Articles about Amazon Music

Tech Moves: Amazon Music names VP; Microsoft departures and a Copilot shakeup; Veeam adds exec

Amazon Music names VP of product and tech; Microsoft’s corporate VP of Security, Compliance, Identity, Management & Privacy steps down while its Copilot platform undergoes a shakeup; Veeam appoints a chief marketing and customer AI officer; and Read More

Amazon Music adds ‘Fan Groups’ to allow listeners to discover, share and chat in dedicated communities

Fans can explore and create groups and have conversations about artists, songs, genres and more without leaving the Music app. Read More

Neil Young plans to pull his music off Amazon as he calls out Jeff Bezos for supporting Trump

The 79-year-old rocker is encouraging his listeners to reject “big corporations who have sold out America” and instead “buy local.” Read More

Amazon makes job cuts in music division

Amazon is cutting an unspecified number of positions in its music division in the latest layoffs to hit the tech… Read More

Report: Amazon expanding into live audio

Amazon Music is leading an effort to expand the company into live audio, joining the likes of Clubhouse, Twitter, Facebook… Read More

Amazon’s ‘Prime Day Show’ will feature Billie Eilish, H.E.R. and Kid Cudi in streaming musical event

Amazon is bringing out more star power to promote this year’s Prime Day shopping event. The company announced Thursday that… Read More

Podcast

Amazon’s business secrets: Former insiders explain how the tech giant really works in new book

How will Amazon maintain its culture as it approaches 1.3 million employees and prepares for its founder Jeff Bezos to… Read More

Amazon Music now links with Twitch to show artists’ live streaming performances

Musicians relying on digital streaming to connect with fans during the pandemic have another option to do so thanks to… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: Microsoft’s pricey Duo; Amazon’s clumsy podcast news; REI drops HQ

Here’s what we’re talking about on the GeekWire Podcast this week. We finally got the price and date for Surface… Read More

Amazon reveals ‘confidential’ podcast plan in mass email; shows must agree not to disparage Amazon

Amazon Music and the tech giant’s Audible subsidiary plan to offer podcasts from third-party content providers directly on their platforms,… Read More

Amazon takes on Tidal with new high-def music streaming service

Amazon expanded its streaming music subscription service on Tuesday, rolling out a new high-definition option that competes with similar offerings… Read More

Amazon to host free concert from roof of Seattle’s Pike Place Market with The Head and The Heart

The Head and The Heart … and the pig and the flying fish. That will be the scene on Sunday… Read More

Unique Amazon broadcast, ‘The U2 Experience,’ to provide history of band and hype for new album

With 40 years of rock history behind them, U2 are taking a somewhat futuristic approach to hyping their upcoming album,… Read More

There is a 79-foot-tall Amazon Echo replica in New York City’s Times Square — here’s why

Amazon is known for being secretive about its plans, but when it wants to make an impression it knows how… Read More

Pandora finally gets into the on-demand music streaming game, challenging Spotify and Apple Music

Pandora, the Internet radio giant that pioneered music streaming, is launching a premium subscription service to compete with industry titans Spotify and… Read More

How people are using the Amazon Echo: New study reveals surprising patterns

Amazon’s Echo product line has been called the “accidental winner” of the smart-home speaker market, but it’s more accurate to… Read More

Amazon Music, Nickelodeon help T-Mobile’s data-saving streaming programs top 100 services

T-Mobile’s Music Freedom and Binge On programs are expanding again today, bringing the total number of services available through the… Read More

Chart: This is how crowded the streaming music industry is

It’s hard out there for a streaming music service in the U.S. A new chart from Statista shows just how… Read More