Studies: Consumers Prefer Mix Of Music Ownership & Free Streaming
eMarketer compares two reports on studies of consumer music preferences to reveal that not only do listeners prefer music ownership over subscription streaming but that they tend towards a mix. Continue reading
How Do We Benefit From Streaming? Can We?
Since Spotify launched in the United States, there have been various arguments over compensation and streaming. With that, Derek Miller weighs in on the situation and shares his opinion on. Continue reading
Spotify Hits 2.4M U.S. Visitors & Here’s Who The Are
Three months after launch, Spotify has amassed 2.4 million monthly U.S. visitors says ComScore. That's a very strong start for a service that was initially invitation-only. Who are all of. Continue reading
Boom.fm Social Radio: Indie Artists In Social Listening Rooms
boom.fm offers yet another twist on social listening rooms by featuring music uploaded by artists. In addition to finding another way to avoid major label licensing, boom.fm is creating a. Continue reading
On Spotify, File-Sharing & Incomplete Statistics
This guest post by Steve Lawson first appeared on New Music Strategies. Lawson is a musician, teacher and writer. His music and writing can be found at stevelawson.net. Since Spotify. Continue reading
exfm Expands From Browser Extension To Social Music Discovery Platform
exfm began life as a Google Chrome extension called ExtensionFM. Now the open web MP3-fueled “social music discovery platform” has a nice website, mobile options, more browser extensions and an. Continue reading
UPDATE: iCloud Goes Live As Apple Releases iTunes 10.5 With Cloud Support, WiFi Sync, No iTunes Match
UPDATE: Apple's iCloud is now live. Just ahead of today's iCloud launch, last night Apple released iTunes 10.5. The upgrade includes support for iCloud storage and playback plus wireless sync. . Continue reading
So What Should MySpace Do Now?
Last week Specific Media CEO Tim Vanderhook and Justin Timberlake discussed MySpace at Advertising Week. Their pitch was to marketers and they described themselves as the "Hulu of Music" in. Continue reading
Bjork To ‘Takeover’ eMusic
This summer eMusic debuted eMusic Radio featuring staff curated streaming music channels. Now Bjork is helping eMusic launch their new Artist Takeover program featuring Bjork's editorial selections in celebration of. Continue reading
Rhapsody CEO Irwin On Why They Bought Napster [VIDEO]
Rhapsody has 800,000 subscribers and Napster reportedly half that many, so the combined companies certainly creates a digital music subscription powerhouse. But boosting subscriber numbers to compete with Spotify is. Continue reading
