According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, Snap Inc. the parent company of Snapchat, is currently in talks with major record labels in an effort to establish music integration on Snapchat and allow users to add music to their posts.

Popular music streaming service, Spotify, is currently testing Storyline, an Instagram Stories-like feature that enables artists to tell the story behind their music using text, lyrics or images in the Stories content format.

Pandora will start testing interactive voice ads next year as a result of its new partnership with San-Francisco-based, voice-enabled audio advertising platform, Instreamatic.

SoundCloud is expanding its SoundCloud Premier program by adding a new service that lets creators distribute their music to major streaming platforms such at Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music at no additional cost.

Spotify launches a new private track and playlist sharing feature that allows creators to easily share their work with others privately.

Spotify has launched Spotify Publishing Analytics, an analytics tool built specifically for publishers.

Shazam, the Apple-owned song identifying app, is the latest music platform to get integration with Instagram Stories.

Facebook is making it easier for users to connect through music with Music on Facebook Stories, the expansion of Lip Sync Live and Songs on Profile.

Spotify is testing What’s New, a new feature that highlights new releases from artists an user follows.

Music streaming platform SoundCloud has announced that music fans and creators can now share music from SoundCloud via Instagram Stories.

YouTube announces a new partnership with Eventbrite that allows fans to purchase tickets directly from Eventbrite by clicking a “Tickets” button under the music videos for YouTube Official Artist Channels.

Spotify updates its Spotify Premium app with Streamlined Navigation, Personalized Search, and Endless Artist Radio.