YouTube Says Free Music Now Pays As Well As Paid Music plus What That Means For Music Streaming
Citing growing traffic, a 200-300% jump in advertising revenue over the last year and an imporved Content ID system that allows music rightsholders to profit from infringing content (like videos. Continue reading
Are Free-Trials On Subscription Services Too Short?
I've been doing lots of thinking about cloud-based music services lately. One of the things that I'm undecided on is whether or not their free-trials are long enough. Right now,. Continue reading
Google Music: Weeks Away, Months Away – Never?!
Depending on who you ask, Google Music is either weeks or months away from launching. A report from Businessweek suggests that the launch may come as soon as next month.. Continue reading
Record Label Rule Book Gets Startups No Where
We're learning something important about music startups. If a company is cool and people like it, there's a good chance that they're either getting sued or working their way up. Continue reading
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
