducing their new Audio Cards (partners are - hear hear - SoundCloud and iTunes) allowing for uninterrupted music listening via twitter even if the user continues to browse his twitter feeds. Before, further browsing made the song stop, and this is a deadly sin in digital music UX design.
Now, how will classical music be more visible and get its fair share with these services? A good metadata solution including a better search for classical titles (for example via conductor or choir) is still wanted. Maybe YouTube can top Spotify, Rdio and Co, where you cannot even read the full title of a movement, most of the times.
More to follow...
article posted by:Paul Bräuer, Classical:NEXT