101 Distribution Launches Arena Mobile Music Streaming With 100% Ad Payout To Artists
101 Distribution recently announced the launch of 101 Arena, a music streaming mobile web app that is free to listeners and pays out 100 per cent of advertising revenue to. Continue reading
Rdio Plans To Compensate Artists For Bringing In Subscribers
In a move that could potentially shift the favoritism of artists towards one music subscription service, Rdio is working on a plan to pay artists for bringing their service new. Continue reading
File Sharing Research Supports Adaptation As Best Industry Reponse
A recent study from a researcher at NC State University in Raleigh found connections between increased filesharing of leaked albums and increased sales of those albums. The findings were a. Continue reading
A Streaming Music Service You’ve Never Heard Of Has 10.5 Million Active Users
Dhingana, a legal Indian music streaming service, recently surpassed 10.5 million monthly active visitors, becoming the largest legal Indian music streaming service. It is a social music streaming service that. Continue reading
Since You Can’t Beat Apple, Join Them: Sony Music Unlimited Bows iOS Apps On Friday
Guest post by Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. When Sony Entertainment Network chief Tim Schaaf told Evolver.fm in an exclusive interview last December that Sony was working on an Apple. Continue reading
Spotify Launches In Australia & New Zealand
"G’day Australia. Kia Ora New Zealand. Spotify here." read the simultaneous press releases as Spotify went live in Australia and New Zealand at 5PM ET Monday. The launch brings Spotify's country. Continue reading
Monetizing Music Videos & Live Shows With Evinar & Gyroskope
Both Evinar and Gyroskope are services that musicians can use to monetize streaming video. Evinar focuses on livestreaming via Facebook while Gyroskope features videos for which customers pay to stream. Continue reading
DISTRO.fm Crowdfunds Nonprofit Digital Music Subscription Service [Updated]
DISTRO.fm is an emerging nonprofit organization based in Brooklyn that is building a digital music subscription service. They are currently seeking funding via Kickstarter for software development and are also. Continue reading
Was Google Music Really Necessary?
Guest post by Tyler Hayes, founder of Liisten.com, an independent music discovery site. Let me ask you a serious question, did you know Google has a music store? It falls. Continue reading
Spotify Jumps Into Dating Game With Two New Musical Matchmaking Apps
Spotify is taking social music to the romantic level with two new apps that match users with potential romantic partners based on their taste in music. The apps, Tastebuds and. Continue reading
