Amazon Music offers ad-supported free music streaming service

In an effort aimed at consolidating its position in the music streaming service, Amazon.com Inc stated it has introduced an ad-supported free version of its music streaming service called Amazon Music. Incidentally, Spotify Technology, Amazon Music’s rival, has nearly 140 million users for its free version. For its paid version, Amazon Music’s plans start at…

Apple Music reports 60 million subscribers

Spotify, Apple’s rival, has 100 million subscribers. Apple Inc has stated, its online music streaming service has garnered more than 60 million subscribers. Industry leader, Spotify Technology SA, has 100 million premium subscribers. The disclosure made by Apple’s senior vice president of services, Eddy Cue, was confirmed by Apple’s spokesman. Since May 2018, Apple had…

Tencent’s earnings report reveals surging licensing and content production costs

Excluding one-off items, Tencent Music Entertainment Group earned 0.57 yuan per American depositary share in the quarter, in line with analysts’ average estimate, according to IBES data from Refinitiv. In a significant development, China’s hugely successful content streaming firm Tencent Music Entertainment Group delivered its first earnings report as a public company. Although its result…

Wixen Music Publishing Inc sues Sweden’s Spotify over copyright infringement for $1.6 billion

In its lawsuit Wixen Music Publishing has alleged that Spotify has made available thousands of songs to its users without getting a direct or a compulsory license from it which allows it to either distribute or reproduce the songs. Wixen Music Publishing Inc has sued Spotify, a music streaming company for allegedly using thousands of…