EMI and Spotify – Deal or No Deal? – It’s Close
Reports indicate that Spotify is close to signing a deal with EMI. If a contract is signed, it will give the company an additional toehold in their quest to launch. Continue reading
An Ocean of Pennies – Pay-Per-Play Music Streaming Service Launches In UK
Psonar is a UK music startup that will let users stream songs they don't own for a penny. There's no advertising or monthly subscription required. The company bills users directly on. Continue reading
Sony’s Music Unlimited’s Big Secret: It’s Powered By Gracenote & Omnifone
Gracenote and Omnifone used MIDEM to announce that their tech is driving the back-end of “Music Unlimited”, Sony’s new cloud digital music service designed to take on both iTunes and. Continue reading
#MIDEM Digital Music Future Panel – Going Cloud Or Getting Cloudy
Steve Mayall, the Managing Director, Music Ally moderated a MidemNet Saturday panel. The participants included: Thomas Hesse of Sony Music Entertainment, Christoph Lange, of German music streamer Simfy, Harry Maloney. Continue reading
Stream The Album, Make It Cheaper – Social Distortion Puts Fans In Control of Record Price
How do you get fans to listen to the entire album anymore? They want the single. Hell, they probably have the single already. And the rest of the tracks, depending. Continue reading
Pandora Planning $100 Million IPO
Pandora is planing a $100 million IPO for early in 2011. The music streaming service reportedly met with bankers last week and is expected to name which one will lead. Continue reading
we7 Makes First Move Out of UK, Enters Ireland
UK music streaming service we7 launched in Ireland today. This is their first move outside of the UK since their founding in 2008. Users will be able to create personal. Continue reading
Report: Spotify Much Closer To U.S. Launch With Support Of Two Major Labels
We know you've heard this all before, but Spotify really does appear to be getting much closer to a U.S. launch. The music streamer is nearing a US deal with. Continue reading
Pandora Stats From 2010: 75 Million Listeners, 3 Billion Thumbs – Mostly Up!
2010 proved to be a great year for Pandora. They've doubled their audience to over 75 million listeners, who've thumbed a total of 3 billion songs – mostly up! Each. Continue reading
Get Spotify For Free In North America In 5 Steps
This is a guest post by Voyno of The New Rockstar Philosophy. Have you heard the rumors? Spotify is available in North America. Yes THE Spotify, the service that was. Continue reading
