UPDATE: Microsoft Clarifies Free Music Streaming On Xbox One Console
UPDATE: Xbox One will not offer free streaming, as was tweeted by Microsoft XBox One executive Albert Penello. In a new tweet yesterdat Penello clarified: I was wrong about Music. Continue reading
Watch Out Spotify, Deezer Passes 5 Million Paid Subscribers, Adds New Mac and Discovery Apps
Deezer narrowed the important paid subscriber gap with Spotify passing the 5 million mark. That's up from 2 million paid users in October of 2012. Spotify claimed 6 million paid. Continue reading
Indie Duo Rabbit Rabbit Grows Their Own Indie Music Subscription Service
Experimentation with subscription and patronage models for indie musicians is a big theme at the moment. The duo Rabbit Rabbit have been exploring the terrain since early 2012 with Rabbit. Continue reading
Pulselocker’s Hybrid Subscription Music Service For DJ’s Takes Another Creative Step
Pulselocker launched last year as a subscription streaming service for DJs allowing them to download music to their computer more economically than the dominant pay-per-track model. Earlier this month they. Continue reading
On Curating A Cure: The Impact Of Music Programming On Subscription Music
A guest post by Jon Maples, Vice President of Product-Content for Rhapsody. It used to be you seldom heard about "curation" outside of a museum or art history class, but these. Continue reading
Browse Upcoming Shows With Rhapsody Concerts App
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Spotify encourages third-party developers to build desktop apps on its platform, but Rhapsody has a different vision: to craft its own Rhapsody-powered apps beyond. Continue reading
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Promo Hutt Launches Pre-release Music Download Subscription Service
Earlier this month Promo Hutt launched a pre-release subscription service that allows music fans to gain early access to music by label. The project has its roots in the electronic. Continue reading
Sony Cuts Cost Of Unlimited On-Demand Music Streaming 65%
With a single drastic price cut, Sony Music Unlimited just opened a new front in the already heated battle among music streaming services trying to grab market share. Until today's cuts. Continue reading