• Billboard’s Charts Will Give More Weight to Paid Music Streams

    Billboard’s Charts Will Give More Weight to Paid Music Streams

    Billboard, like Neilsen, is finally understanding how people consume entertainment.  We reported that Neilsen is going to start tracking people watching Netflix in order to assess those numbers from a ratings perspective.  Which makes sense in today’s world.  Now Billboard is going to adjust how it weighs and calculates streaming music starting in 2018.  More weight…

  • You Can No Longer Stream Spotify Music Using the Safari Browser

    You Can No Longer Stream Spotify Music Using the Safari Browser

    In a post yesterday on Spotify Community, user riegelstamm stated that they could no longer use Spotify in their Safari web browser.  Despite the fact that Spotify’s system requirements page said that the service was compatible with Safari 6 or higher.  riegelstamm contacted Spotify, and they received the following response: After taking a look backstage,…

  • Spotify Announces Music Festival, While Apple Cancels Theirs

    Spotify Announces Music Festival, While Apple Cancels Theirs

    Spotify has decided to have their own annual music festival , which comes after Apple decided to end theirs.  Well, Apple is still having smaller events, but they have abandoned their annual Apple Music Festival, which lasted 10 days.  Spotify has decided to have a single day festival and will solely focus on Hip Hop…