SoundCloud announces that it has expanded SoundCloud Premier, it’s monetization program that allows independent creators to get paid for their streams.

Spotify, the popular music streaming platform, has announced that is allowing independent artists to upload their music to Spotify for free without the need for a label or distributor.

Pandora launches a personalized playlist in The Drop for Pandora Premium users. Featuring as many as 100 songs, The Drop features the latest and greatest music from artists that a user likes as well as artists that they may like based on the app’s “state of the art machine learning models.”

SoundCloud is launching SoundCloud Weekly, a new weekly playlist for users that is updated every Monday.

Pandora and Snapchat have announced a new partnership that allows Pandora Premium listeners to share music from Pandora via music cards on Snapchat.

SoundCloud is relaunching the comments feature on iOS and Android devices, making it easier for creators and listeners to connect.

Months after rolling out songwriter and producer credits for its desktop app, Spotify now provides songwriter and producer credits on the iOS app.

Spotify rolls out a new feature in beta mode that allows artist, labels, and theirs teams to submit unreleased music to the Spotify editorial team for playlist consideration.

YouTube keeps its promises and announces its new standalone music streaming service called YouTube Music.

YouTube recently made several announcements regarding YouTube Charts including the launch of a new Trending Chart, which provides a unique, real-time look at the hottest music right now.

According to several reports, Instagram is working on adding a new Music Stickers feature that would exist within Instagram Stories and allow you to search for music and add it to your posts.

During Facebook's F8 developer conference earlier this week, the company announced a new feature that gives you the ability share Spotify content directly to your Instagram Stories.