Shazam Unveils Major Redesign As Music Destination, Content Platform For Artists
Shazam launched the first version of its redesigned app earlier this month. But today the company shared the full set of new features, along with how it hopes "to become. Continue reading
BandPage To Deliver Artist Content To Clear Channel, iHeartRadio
BandPage has partnered with Clear Channel to deliver artist content including bios, photos, tour dates with tickets links and special "fan experience" offers on digital radio service iHeartRadio and the sites. Continue reading
Spotify To Update Microsoft Windows 8 Phone App …Sometime Soon
It's a bit unusual to announce that an app update is coming sometime in the future, rather than just announcing the update itself. But in the crowded streaming music sector,. Continue reading
EDM Insiders Reveal How Electronic Music Clubs Use Social Media
Woo Media just released the third report in their research trilogy investigating how leading electronic music clubs use social media and related digital tools for marketing the club and expanding. Continue reading
New Rap Genius App Includes Song ID
By Nate Ashcroft of Evolver.fm. Rap’s wordplay can be confusing, with oblique references, inside jokes, and regional slang. Since 2009, fans of the genre have been hashing out song meanings. Continue reading
Phone and Web Synced For Little Dragon Klapp Klapp
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Swedish indietronica four-piece Little Dragon launched a promotional campaign on Monday that will almost certainly be the funnest promotional campaign you’ll try all week,. Continue reading
Pandora Can Predict How You’ll Vote, And They’re Going To Sell It
Pandora knows if you're a Republican or Democrat; and for a few shekels they're willing to share it. In the latest unintended consequence of online activity tracking, Pandora is rolling. Continue reading
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