Report claims Beatles music set to come to streaming services on Christmas Eve

Fans of legendary rock group might be in for a treat. According to sources who spoke with Billboard, Beatles’ discography is set to land on “most, if not all” streaming services by Dec. 24^th.  Fans might be able to hear “Hey Jude” by Thursday. There were rumours before that there will be a six-month “exclusive” for a known streaming service but that died out. However, this past January former Universal Music Group digital executive Rob Wells was said to restart discussions on the matter and papers were reportedly signed by mid-September. Major streaming services won’t comment about their involvement in the report. If their catalogue does show up in streaming services, we can only speculate what records the Fab Four will break.

Source: Billboard

Spotify rumoured to be considering Premium-only music content

One of Spotify’s main selling points has to be the ability to listen to the latest tracks for free, even if you did have to listen to ads every couple of songs. But that might change in the future. Spotify is rumoured to be having certain songs or albums made available to paying Premium subscribers amidst reports that they are being pressured by major labels like Sony Warner, and Universal ahead of its October 1^st renewal deadline. It’s said that the CEOs of Sony and Universal are against the ad-based tiers as they think it devalues their catalogs and generate less revenue.

One possibility that could happen is a popular album will be available for listening for the free users for a limited amount of time or they can only listen to a couple of songs from the album. According to reports, the transition might happen early next year, giving Spotify time to work out its deals and update its apps. Now, if you’re a free subscriber and this will happen, will this be enough to make you consider moving to the Premium tier?

Source: Digital Music News | Via: Apple Insider

Xbox Music finds its Groove

Microsoft a few weeks back announced the rebranding of its Xbox Music service to Groove. Now, it’s been officially unveiled to coincide with the release of Windows 10. The highlights Microsoft wants you to focus on with Groove is that you can upload your music to OneDrive, save files for offline use, and stream music with Groove Music Pass ad-free on the web, PC, iPhone, Android and Windows Phone devices. They boast around 40 million songs available. And Sonos already supports the rebranded service, even if it’s just on beta.

Spotify outs user-specific ‘Discover Weekly’ playlist

Spotify’s new feature is bringing you a more personalized playlist. The automatically generated and aptly named Discover Weekly playlist gives you an instant playlist based on the music you’ve been listening to. It also takes into account the taste of the people who listen to music similar to you. If you like a particular song, make sure to save it because the playlist updates every Monday. Spotify plans to bring this new feature to all its users in the coming weeks. For now, you’ll have to look for new stuff to listen to the “old-fashioned way” on Spotify and tap on that Discover tab or stalk your friends and see what they’re listening to.

Source: Gizmodo