The Black Keys Tell Why They Keep Their Music Off Spotify, Other Services [VIDEO]
UPDATED: Watch The Black Keys discuss why they have kept most of their music including their new release "El Camino" off of Spotify, Pandora and all other streaming music services.. Continue reading
UPDATE: Pandora Stock Takes Wild Ride After Spotify Announcement
UPDATE 4PM MONDAY: After a very rocky day, Pandora closed Monday up slightly at $9.93. Considering that the S&P 500 fell 1.49% for the day, it may be a sign. Continue reading
Why Spotify Will Never Be Profitable: The Secret Demands Of Record Labels
By Michael Roberston, the founder MP3.com and founder and CEO CEO of MP3tunes and DAR.fm (UPDATED) Imagine a new hot-dog selling venture. Let’s also say there’s only one supplier to purchase. Continue reading
Spotify Adds Free Pandora-like Radio With Unlimited Track Skips
Just days after adding Apps, Spotify has given it's Radio feature a major makeover that takes aim at Pandora. In fact, with unlimited skips, Spotify one-ups Pandora who limits track. Continue reading
Deezer Takes On Spotify In 200 Countries, But Not U.S. & Japan
Four years after launching in France followed by Belgium and the UK, music streaming service Deezer will roll out in new territories every week starting December 8th, reaching 200 countries. Continue reading
Sony Ent. Chief Tim Schaaff On How He’s Going To Beat Spotify & iTunes [INTERVIEW]
(UPDATED) This interview comes from Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Anyone paying attention to digital music over the past ten years might wonder why Sony would ever bother with digital. Continue reading
How To Get Music On Spotify For Free: Spotmeup
Most digital distributors from Tunecore to The Orchard and CDBaby to IODA deliver independent music to Spotify. But I had not seen an alternative for artists that want to avoid. Continue reading
Mashtival: A Live Mashup Music Festival On Turntable.fm
MashupFM is hosting a live mashup music festival on Turntable.fm called Mashtival taking place this Wednesday, December 7th, from 7 pm till 1 am EST. Starting at 7, five up. Continue reading
Sony Exec Says Spotify Could Be The Next MySpace
“Spotify has been one of the first companies to be able to really make a statement about subscription services that has made sense to consumer," Tim Schaaff, president of Sony. Continue reading
Spotify Upgrade Is About Much More Than Just Apps
Last week, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek alluded to features beyond apps. Some started showing up in the beta. Now Spotify has issued an official list of improvements that are part. Continue reading
Developers Predict Spotify Driven Music App Boom
This guest post is by Eliot Van Buskirk of music app blog and database Evolver.fm. On one level, Spotify’s transformation into a music platform was a simple technical matter of. Continue reading
