Paul Resnikoff

Spotify Individual Premium Subscribers Continue to Flatline In the US — As the Broader US-Based Streaming Music Subscription Picture Remains Soft

January 29, 2025

Spotify US-based subscribers, both overall and Individual Premium, from November, 2023 to November, 2024 (Source: DMN Pro/Digital Music News) Surprising declines in Spotify’s US-based individual Premium subsc... Read More...

Universal Music Group Bosses Finally Push Back on Spotify’s Bundling Shenanigans — Now There’s a Direct Deal with UMPG Dealing With the Royalty Loophole

Paul Resnikoff

January 26, 2025

Since early 2024, Spotify has been ramming nearly every subscriber into a cut-rate 'bundled' package involving music and audiobooks — and boasting about the huge royalty savings while fighting publishers toot... Read More...

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These Shuttered Music Industry Startups Raised Over $320 Million Between 2020 and 2023 — A Look at the Latest Music Startup Crashes, Pivots, and Acquisitions

Paul Resnikoff

January 23, 2025

Music startups have crashed across nearly every category, DMN Pro data reveals (Photo: DMN Pro/Digital Music News) Splashy funding announcements are extremely common in the music industry. But what happens to... Read More...

Spotify Mechanical Royalties Drop 30-40% In January for Multiple US-Based Publishers — What’s Going On?

Paul Resnikoff

January 23, 2025

Photo Credit: Spotify Maybe it’s just an accounting slip — or maybe it's a serious dip. But according to preliminary Spotify royalty stats shared with Digital Music News by multiple US-based publishers, we ma... Read More...

Is TikTok Going Down In Flames? Forgive Me If I Struggle to Care

Paul Resnikoff

January 21, 2025

President Trump signs an Executive Order offering a stay on TikTok's ban for 75 days on January 20th, 2025 (Photo: Digital Music News) Trump wants to keep TikTok alive in the United States — and just authoriz... Read More...

TikTok Availability Update: Access Still Blocked on Apple App Store, Google Play Store; App Restored for Existing Users — Plus Trump Signs Executive Order Delaying Ban

Paul Resnikoff

January 19, 2025

TikTok remains unavailable on the Apple App Store as of Monday, January 20th at 8: 30 am PT (Photo: Digital Music News) Where is TikTok down in the US? Here's the latest availability report. Apple App Store:... Read More...

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Fewer Than 1% of Spotify Subscription Plans Are Currently Non-Bundled and Music-Only, Late-2024 Data Shows

Paul Resnikoff

January 16, 2025

Spotify’s non-bundled, music-only subscriptions virtually disappeared in 2024, according to DMN Pro’s latest intel. But that’s a Spotify feature, not a Spotify bug. Here’s what the latest data shows across all plan types and tiers in the United States, and what this means for streaming royalties going forward.

Fires continued to rage in Pacific Palisades during the evening of January 8th, 2024 (Photo: Digital Music News)

Los Angeles Is a Very Scary Place Right Now — But Despite a Raft of Industry Cancellations, a Surprising Number of Music Shows Are Soldiering Ahead

Paul Resnikoff

January 8, 2025

Fires continued to rage in Pacific Palisades and surrounding areas during the evening of January 8th, 2024 (Photo: Digital Music News) Life in Los Angeles quickly became a nightmare this week, with evacuation... Read More...

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Core Music Industry Funding Actually Rose in 2024 Thanks to a Few Massive Raises — Is a Wider Resurgence In the Cards for 2025?

Paul Resnikoff

January 8, 2025

Music Industry Funding Breakdown by Type, 2024 (Digital Music News/DMN Pro) Music industry funding ticked upward in 2024, but year-over-year levels would have plunged if not for a few huge raises. Amid rumbli... Read More...

AI-Powered Concert Listings? Hearby Just Generated an App for That

Paul Resnikoff

December 19, 2024

Ask Hearby in action (Photo Credit: Area4Labs) How much bigger can the global live concert space grow? Boston-based Hearby is betting that AI-generated concert searches can crack the discovery riddle and boos... Read More...

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Spotify’s Individual Subscribers Are Suddenly Declining In the US — Here’s a Look at the Latest Data

Paul Resnikoff

December 18, 2024

Full year-over-year data is revealing tepid US-based premium subscriber gains for Spotify, including near-zero growth and recent declines in the all-important Individual Premium subscriber category.

Virgin Music Group Acquires Downtown Music Holdings for $775 Million — Deal Slated to Close Mid-2025

Paul Resnikoff

December 16, 2024

Photo Credit: Downtown Music Holdings Virgin Music Group, a division of Universal Music Group, has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Downtown Music Holdings for $775 million. The deal, expected to c... Read More...

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