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Streaming platforms like those of Spotify Technology S.A. (NYSE: SPOT), Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ: GOOGL), and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) dominated music consumption in 2019 as sales of physical albums continued their downward spiral, according to the annual survey of Nielsen Music. What Happened...

This weekend's Barron's cover story examines the race to zero trading commissions. Other featured articles discuss how to play a complicated merger and why Chinese stocks are lagging. Also, the prospects for a chipmaker, a music streamer, shippers, pot stocks and more. "Who Will Win...

Benzinga has featured looks at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Bullish calls included the iPhone maker and a couple of top industrials. Bearish calls included the leading electric car maker and other consumer product outfits. The broader equity markets are still...

This weekend's Barron's shows why Google's parent now stands out among the tech titans. Other featured articles examine a "dot-com hatchery" that is outperforming and why a recent IPO is no lightweight. Also, the prospects for a pair of apparel makers, one out-of-...

Streaming music provider Spotify has released its first-ever guidance ahead of its highly anticipated April 3 initial public offering. What Happened Spotify expects to grow its total paid subscriber base from 71 million users in 2017 to as many as 96 million by the end of 2018, Recode said....

The largest percentage of the U.S. population isn’t Baby Boomers or Millennials. Members of “Generation Z,” born in 1995 or later, now make up more than 25% of all Americans. This generation is already dipping its toes into the turbulent waters of the stock market, and investors...

The largest American radio broadcaster, iHeart Media, said Wednesday it has reached an agreement in principle with its debt holders and financial sponsors that would allow it to continue operating its business, The Wall Street Journal reported. What Happened The agreement allows iHeartRadio...

Streaming music provider Spotify was reportedly worth more than $19 billion at the end of 2017 and could be worth as much as $70 billion in just three years, according to MKM Partners. The Analyst MKM Partners analyst Rob Sanderson commented on Spotify's upcoming initial public offering. MKM...

Music-streaming company Spotify has announced that it is preparing to go public, sometime in March or April, only it’s choosing to do so in an unconventional way, via a direct listing. Over the past decade, direct listings have been few and far between. There have been six of them on the...

What Happened After many delays in the long-expected process, Spotify filed an F-1 Wednesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch an initial public offering. Spotify Technology S.A. did not specify a launch date, but intends to list on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker...

Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s Services category is a key growth driver for the company, with the segment seeing 24-percent revenue growth in fiscal 2017. Apple Music remains a core component of Apple’s Services, growing 91 percent year-over-year to $2 billion in revenue last year despite...

A breakout year for IPO has yet to materialize after the stellar showing in both 2013 and 2014. The performance in 2017 can at best be qualified as lukewarm — despite the record run of the equity markets. IPOs could become easier, gaccording to a report in the Wall Street Journal Thursday...

MoviePass on Monday will lower its monthly price from $9.95 to $7.95, in the company’s first bundled package that will include a subscription to streaming service Fandor. The $7.95 offer, available only to new customers, includes a $19.95 activation fee and one-year access to Fandor, which...

This weekend's Barron's cover story features the first look at the outcome of the 2018 Barron's Roundtable. The panelists like the prospects for stocks, especially tech stocks, in 2018 in the wake of tax reform. Other featured articles show how Barron's 2017 stock picks...