Beyond Spotify — Apple, SoundCloud and the Music Industry

Apple is scheduling a complete removal of music downloads from the iTunes Store by 2019, part of an aggressive transition towards streaming. (2017)

Here’s another tidbit from Eddy Cue’s content-packed SXSW appearance yesterday. Along with a dive into Apple’s video content strategy, the company’s.. (2018)

Our portfolio company SoundCloud is the first place most musical artists post their music, the first place most musical artists are offered an oppo... (2018)

YouTube will increase the number of ads that some users see between music videos, part of a strategy to convince more of its billion-plus viewers t... (2018)

Audius wants to cut the middlemen out of music streaming so artists get paid their fair share. Coming out of stealth today led by serial entreprene... (2018)

Music streaming - playing songs over the internet "on demand" - is widely regarded as having saved the music industry, following an era of music pi... (2018)

SiriusXM and Pandora have announced acquisition plans before the stock market opens. SiriusXM is offering to acquire Pandora for $3.5 billion in st... (2018)

The company hopes to do for podcasts what its Music Genome Project did for streaming songs. (2018)

SoundCloud has teamed up with Twitch for an initiative to help indie musicians who are feeling a financial strain due to the novel coronavirus pand... (2020)