Confirmed: Apple acquires Shazam, the media identification app
Shazam will likely be integrated into Apple Music
Google Assistant can finally recognize music, but is it late to the party?
A not so simple skill is mastered
Billboard in 2018 will give songs played on paid streaming services more weight, but why?
Are music labels simply looking for a reason to distance themselves from ad-supported tiers?
Mighty: the tiny music player that lets you take your Spotify off the grid
Take your Spotify anywhere with this ultra-portable music player
Microsoft is shutting down Groove Music in favor of Spotify
Redmond gives up on music streaming
Apple will no longer host its annual Apple Music Festival
Apple may instead focus on sponsoring one-off events
YouTube-MP3 throws in the towel, will shut down and hand domain over to record labels
It's the end of the road for one of the world's largest stream-ripping sites
Amazon cuts pricing for students on Music Unlimited service
Music streaming remains popular and is getting cheaper
Apple discontinues iPod nano and shuffle, increases storage on iPod touch
After 12 years, two more iPods are retired
Sony returns to the vinyl printing business after an almost 30-year absence
Vinyl's popularity has reached a 25-year high
SiriusXM is buying a 19% stake in Pandora for $480 million
An outright acquisition is off the table for now
Amazon's Prime-exclusive live concert events begin in the UK this month
Subscribers will be able to watch the gigs through Prime Video
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The US music industry last year experienced its biggest gain since 1998
Yet revenues are still half of what they were in 1999
Pandora launches on-demand music service to compete with Spotify, Apple Music
The app's design is inspired by Rdio, the streaming app it acquired back in 2015
Facebook looks to take on YouTube with record label deal that would allow users to add copyrighted music to their videos
Facebook hopes it will result in more user videos being uploaded
Audio streaming is now more popular than buying music digitally
Drake leads the pack when it comes to music streaming
Pandora unveils Premium, its on-demand music streaming service
Personalization is Pandora's strong suit
YouTube reveals that it paid over $1 billion worth of ad revenue to the music industry in 2016
The music industry says YouTube doesn't pay it enough