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Spotify and Facebook Stories

Spotify rolled out the ability to share 15-seconds of a Spotify track to Facebook Stories. From your Spotify track tap “Share”, select Facebook, customize your Story, and post it to your fans. When viewers watch your Story they will be able to listen to a 15-second preview of it. They can hear more by tapping […]

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Loudness normalization and gapless playback comes to Amazon Music

According to Android Police, the Amazon Music App’s latest update gives you the option to turn on Loudness Normalization, a process that attempts to maintain a consistent volume from song to song. Take that, Loudness War! Also added is Gapless playback which is uninterrupted playback of consecutive audio tracks. This is great for concept albums […]

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Create your own podcast with Spotify

According to TechCrunch, Spotify is likely adding a “Create podcast” feature to the ever popular streaming service. This feature will funnel users to Anchor, a podcast creation platform that they recently acquired.

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Amazon Music on Garmin smartwatches

Following iHeartRadio, Deezer and Spoitfy’s lead, engadget reports that Amazon Music is now also available on Garmin smartwatches. Prime subscribers can access 2 million tracks while Amazon Music Unlimited subscribers get the full library of 50 million songs. Check out Garmin’s smartwatch here.

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Hasbro buys iconic rap label

In a odd turn of events, by acquiring the lucrative Peppa Pig and PJ Masks franchises from Entertainment One, Hasbro Toy Company became the new owner of iconic rap label Death Row Records. Here is how this happened: 2006: Death Row declares bankruptcy. 2009: Death Row is auctioned off to WIDEawake Entertainment for $18 million. 2013: Death Row […]

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DistroKid and TikTok

DistroKid announced that they can now get music in TikTok, a popular video sharing app that has reportedly been downloaded over a billion times. Vox has a pretty good explanation of what it is.

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Eight Mile Style sues Spotify

Here’s an interesting read. Pitchfork has reported here and here that Eminen’s music publisher, Eight Mile Style, has filed a lawsuit against Spotify. The lawsuit claims that Spotify placed a number of his songs in a category called Copyright Control, which means that the copyright owner is unknown, resulting in him being inaccurately compensated. The […]

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El Distro expands into North African markets

According to a press release posted at KTVN, El Distro Founder, Amer Nejma has announced expansion in the North Afican market. El Distro is the first company in North Africa to extend career support services to music talents in the region. 

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Tidal adds social sharing

According to Billboard, Tidal has added the ability to share music and video to Instagram and Facebook Stories right from your Android and iOS apps.

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