Spotify Virtual Concerts

Virtual Events

An upcoming feature in development at Spotify could help turn things around, by again connecting artists with their fans through ticketed live music events.

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Where Americans Listen To Music

Chart: Where Americans Listen To Music

According to a Morning Consult/Hollywood Reporter poll of adult Americans who listen to music about once a week or more, most of them (69%) listen to music via traditional AM/FM radio stations.

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Digital Marketing This Week

Digital Marketing News This Week

Topics: Massive Twitter hack and Bitcoin scam; the Minnesota Twins broadcast a scrimmage with a crowdtrack; free Grow With Google courses; long-term care seniors pose for iconic classic rock album cover recreations; Michelle Obama’s new podcast on Spotify; Hulu rolls out self-serve advertising; an ad agency goes fully remote; Target joins the growing list of retailers mandating masks for customers; Chris Cuomo calls out Trump over Goyagate; Instagram to clone TikTok; Hong Kong’s protest movement keeps getting stymied by Apple; more.

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Entertainment Subscriptions By Generation [CHART]

Chart: US Entertainment Subscriptions By Generation

The growth of subscription video-on-demand services has been well documented but it looks like a new milestone is in the works. Deloitte’s annual Digital Media Trends survey suggests that more consumers now subscribe to a streaming video service than to traditional TV.

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Spotify Users, 2017-2019 [CHART]

Chart: Spotify Users, 2017-2019

This year, 58.4 million people in the US will use Spotify, making up 20.8% of internet users, according to eMarketer estimates. In contrast, Pandora will have 75.9 million users in the US this year. However, we expect Pandora’s US user base to decline slightly through the forecast period, while Spotify will see double-digit growth in 2018, as…

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