Peloton Now a Place to Debut Music; The MLC Begins Full Operations; Holiday Livestream Success for Andrea Bocelli
Peloton tests its own exclusive music with three Elvis remixes — www.theverge.com
The popular fitness startup, already known for its use of popular music during its classes, announced today that it’s debuting new Elvis remixes in its app that’ll be exclusive to the platform for a month.
The MLC Begins Full Operations — platformandstream.wordpress.com
The highly anticipated License Availability Date set by the landmark Music Modernization Act of 2018 has officially arrived, ushering in a new era in mechanical licensing led by The Mechanical Licensing Collective.
Andrea Bocelli’s Christmas livestream sold $1.75m of tickets — musically.com
Classical star Andrea Bocelli enjoyed a festive bonanza with his livestream from Italy’s Teatro Regio di Parma Opera House in December.
UK music streaming hits a high note amid the lows of Covid — www.theguardian.com
Lewis Capaldi leads the way as format accounts for more than 80% of music consumption in 2020
Igor Levit: The classical music star streaming performances from his living room — www.cbsnews.com
The pianist tells Jon Wertheim about finding an audience during the pandemic, speaking out against antisemitism, and understanding Beethoven with the help of Eminem.
How Fashion Is Using Spotify to Connect with New Audiences — coveteur.com
The pandemic has pushed fashion houses to get creative in terms of how they connect with their audience, with many using Spotify as a new platform to reach their consumers.
Brandi Carlile’s Soundgarden collaboration is now on streaming services — www.nme.com
Brandi Carlile has shared ‘A Rooster Says’, her collaboration with the surviving members of Soundgarden, on streaming services.
Twitch is the global music industry’s new enemy №1 — theindustryobserver.thebrag.com
Snapped up by Amazon in 2014, the business then made a strategic shift into music.
Apple Fitness+ playlists featured in Apple Music search — appleinsider.com
Apple is promoting Fitness+ in Apple Music, by adding a collection of playlists created for the workout subscription to the music-streaming app created by the trainers.
Search traffic to piracy websites dropped by a third in 2020 — musically.com
The key finding: “From December 2019 to November 2020, search traffic to pirate sites dropped by roughly a third.” This included a ‘freefall’ in early May, which as the piece pointed out, coincided with a major algorithm update by Google
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