Rhapsody Sheds 15% Of Staff, Top Execs As New Investor Takes Over
(UPDATED) With the arrival of a new investor, music subscription service Rhapsody has let go of 30 employees, 15% of total staff. President John Irwin is exiting that post but. Continue reading
Twitter Announces IPO With A Tweet
"We’ve confidentially submitted an S-1 to the SEC for a planned IPO. This Tweet does not constitute an offer of any securities for sale," Twitter said in a tweet at. Continue reading
Music Tech Moves Beyond Music: The Echo Nest Meets Nuance Voice Recognition
Dedicated music fans offer a large market opportunity, but nothing compared to the broader consumer markets. That realization is increasingly driving music tech, as innovators seek to build broader businesses. Continue reading
CUREative Content Wins Dream Project Competition At Leadership Music Summit
Yesterday's Leadership Music Summit in Asheville included a business competition called The Dream Project. Four finalists presented their dream creative and/or business ideas involving music. Attendees voted and a panel. Continue reading
Turntable.fm To Shut Down Piki.fm, New Version Of Turntable Coming In October
Piki.fm was meant to be the lean back experience to counterbalance the more fully engaged Turntable.fm experience. Unfortunately it didn't get the hoped for response and will be shutting down. Continue reading
Turntable.fm Cuts Costs By Ending Track Uploads
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Turntable.fm, as first reported here, once rocked the online world by making it possible for people to transform themselves into cute little avatars and. Continue reading
Songza Scores $4.7M, Expands Native Advertising
Mood and activity based music streamer Songza has raised $4.7 million in equity financing. Investors include Amazon, which has participated in earlier funding rounds, along with talent agency William Morris Endeavor,. Continue reading
Atlanta’s First Music Startup Academy 10/4
Neurotic Media and NARM's digitalmusic.org, are bringing the Music Startup Academy to the GTRI Conference Center in Atlanta GA on Friday October 4th. This full-day course is a strong industry primer. Continue reading
Announcing Hella Hack Oakland, The East Bay’s First Ever Music Hackathon
Gracenote and Pandora are teaming up to host the first ever music hackathon in Oakland, CA. “Hella Hack Oakland” will bring together up to 150 coders, developers and designers on. Continue reading
SourceAudio Raises $1.2M To Become D.I.Y. “iTunes Of Global Music Licensing”
SourceAudio has raised a round of $1,2 million to expand it's platform that connects buyers and sellers of licensed music. SourceAudio enables musicians, publishers and other rights holders to create. Continue reading
