A Preview Of SXSW 2014 Accelerator Music Finalists
If you're at SXSW, stop by and cheer on the 6 music tech startups presenting this weekend March 8-9 at the SXSW Accelerator pitch event in Startup Village at the Downtown Austin Hilton.. Continue reading
BalconyTV Hopes Acquisition By The Orchard Will Solve Business Model Quandaries
BalconyTV launched in 2006 as a video art experiment that morphed into shooting some musicians on the balcony which set the stage for BalconyTV's worldwide presence. The Orchard yesterday announced. Continue reading
Beats Music Opens API To Public
Beats Music today opened it's API to developers. The service remains $10 a month for consumers, but their hope is that outside developers will extend Beats' reach for those willing to pay. Continue reading
Spotify Paid $100 Million For The Echo Nest plus Industry Reactions
Spotify paid $100-$125 million to acquire The Echo Nest with up to 90% of the figure being equity in Spotify, sources tell TechCrunch. Based on the higher valuation, sources peg $15. Continue reading
Spotify and Beats Music Acquisitions Illustrate Differing Strategies
By Matt Sandler musician and founder of Chromatik. Two acquisitions in one week by the major players in music streaming. Beats v. Spotify. And interestingly, they characterize the different strategies. Continue reading
Rdio Sessions To Record Live Acts At SXSW 2014
Rdio Sessions is a fairly new recording series from Rdio featuring live performances in intimate settings that are then available for streaming. Rdio is taking Sessions to SXSW and will. Continue reading
Gracenote’s Rhythm Adds Filesharing Data and Social Media Sentiment Via Musicmetric
Gracenote continues to build its Rhythm platform for music streaming services with the addition of global fan data from Musicmetric. Earlier this year Gracenote announced a social media and trending. Continue reading
Spotify Acquires The Echo Nest, Music Data Provider For Rdio, iHeartradio and More
(UPDATE 2) Spotify is acquiring music intelligence provider, The Echo Nest. The music streamer says that the deal allows them "leverage The Echo Nest’s in depth musical understanding and tools. Continue reading
BandPage, LyricFind Partner To Add Tour Dates and D2F Stores To 5 Billion Lyric Searches Yearly
BandPage and LyricFind have partnered to add artist tour dates and direct to fan stores to one of the net's most consistently popular searches – song lyrics. LyricFind delivers 5. Continue reading
The Echo Nest Partners With AirPair For API Developer Support
The Echo Nest has partnered with Y Combinator backed AirPair help developers connect to its API, the company announced the morning. Connecting APIs to create more interesting products and services is. Continue reading
