8tracks Raises $2 Million From Small Investors, Plans Shift To Subscription Model

Playlisting service 8Tracks has raised almost $2 million of a hoped for $5 million from 3700 small investors. The startup's crowdfunding campaign with SeedInvest has two week's remaining.

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Spin, Vibe, Stereogum For Sale As SpinMedia Goes On Auction Block

An already dwindling number of online music site – or too often, music celebrity click bait engines – may be about to get a good bit smaller with news that. Continue reading

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The Demographics Of Facebook Users

72% of online American adults use Facebook, according to Pew research, unchanged from September 2014. It is especially popular among online women,  77% of whom are users. 82% of online. Continue reading

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How Much Time Do People Spend On Facebook Each Month? The Answer Is Staggering

The amount of time people spend on Facebook is staggering. A recent JP Morgan analysis of Comscore data shows that the average U.S. Facebook user spent more than 27 hours. Continue reading

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Spotify Just Parked Its Tanks On YouTube’s Lawn

Yesterday, Spotify announced its biggest set of changes yet with the addition of video, original content and a passel of personalization.  It all comes just ahead of Apple's music relaunch,. Continue reading

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New U.S. Video Stats: Google Dominates, Vevo #1 YouTube Channel

New data from the comScore Video Metrix shows that 188.2 million Americans watched 52.4 billion online videos in December. Google Sites, driven primarily by video viewing on YouTube, ranked as the top online. Continue reading

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Is MySpace Traffic Growing Again?

MySpace has been undergoing a constant makeover for more than a year.  A new design got rave reviews, but is traffic growing, particularly compared to a year ago? Compete, which. Continue reading

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40% of YouTube’s Audience Watch Music Videos

Beginning today comScore will be reporting data on YouTube partner channels. They apparently released some early information to Ad Age who revealed that music videos are a big draw and. Continue reading

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Why You Should Target Friends Of Fans On Facebook

A recent comScore whitepaper, The Power of Like, revealed a number of interesting data points related to Facebook marketing including the amount of time spent on Facebook sections. (click on. Continue reading

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Facebooks Passes MySpace Worldwide

For the first time, Facebook surpassed MySpace in traffic worldwide. In the US, however, MySpace is still ahead of Facebook with 73.7M unique visitors in May vs. 35.6M for Facebook.. Continue reading

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