SiriusXM restarts talks with Pandora’s banks, L.A. Reid’s replacement named, and more
Here’s all the music industry news you need to know this morning.
smoothfm celebrates five years on air – via RadioToday
Twitter hires a new GM of revenue products – via TechCrunch
SiriusXM has recently restarted talks with Pandora’s banks and is discussing the size of a potential offer, sources said. – via NYPost
David Bowie was the most popular recording artist in the UK last year, with the equivalent of more than 1.6m albums bought or streamed. – via Guardian
The FCC officially proposes to end net neutrality rules – via TechCrunch
Google’s AI research team, Google Magenta, recently announced Neural Synthesizer, or NSynth, which generates audio using deep neural networks and will be demonstrating it this week. – via Mashable
Spotify’s operating loss rose to between $350 million to $450 million last year, up from $205 million in 2015 – via Hypebot
Skepta Wins Songwriter of the Year and Best Contemporary Song at The Ivor Novello Awards – via Guardian
Paris Jackson has written a song that she’d like Paul McCartney to sing. – via Noise11
The Killers’ Mr Brightside was the most-streamed song released before 2010. – via BBC
This article originally appeared on The Industry Observer, which is now part of The Music Network.