Amazon Music Prime: Stream Millions of Songs
Amazon Music Prime gives Prime members access to over 100 million songs and thousands of playlists ad-free at no extra cost. The service includes on-demand...
Urban Movie Channels Black Music Month Icons
Urban Movie Channel launches Black Music Month collection featuring documentaries on Tupac, Notorious B.I.G., and other hip hop legends starting June 2017....
Twin Cities-based music service wins national award
Carbon Sound, a Twin Cities-based music streaming service celebrating Black musical expression, won a bronze Anthem Award for diversity and inclusion work....
Byron Allen Acquires Streaming Service HBCUGo.TV
Byron Allen's Allen Media Group acquires HBCUGo.TV, the leading streaming service for America's 105 HBCUs. The deal includes 5,000+ hours of content....
Clubhouse: Jay-Z Selling his Shares of Tidal
Jay-Z sold his majority stake in Tidal to Square's Jack Dorsey for $297 million, sparking debate about Black entrepreneurship and business strategy....
Vidgo Launches TV One on All Digital Platforms
Vidgo launches TV One content across all digital platforms, bringing Black culture and entertainment programming to streaming subscribers. The partnership expands access to diverse African...
Launching Worldwide on May 22, VumaTV Brings Inclusivity to
VumaTV launches May 22 as the first streaming service bridging the gap for multicultural audiences worldwide. The platform offers diverse content from African American, Latinx,...
Brown Sugar: Dear Momma & In The Cut
Brown Sugar streaming service celebrates Mother's Day with movies featuring strong maternal characters and continues new episodes of In The Cut....
Brown Sugar Launches on Apple TV Today
Brown Sugar streaming service launches on Apple TV, offering the largest collection of iconic African-American movies commercial-free for $3.99/month....
Kevin Hart’s LOL Streaming Service Launches August
Kevin Hart's Laugh Out Loud streaming service launches August 3rd with original comedy series, stand-up specials, and diverse comedic voices including King Bach and GloZell....
Hip-Hop Mogul Dame Dash Announces New Network
Hip-hop mogul Dame Dash launches Dash Diabetes Network on August 7, 2017, featuring ten episodes focused on diabetes education and wellness through entertainment....
Urban Movie Channel Launches on Apple TV Expanding Access
Urban Movie Channel (UMC) launches on Apple TV, expanding the first premium African American streaming service to more platforms after iOS success....
Good Ideas Beat Profits: Sprint Buys 33% of TIDAL
Sprint purchased 33% of Jay-Z's TIDAL streaming service for $200 million, making exclusive content available to Sprint's 45 million customers....
Playster Launches Unlimited Entertainment Platform
Playster launches its all-in-one entertainment platform in the U.S., offering unlimited access to music, movies, books, and games starting at $3.95....
YouTube Music Premium: Ad-Free Streaming Service
YouTube launches Red, a $9.99 monthly subscription service offering ad-free videos, offline viewing, and background play. The service includes YouTube Music app for enhanced music...
Pandora’s 10-Year Celebration: Ad-Free Music for $1
Pandora launches 99-cent One Day Pass offering 24 hours of ad-free music streaming. The service celebrates its 10th anniversary with Listener Love Day....
Dame Dash Slated to Launch His Own Version of Netflix
Dame Dash launches his own streaming platform similar to Netflix through DameDashStudios.com, featuring his music, movies, documentaries and self-help content....
Apple Music Pulls Out all the Stops, Drake, & More
Apple Music unveiled its revolutionary streaming service featuring Drake and Jimmy Iovine, launching in 100+ countries for $9.99/month with Beats 1 radio....
Sony Music Executive Spoils Apple’s “Surprise”
Sony Music executive Doug Morris accidentally confirmed Apple's music streaming service launch at MIDEM conference. Apple will officially announce the service at its developers conference....
Jay Z Faces Criticism Over Predominantly White TIDAL Staff
Jay Z faces backlash after a photo reveals his TIDAL streaming service has predominantly white staff, contradicting his previous statements about supporting black business....
YouTube Pushes Back Music Streaming Service Release Date
YouTube delays its Music Key streaming service until September 2015, possibly waiting to see Apple Music's market impact before full launch....
Deezer Launches New Podcasts Offering More than 20,000 Shows
Deezer expands beyond music streaming by launching over 20,000 podcasts and radio shows in France, UK, and Sweden, featuring content from Slate, Financial Times, and...
Tidal “Doing Just Fine” States Jay-Z…but
Jay-Z reassures fans that Tidal is successful despite having only 770,000 subscribers compared to Spotify's 15 million. He announces exclusive Tidal X concert....
RF Tech Watch: TrackPunch Social Music Platform
TrackPunch launches new social music discovery platform that aggregates data from Spotify, Pandora, and other services to help users find music based on friends' habits....
Cricket Announces New Music and Artist Commentary on Muve Music
Cricket's Muve Music features new releases from Wale, Ciara, and Jillette Johnson in July with exclusive contests and artist commentary....