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YouTube Music tests new Now Playing UI with simpler access to lyrics (Updated)

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YouTube Music tests new Now Playing UI with simpler access to lyrics (Updated)

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More than a year after launch, Google is still bringing slow, but tangible improvements to YouTube Music. While the ability to upload your own tracks to the service isn’t yet live, we now have confirmation that it’s coming. A little less exciting piece of news is that the app is testing a new, improved Now Playing interface.

The point of this new UI is to make everything clearer. Shuffle and repeat buttons are no longer hidden in the sliding queue overlay, and lyrics are more prominently displayed instead of being mysteriously concealed behind the information button. There are also several cosmetic changes, including a centered album art and progress bar, a toggle for song/video, and some reshuffling of the different buttons.

Amazon’s Twitch Helping Artists Make Money During the Pandemic | The Motley Fool

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Amazon’s Twitch Helping Artists Make Money During the Pandemic | The Motley Fool

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The platform has partnered with Bandsintown to give artists a simple way to earn some money doing live-streams while live performances are on hiatus.

Bandsintown and Twitch announced a partnership to enable musicians with more than 2,000 followers to access Twitch’s monetization tools when streaming live events. Artists have to first create a Twitch Channel, which is free.

Through Twitch, streamers earn money by accepting subscriptions from their viewers and offering Bits to Cheer, which are virtual goods viewers can purchase to Cheer in chat. The performers get a piece of that revenue. Bandsintown also said its fast-tracking the application process, which normally takes two to five business days.

Spotify subscribers 2x Apple Music, with big podcast news too – 9to5Mac

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Spotify subscribers 2x Apple Music, with big podcast news too – 9to5Mac

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Spotify subscribers rose 29% year-on-year during the final quarter of 2019, reports the company. It now has 124M premium members, compared to Apple Music’s last reported number of 60M.

Spotify is gaining ground, however, last year adding a Your Daily Podcasts playlist designed to surface shows likely to be of interest to individual subscribers.

It was recently revealed that Amazon Music has a subscriber base somewhere close to that of Apple Music. However, Apple tends to only announce each 10M milestone, so the company could potentially now be closer to 70M.

Read the whole article at 9to5mac.com

Amazon Music Surpasses 55 Million Customers

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Amazon Music Surpasses 55 Million Customers

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https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8548657/amazon-music-customers-user-metrics

Amazon Music now has more than 55 million customers globally across all its streaming offerings, while subscriptions to its premium Amazon Music Unlimited service grew by more than 50 percent over 2019. 

Back in July, a Financial Times report named Amazon the fastest-growing music streaming service globally, with more than 32 million subscribers worldwide at the time. The report also stated that Amazon Music Unlimited had grown 70% over the past year. 

Read the whole article at Billboard.com

U.S. Music Industry Hits Milestone in 2019 With Over 1 Trillion Streams | Pitchfork

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U.S. Music Industry Hits Milestone in 2019 With Over 1 Trillion Streams | Pitchfork

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Lil Nas X, Billie Eilish, Post Malone, and Ariana Grande were among the most popular streaming artists of the year

In 2019, U.S. listeners passed the trillion-stream mark for the first time, according to Nielsen’s annual year-end report on the music industry. There were 1.15 trillion audio and music video streams in 2019—up 29.3% from 887.4 billion streams in 2018. Read the full report via Billboard here.

Read the article at Pitchfork.com

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