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Will Amazon’s New Music Strategy Hurt Or Help Apple & Google?

Yesterday's guest post by The Echo Nest's Paul Lamere, 9 Reasons Apple And Google Should Be Worried About Amazon, drew thoughtful comments including this one from Jesse Kanner, founder of. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/06/2011 in Streaming | Permalink | Comments (0)
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9 Reasons Apple And Google Should Be Worried About Amazon

This guest post comes from Paul Lamere of The Echo Nest and his blog Music Machinery. For the last year we’ve heard rumors of how both Apple and Google were. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/05/2011 in Streaming | Permalink | Comments (5)
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Pandora Subpoenaed In Federal Grand Jury Mobile Apps Investigation

As part of filings with the Security And Exchange Commission for its upcoming IPO, Pandora revealed that early in 2011 it had received a subpoena from a federal grand jury. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/04/2011 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Google Shuts Down Music Search

Google has pulled their music search feature, but plans to return with an update. Given that Google is reported to be on the verge of launching a cloud music locker. Continue reading

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Spotify Punk’d By TechCrunch For April Fools

The European TechCrunch pulled a clever, yet disturbingly truthful April Fool's joke on Spotify. Long-time critic and writer Paul Carr somewhat convincingly broke news that Spotify had come to the. Continue reading

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Here’s Why Amazon Picked A Fight With The Labels

Some are writing volumes about how the labels are going to force Amazon to license their new Cloud Player and Cloud storage locker. The real story is that Amazon already. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/31/2011 in Streaming | Permalink | Comments (5)
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2001 Flashback – Experts Believe MP3 Can Be Killed

Pho, an infamous music industry and technology e-mail listserv, unearthed a great WSJ article from 2001 the other day. It documents the uptake in interest in the MP3 several months. Continue reading

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The Post Consumption Fan Meets Amazon Locker

The race to the cloud heated up yesterday as Amazon jumped the gun on Google and Apple and got a running start. Expect responses from the latter companies soon. This. Continue reading

admin on 03/30/2011 in Streaming | Permalink | Comments (5)
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Pundits React To Amazon’s Cloud Locker & Player

(UPDATED) The pundits couldn't get enough of yesterday's announcement by Amazon of it's Cloud Locker and Cloud Player for music.  Several described it as too simple (I think simple is. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/30/2011 in Streaming | Permalink | Comments (1)
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Another Study Predicts Cloud Music To Boom

Earlier this month, ABI Research predicted that cloud music to boom in the next five years, reaching a subscriber of 161 million by 2016. They believed that smartphone penetration, a. Continue reading

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