Value Added Streaming
There are countless avenues to access music but there's no question on demand streaming has developed a respectable monopoly on music discovery. Spotify, Pandora, Rhapsody and many others draw in. Continue reading
YouTube To Launch Subscription Music Service Within Months
In what could be the biggest threat to Spotify's growth yet, YouTube is putting the finishing touches on an on-demand subscription music service to launch later this year. The outline. Continue reading
Fifth Harmony Games The Charts With Repeat Plays
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Some artists have been complaining about the royalties paid out by online streaming services like Rdio and Spotify (which depend on record label deals),. Continue reading
Thom Yorke May Despise Spotify But He Seems Happy With YouTube
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Many readers already know that Thom Yorke didn’t like Spotify after his new band, Atoms For Peace, withheld its music from the Spotify freemium. Continue reading
Rhapsody Partners with Best Buy For Free Premier Membership
Unlike Spotify, Rdio and most streaming music providers who attract paying customers with extensive and almost unlimited free services, Rhapsody offers only a 30 day free trial. Today, Rhapsody expanded. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
It Takes More Than Metrics To Understand A Musician's Audience David Byrne Takes A Sharp Yet Despairing Look At Spotify, Streaming Music and Musicians Pinterest Drives More Site Traffic Than. Continue reading
Last Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
It Takes More Than Metrics To Understand Your Fans David Byrne On Streaming 4M Spotify Trax Never Played SFX Stumbles, EDM Wins Bob Lefsetz & The Long Tail Google+ Musicians. Continue reading
F# Debuts Sponsored Music Player and Serve Yourself Spotify-Powered Ad Experiences
F#, a fairly new "digital music advertising" firm, has done a lot of interesting work connecting brands and music often through innovative use of Spotify playlists. Today they're releasing some. Continue reading
