Monday July 28th,
Good morning! Enjoy the weekend? While you were out on the grind and enjoying life last week, you might have missed some stories.We know. You're busy. No problem. Here's a breakdown of everything you need to know in the worlds of music and tech:
STREAMING & SUBSCRIPTION
Spotify, MTV Partner on Playlists, Editorial via Billboard
MTV will release curated playlists through Spotify
Access to playlists will require a Spotify account
Deal will eventually include CMT and VH1 as well
CULTURE
New traveling EDM festival lauched via Your EDM
Called "Safe in Sound"; will travel to 20 cities this fall
Will focus on heavy bass
Headliners include Adventure Club, Zeds Dead
TECH
Foursquare releases revamped app via The Verge
Notably, check in features now gone
Personalizes nearby food and restaurants based on tastes
Completes split between Foursquare and new app Swarm
Amazon expands Prime Music catalog via Tech Crunch
Grown by "hundreds of thousands of songs"
Includes both contemporary and classics
Prime now includes over 1 million available songs
Weird Al lands first No.1 album via Buzzfeed
"Mandatory Fun" his first #1 in 30+ year career
Highlights include parodies of "Blurred Lines", "Royals"
States it may be his last album; could just release videos and singles
New smartwear: earphones with tracking capabilities via Tech Crunch
Called "FreeWavz"
Monitors health statistics for fitness
Seeking $300,000 on Kickstarter
Kim Dotcom's Baboom streaming service nears launch via Billboard
Names music business veteran Tony Smith CFO
Baboom to be released this fall
Aims to go public by end of the year
Madonna reworks classic with Diplo via Pitchfork
The duo reworked 1987 hit "La Isla Bonita"
Madonna shouts out Diplo project Major Lazer
Expected to work on more projects in future
Facebook, Uber in early partnership discussion via Re/Code
Would enable Uber drivers to be called via Messenger
Follows Facebook's goal to monetize Messenger
Deal is still "very conceptual, nowhere near execution"