Spotify Experiences Major Outage
Sometime before Noon EST on Saturday Spotify experienced a major outage. Both the Spotify.com site and the streaming service were down for several hours. "Looks like we might be having. Continue reading
Spotify Users Average 15,000 Tracks Says CEO Ek
Is that good news for the recorded music industry? Speaking at the Mobile Entertainment & Lifestyle at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek announced that the. Continue reading
Spotify Says It’s Still Feeling WMG Love
During a call with industry analysts earlier this week, Warner Music Group CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr.appeared to close the door on working with free streaming music services like Spotify. “Free. Continue reading
RealNetworks And MTV To Spin Off Rhapsody
Just as cracks are starting to appear in the iTunes armor and streaming music is gaining real steam, Rhapsody is being told to go it alone. RealNetworks and Viacom's MTVN. Continue reading
SoundExchange Hits The Road
SoundExchange, the nonprofit performance rights organization that collects and distributes performance royalties from satellite radio, internet radio, cable TV music channels and other services that stream sound recordings, is traveling. Continue reading
Spotify CEO Daniel EK at NMS LA: U.S. Launch “Looking Pretty Good”
(UPDATE 2) During an interview yesterday at the New Music Seminar in LA, Spotify CEO Daniel EK said that the U.S. launch of the ad supported streaming music service was. Continue reading
Ustream Scores $75 Million From Japan’s Softbank
(UPDATED)Popular live video streaming enabler Ustream has received another $75 million in funding led by #3 Japanese cell service Softbank. Ustream will primarily use the money to expand service in. Continue reading
60 Million Americans Listen To Internet Radio
According to a Bridge Ratings study of internet radio listeners, 60 million Americans listen to net radio during an average week. 84% of those regularly listen to online simulcasts of. Continue reading
Troubled Deezer Names A New CEO
The surprise ouster of Deezer co-founder and CEO Jonathan Benassaya was the talk of Midem. Why would the #1 music streaming service in France replace its top exec just as. Continue reading
MediaNet’s Downloads And Streaming Soar
(Updated) MediaNet's content network delivered a record 200 million music downloads and 150 million on demand plays in December, the company's CEO Alan McGlade shared in a Thursday afternoon call.. Continue reading
