Bop.fm Tipping Point: Pandora, Xbox Music, Rhapsody and Napster Added
Bop.fm specializes in "service-agnostic playlists" allowing you to send a song link to a friend who can listen to it without having the same music service subscriptions that you have.. Continue reading
The Growing Power Of Internet Radio
From Dash Two. Did you know that more than half of Americans listen to Internet Radio? Of this population, 39% choose personalized radio, 27% prefer streaming live, and 18% is. Continue reading
Promised Land: Youth Culture, Disruptive Startups, And The Social Music Revolution
If you read Hypebot, you know music technology writer and user experience researcher Kyle Bylin. Whether in his writings or on the Upward Spiral podcast, Kyle has always sought to. Continue reading
Tim Cook On Beats Music and Why Apple Paid $3.2 Billion: “I couldn’t sleep that night…”
Guesting on the Charlie Rose show, Apple CEO Tim Cook shared why he wanted Apple to buy Beats, even with it's $3.2 billion price tag. Some of Cook's enthusiasm for. Continue reading
Music Publishing News Weekly Roundup 9.12.14: Spotify Video Ads, ASCAP Workshop, ACM Honors
Spotify has introduced video ads as an attempt to generate more revenue from non paying users. The leading music streaming service’s “Sponsored Session” will be a15 – 30 second video ad. Continue reading
Spotify Launches Insights Data Blog, Eliot Van Buskirk Appointed ‘Data Storyteller’
Spotify has launched a blog to parse the mountains of music data it and its Echo Nest subsidiary collect, and hired veteran tech and music journalist Eliot Van Buskirk as "in-house. Continue reading
Spotify Adds “Sponsored Sessions,” Video “Takeover” Ads [VIDEO]
Spotify’s marketing platform, Spotify For Brands, has added two video ad units, Sponsored Sessions and Video Takeover, designed to attract more ad dollars to support the company's free music platform. Launch. Continue reading
This Is My Jam’s Slow Music Movement Gets Deeper And More Social
This Is My Jam has managed to develop from its core concept of picking one song at a time to share with friends (slow music) to something more complex without. Continue reading
Spotify’s Most Viral & Streamed Tracks US, UK & Global
The most viral tracks on Spotify, based on the number of people who shared it divided by those who listened to it from June 9-15 via Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter and. Continue reading
