Does Music Subscriber Growth Cripple Profitability?

With streaming services pushing the paid subscription model, profit for those company's should be growing – but not only are the streaming music giants not making money, they're losing it. Who is to blame?

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Spotify Turns Your Friends Into DJs With New “Top Tracks In Your Network” Playlist

A new Spotify feature harneseses what we've long known is the most powerful avenue for music discovery – your friends.  Users can noe track what their freinds are listening in. Continue reading

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4 More Things We Just Learned About Beats Music

Beats Music has confirmed: The January 21st launch is U.S. only. There is a major integration with the Topspin platform Sonos integration will be ready at launch.

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Pure Ups Wireless Speaker Syncing Game With Jongo Speakers #CES

By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. As we predicted last month (sign up for more predictions), the home music war is getting real in 2014. Pure joins the rest of. Continue reading

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WiMP Launches Lossless CD Quality Music Stream

Today EU subscription music streaming service WiMP launched WiMP HiFi, a streaming music service with lossless music in CD quality. Its is available for Sonos, Bluesound, iOS and Android at. Continue reading

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Songza Launches Paid Premium Service, Partners With Home Shopping Network

As a regular Songza user, I can't remember ever being interrupted by an in-stream commercial. That's about to change. Over the weekend, the startup launched Club Songza, a $.99 cent per. Continue reading

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How To Use Spotify & Sonos From Behind A Firewall

By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Apparently, the Symantec Norton 360 security software can block Spotify from working, even if you don’t monkey around with the default settings. In case. Continue reading

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