Will Spotify Ocean Jump Without Labels On Deck?
Reports are coming in that Spotify is considering an ocean jump – achieving its late December launch – without all of the major labels on deck. With music from just. Continue reading
Yes, No, Maybe: Can You Repeat That Song?
On Pandora and Slacker, choices fall into three categories. Users may give a song thumbs up or love it, making it so that song plays more regularly on that station,. Continue reading
MP3 Player On Steroids vs. Radio On Crack Cocaine
Rhapsody has enabled offline playback for Android users. Most interesting though, is the quote contained within the press release, wherein chief product officer Brendan Benzing says that he believes "all. Continue reading
In Another Napster Moment, Industry Stalls As Consumers Embrace Music Streams
It appears that the recorded musc industry may be preparing to shoot itself in the foot yet again. Even as record labels, publishers and pundits debate the pros and cons. Continue reading
We7 Users Love Radio, Not On-Demand Streams
We7, an on-demand music service, is repositioning itself as a web radio service. In January, We7 introduced a radio feature. By October, chief executive Steve Purdham reports that it accounted. Continue reading
Spotify Attempts To Add Users With Free Trial
Spotify hopes to entice users a with a Premium 7-day free trial. To do so, users will have to enter their credit card info and accept charges if they fail. Continue reading
Spotify On Track To Pay Labels $60 Million In 2010, But Is That Enough?
European executives from the same major labels that have been keeping Spotify from the U.S. are singing its praises. "Spotify is on track to become the largest single partner we. Continue reading
Last.fm Suspends Three Subscriber Radio Stations
Due to the complex and intensive process of licensing music, Last.fm is discontinuing several of their subscriber-only stations. As of November 17, 2010 users will no longer be able to. Continue reading
Google Shares Impressive YouTube Stats
Google shared some impressive Q3 earnings numbers this week and for the first time broke down a bit more of how they achieved it. While Google didn’t share specific revenue. Continue reading
Thumbplay Could Prove To Be A Contender, If We Knew Their Real Numbers
Earlier this week, Thumbplay announced that it had reached an impressive 500,000 downloads of it's music application which has been available on Android, Apple and BlackBerry platforms since June. With 8. Continue reading
