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It Could Be Long Wait For iTunes In The Cloud As Labels Argue Multiple Use & Demand More $’s

When a fan buys a legal DRM-free MP3, they can listen to it anywhere, right?  We'll maybe, say the major labels, as long as they don't store it in or. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 05/03/2010 in Streaming | Permalink | Comments (5)
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Apple Closing Lala 5/31. Is iTunes In The Cloud Next?

Lala is shutting down The Lala service will be shut down on May 31st, 2010. Unfortunately, we are no longer accepting new users. That was the simple message posted on. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/30/2010 in Streaming | Permalink | Comments (5)
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Spotify Gets A Major Upgrade Unifying Cloud & iTunes Playlists In A Single Player

Details & A Video Introduction (UPDATED) After six months of development, Spotify has released a major upgrade that allows users to import tracks from their download library into the Spotify. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/27/2010 in Streaming | Permalink | Comments (1)
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Rhapsody Adds Offline Playlists & An iTunes Buy Button To Mobile App

As promised when they released an Android app last month, Rhapsody today launched a new version of its iPhone app that enables subscribers to download playlists to their iPhone, iPod. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/26/2010 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (2)
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Last.fm To Add “Play Direct” Indie Artist Program

But Don't Expect To Get Paid 10 days ago Last.fm dropped single track streaming pushing it off to scrobbling partners like MOG, Spotify and Hype Machine. Among those most impacted. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/23/2010 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (11)
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Facebook Partners With Pandora For Social Music

Pandora and Facebook will be deeply integrated according to an announcement at the F8 Developer Conference today.  using Facebook’s new Open Graph protocol, Pandora  will stream music directly onto the. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/21/2010 in Social Media | Permalink | Comments (6)
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Omnifone Adds CEO Prior To U.S. Expansion

Music In The Cloud Service To Add 30 Markets In 2010 Jeff Hughes, previously BSkyB EVP, has been appointed CEO of Omnifone as the cloud based unlimited music service provider. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/20/2010 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Video: Pandora’s Tim Westergren On Nightline

Pandora was profiled last night on ABC’s Nightline and it was so complimentary that you’d think the internet broadcaster got to script the entire piece.

Bruce Houghton on 04/14/2010 in Radio & Satellite | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Spotify Targets 3rd Quarter For U.S. Launch

Online music service Spotify is targeting the 3rd quarter of 2010 for a U.S. launch.  “We’re buying server space in random parts of the states and there are licensing discussions. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/26/2010 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Pandora By The Numbers

At a recent NYC Pandora listener meetup CEO Tim Westergren offered these Pandora stats: It costs Pandora 2¢/hr to stream Pandora adds about 85,000 new listeners per day Pandora makes. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/25/2010 in Streaming | Permalink | Comments (6)
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