Instagram’s IGTV could seriously change the game for music video monetization — starting in just a few months. Instagram’s long-form video platform could seriously shake up music video monetization, while finally giving industry a YouTube alternative. Just today, Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom confirmed that the just-launched IGTV will include music monetization, embedded ads, and other paid…

Over the past ten years, the three major music publishers – Universal Music Publishing, Warner/Chappell and Sony/ATV – did not receive any equity in Spotify as part of their numerous licensing agreements. In the case of UMPG and Warner/Chappell, there’s a fairly unsurprising reason this happened. Spotify’s first run of global licensing deals, back in…

A new study has found a link between a person’s appreciation of music and their ability to feel empathy, suggesting that music may have an evolutionary purpose by enabling humans to bond with each other. “What we found is that when they are listening to familiar music it is almost like they are engaging with a friend,” lead…

An audience of patients with Alzheimer’s disease listens in rapt attention as a young woman sings the French song “Beau Soir.” Despite his failing mind, one of the men in the crowd, Les Dean, translates the words into English for a friend. “See how the setting sun paints a river with roses,” he whispers. “Tremulous…

Repeating spoken words is a technique familiar to music buffs — the rhythm of the repetition feels like a song. Now, scientists think they can explain why. It turns out it has to do with how our brains process language. For a paper published today in the journal PLOS ONE, researchers used an auditory illusion called the…

When I’m at the gym with my headphones on (killin’ the game, might I add), you better believe I have some throwback Britney Spears songs blasting through my eardrums — that sh*t gets me going. Both Britney and T-Swift originals will always remain on my ~beast-mode~ workout playlist, no matter how many great new songs come…

When we compare music services, we’re usually trying to help you figure out which one you should give your money to. After all, it’s somewhat rare for a company to offer two completely different music services with completely different feature sets and catalogs, but Google has always been somewhat rare when it comes to music….

Months after Facebook struck licensing deals with prominent music companies, the social-media platform announced today the first results of those deals. First, the platform is beginning to roll out the function whereby users can include music in their personal videos, which it is testing in several markets and “looks forward to making it available more broadly soon.”…

Bomba has long been a way for those who play and dance it to forget their troubles. It was true for the island’s slaves who first danced to it centuries ago. It was true after Hurricane Maria too. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: And we couldn’t bring you to Puerto Rico without hearing a little music. Our…

When mealtime rolls around and we’re considering what we’ll have to eat, the last thing we think about is what’s on our iPod, and what volume it’s playing at. Maybe we should. Do you think you eat healthier when soft or loud music is playing? Researchers at the University of South Florida, Tampa, ran several…