{"id":339564,"date":"2017-04-28T18:18:02","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T10:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com\/?p=1482926"},"modified":"2017-04-28T18:18:02","modified_gmt":"2017-04-28T10:18:02","slug":"musical-ly-reportedly-partners-with-apple-music-for-its-music-snippets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/musical-ly-reportedly-partners-with-apple-music-for-its-music-snippets\/","title":{"rendered":"Musical.ly reportedly partners with Apple Music for its music snippets"},"content":{"rendered":"

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According to a new report from Recode<\/a>, Musical.ly is about to release a new update to its mobile app with a major change. The company is switching from 7digital<\/a> to Apple music for its music catalog.<\/p>\n

Musical.ly\u2019s video social network app has skyrocketed last year, raising<\/a> $100 million at a $500 million valuation and reaching<\/a> 40 million monthly active users. And yet, the app is mostly used by teens, a user base with a short attention span. Musical.ly is slowly fading away from the top charts of the App Store and Play Store.<\/p>\n

So the company is trying something new. Until now, Musical.ly partnered with 7digital, a primarily B2B music streaming and downloading company. 7digital negotiates deals with content companies so you don\u2019t have to. This way, companies like Samsung, Canonical\/Ubuntu and Musical.ly can provide a music streaming service without doing the heavy lifting.<\/p>\n

7digital\u2019s catalog is available in around 80 countries<\/a> while Apple Music is available in more or less 113 countries<\/a>. By switching to Apple Music as the song snippet back end, Musical.ly can launch in new markets.<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s not all. While terms of the deals are unknown, this deal looks like a great opportunity to promote Apple Music. Apple\u2019s bottom line isn\u2019t going to change over night with this kind of deal. But it could lead to more Apple Music subscriptions.<\/p>\n

Apple Music is available by default on every Apple device, and you can download a free app on Android (side note: is it less buggy than it used to be? I haven\u2019t tried it lately). But Apple Music is still lagging behind Spotify. Apple Music has 20 million subscribers<\/a>, Spotify has 50 million paid users<\/a> \u2014 and Spotify\u2019s growth doesn\u2019t seem to be slowing down.<\/p>\n

So if you are an Apple Music subscriber, you\u2019ll be able to listen to full songs on Musical.ly, turning Musical.ly into a sort of music discovery service.<\/p>\n

Musical.ly will also promote Apple Music in its app, which could create a new revenue stream for the app thanks to affiliate fees. And if this works, I could see Apple acquiring Musical.ly and promoting it heavily to iOS users.<\/p>\n

Update:<\/strong> 7digital CEO Simon Cole says in a statement that Musical.ly\u2019s relationship with 7digital is not ending. Cole also says that Musical.ly is working with \u201ca number of suppliers,\u201d including 7digital. Maybe the Apple Music integration is going to focus mostly on promoting Apple Music instead of iTunes purchases as Musical.ly currently shows a button to buy a song on iTunes.<\/p>\n

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7digital has just signed a renewal agreement with musical.ly which will see us not only continue to power the service, but to do so in double the number of territories \u2013 we now work with musical.ly in 60 countries worldwide. musical.ly is one of the world\u2019s fastest growing social video networks and as such, the company works with a number of suppliers and 7digital will continue to be one of them \u2013 we have in no way ended our working relationship.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"\" According to a new report from Recode, Musical.ly is about to release a new update to its mobile app with a major change. The company is switching from 7digital to Apple music for its music catalog. Musical.ly’s video social network app has skyrocketed last year, raising $100 million at a $500 million valuation and reaching 40 million monthly active users. And yet, the app is mostly used… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n

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