Did You Miss Re-Launch Of Songza.com? Don’t.
Lost in the media coverage that AimeStreet was being been bought and shut down by investor Amazon and that the AmieStreet team's focus was shifting to Songza, was that a. Continue reading
Last.fm Introduces Listening Clock Feature
And Incorporates Time Into Music Recommendations. Music recommendation is fairly straightforward, at a time, when our consumption habits clearly aren’t. The general, algorithmic approach takes the stance that users who. Continue reading
AmieStreet Closure May Show Where Amazon Thinks Music Ownership Is Headed
Amazon was an early investor in AmieStreet, Inc. which until today owned AmieStreet.com and still controls Songza.com. That it was decided to shut down AimeStreet, abandon its dynamic pricing model. Continue reading
It’s Official: Sony To Launch Music In Cloud Subscriptions Before End Of Year
Sony was sort on specifics, but today announced plans to introduce "Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity", a new, cloud-based digital music service. Available by year's end, the subscription service will. Continue reading
Pandora Adds Genre Stations, Celebrates Birthday
(UPDATED) Happy Birthday To Pandora, Happy Birthday To… Okay, I'll Stop. Just when you thought that you already had 101 reasons why Pandora is pretty awesome, they've gone and added. Continue reading
Survey: Music Streaming Decreases Filesharing, Increases Music Discovery
A survey conducted in Norway this June for Aspiro Music concluded that streaming services lead to more music listening as well as and increased and more diverse music discovery. Of. Continue reading
Spotify Valued At $300 Million
Former Napster, Facebook Exec Sean Parker Invests $15 Million Spotify has received a €11.6 million ($14.86 million USD) investment from Sean Parker who was the co-founder of Napster and former. Continue reading
Spotify Loses Another Top Executive
(UPDATE) SVP of Stretegic Partnerships Paul Brown is exiting Spotify. He joined the company just 18 months ago as head of the U.K. office and and had been promoted to. Continue reading
Shuffler: Turn Music Blogs Into Streaming Stations
Next Tuesday, a new crowdsourced music service is launching called Shuffler; it takes blog content and turns the songs into streaming radio stations. Also, the service queues-up the most-recently listed. Continue reading
Michael Robertson: Surveying Crowded Music Subscription Sector
Plus A Chart Comparing Music Subscription Services This guest post by Michael Roberston looks at the subscription music sector and how the addition of Apple and Google services may or. Continue reading
