Screenburn Helps The Rolling Stones Rent Movies To Their Facebook Fans
Today The Rolling Stones and Eagle Rock Entertainment revealed their choice of Screenburn to bring rental movies to Facebook. The Stones are making 6 documentaries available from "Ladies & Gentlemen…The. Continue reading
Feed.fm Raises $1.2 Million For Music As A Service
Last year about this time Feed.fm launched featuring "music as a service" and an initial $1.2 million seed round. This week Venture Beat reports that an SEC document reveals another. Continue reading
Rdio Relaunches As A “Better Pandora”, Expands Free Service
Online music streamer Rdio is embracing freemium with a slick redesign that emphasizes free radio-like streams. The freemium model helped Spotify grow its substantial user base, and is seen as. Continue reading
All Ages All Gone As Festivals Add Age Restrictions
The organizers for the Ultra Music Festival have announced that Miami festival will no longer be an all-ages event. In a news release posted on the festival's website, organizers said. Continue reading
The Streaming Effect: The Landscape May Be Gloomier Than Pictured
"The Streaming Effect: Assessing The Impact Of Streaming Music Behaviour" is a new report from MIDiA Research focused on the music market's reaction to streaming music options and the effects. Continue reading
Jimmy Chamberlin: From Smashing Pumpkins Drummer To Music Tech CEO
PandoDaily's David Holmes tells the story of Jimmy Chamberlin's transformation from Smashing Pumpkins drummer to tech startup CEO. Chamberlin says he found the same energy in today's startup scene as. Continue reading
Gracenote Buys Baseline For $50 Million, Moves Beyond Music
Tribune Media owned Gracenote is continuing its march to expand beyond music metadata. With today's acquisition of film and tv data firm Baseline for $50 million plus Gracenote's already deep. Continue reading
Are Low Music Sales Simply Due To Bad Music?
Guest post by Peter Getty. In 1991, Nielsen Soundscan started tracking album sales around the world. Back then, this data gave us valuable insight into current tastemakers, what genres were. Continue reading
Cellfish Media Rebrands As Bandsintown Group
Mobile and social application publisher Cellfish Media is rebranding as the Bandsintown Group. With the popular BandsInTown app already its flagship product, the move reflects the company’s three year effort to. Continue reading