T-Mobile Thumbs Nose At Net Neutrality and FCC with “Music Freedom” Plan
T-Mobile has launched Music Freedom, a no charge add-on to the mobile carrier's Simple Choice Plan, that eliminates the data cap for select music streaming services. While likely to be a. Continue reading
Hi-Art’s Messaging Stickers Give Musicians A Unique Digital Presence
The rise of messaging apps and associated stickers that go beyond emoji has opened up new territory for art and marketing. While stickers have been associated most closely with specific. Continue reading
T-Mobile Drops Data Caps For Streaming Music
T-Mobile will no longer count streaming from select major music services toward data limits on select plans, the mobile carrier announced last night. Launched alongside a new Rhapsody co-created service. Continue reading
Google Tried To Buy Playlist Service 8tracks [REPORT]
Google's hunt to buy a music service or two to jump start its own efforts appears to have been going on a lot longer than we knew. Long before the recent. Continue reading
Spotify Asks Advertisers To Pay More So Listeners Can Hear (Almost) No Ads
Spotify wants sponsors to pay so that listeners will be interrupted by fewer ads. The streaming music service is pitching a new ad unit that would eliminate all the ads on. Continue reading
Music Tech Startups: Artiphon Wins Award, Songvice Graduates, Shuttersong Makes V2V Finals
Despite the many challenges, music tech startups continue to appear in a wide variety of forms from software to services to hardware. Recent noteworthy accomplishments include a Pando Choice Award. Continue reading
New Spin Editor in Chief Leaves Print Behind To Focus On Mobile
Spin's New Editor in Chief Craig Marks brings a strong background in both print and digital media with editorial experience at Spin in the 90s as well as at Billboard. Continue reading
Spotify + The Echo Nest = New Supercharged API
We get to sample the first fruits of Spotify's acquisition of The Echo Nest today with the launch of its new Web API. Developers will now have the ability to build music. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
Every Serious Musicians Needs These 6 Contracts Why Music Labels and Publishers Chronically Miss Out On Licensing Opportunities Major Shakeup At EDM Giant SFX Entertainment Look What Disc Makers Is. Continue reading
CEO Ethan Diamond On Bandcamp’s Success and Why It’s Working
Music Ally spoke recently with Ethan Diamond about the phenomenal success of Bandcamp. In fact, Bandcamp has grown from success to success from indie ecommerce to social destination to streaming. Continue reading
