BandsInTown Reaches 5 Million App Installs
The week Bandsintown surpassed 5 million installs of its concert tracking app on Facebook and smartphones. That's a jump of 4 million installs in the last 18 months. The company. Continue reading
Rhapsody’s Jon Irwin: “Don’t Kill The Radio Star! Embrace It”
This op-ed by Rhapsody president Jon Irwin was excerpted from his keynote at the recent RAIN radio and internet summit. Streaming music has reached an inflection point. The technology has. Continue reading
Pandora’s Biggest Weakness, Potential Opportunity
By Kyle Bylin (@sidewinderfm), founder and editor of sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. Pandora has evolved during its tumultuous, decade long rise to ascendancy in the Internet radio sector, but the. Continue reading
Team Jukely Joins TechStars NYC To Iterate A Mobile App For Live Show Discovery
Jukely is an iOS app that brings together music discovery and co-founder Bora Celik's background as an EDM concert promoter to recommend upcoming live shows in New York City. Recently. Continue reading
Would You Rather Follow On Spotify Or Rdio?
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Spotify recently rolled out some of the new features it teased in New York last December with a new way to “follow” people —. Continue reading
Twitter Pulls Flattr, Microdonations Service Adds YouTube
Musicians and other creators can no longer receive microdonations via Twitter using Flattr. "We are sad to announce that from today (16th of April 2013) at noon CET we are. Continue reading
Spotify Launches In 8 New Markets
The news that iTunes and Google are readying the launch of music streaming services appears to have motivated Spotify to ramp up its own efforts to grab market share. Today. Continue reading
Pretty Lights Debuts Single w/Talib Kweli, Announces First Physical Release & BitTorrent Promo
On Sunday EDM artist and hip hop producer Pretty Lights performed at Coachella and introduced his new single featuring Talib Kweli off his upcoming album "A Color Map Of The. Continue reading
Twitter Music: Musician Influencers Review App, Tech Bloggers Search The Code
Last week ended with No Twitter Music For You but "influencers" got to experience it so now you know you're not! Some of them, including Wiz Khalifa, The Glitch Mob. Continue reading