Mediatwits #138: Streaming Music Rising: Spotify, YouTube, Beats, Pandora

When Taylor Swift removed her music from Spotify this month many people were surprised. After all, the streaming music service is one of the largest with 37.5 million free users a month and more than 12 million paid users. In an interview with Yahoo!, Swift said she wasn't willing to contribute to streaming services like Spotify that don’t "fairly compensate the writers, producers, artists and creators of this music." But streaming is becoming increasingly important as tech giants such as Apple/Beats and Google/YouTube roll out their own services. Last week, YouTube revealed details of Music Key, which will allow paid subscribers to stream music videos without ads. Of course, Apple had a revelation of its own when it announced a push to bundle its Beats streaming music on the next version of iOS. What’s the future of streaming music and the music industry? How can these services attract more people? We’ll break down the future of streaming music on this week’s podcast with guests Adrianne Jefferies, managing editor of Vice Motherboard; Glenn Peoples, senior editorial analyst for Billboard Magazine; Lucas Shaw, entertainment reporter for Bloomberg; along with regular Andrew Lih from American University. PBS MediaShift’s Mark Glaser will be hosting and Jefferson Yen will be producing.

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