David Byrne Takes A Sharp Yet Despairing Look At Spotify, Streaming Music and Musicians
Late last week David Byrne wrote a lengthy column for The Guardian in which he discussed streaming music, Spotify, the music industry, artist careers and his own choice of pulling. Continue reading
DeliRadio Raises $9.35 Million In Funding, CEO Wayne Skeen Shares The Big Picture
Today web radio service DeliRadio announced that they've raised $9.35 million in funding from investors. This impressive achievement will allow DeliRadio to start hiring more engineers and grow their technical. Continue reading
WiMP Launches Lossless CD Quality Music Stream
Today EU subscription music streaming service WiMP launched WiMP HiFi, a streaming music service with lossless music in CD quality. Its is available for Sonos, Bluesound, iOS and Android at. Continue reading
Spotify Adds Follow Buttons, But Will Artists and Labels Use Them?
Spotify has added Follow buttons in the hopes that artists, labels, blogs and brands will embed them on sites. The buttons make it easy for web visitors to follow artists,. Continue reading
BandPage Expands Fan VIP Experiences With Rhapsody Partnership
BandPage today announced a partnership with Rhapsody that expands the reach of it's fan VIP Bandpage Experiences offering. Rhapsody will now send targeted notifications,with links to purchase BandPage Experiences directly. Continue reading
Spotify, Pandora and TuneIn Form Streaming Audio Task Force, Release Online Listener Survey
Three very different streaming services – Spotify, Pandora and TuneIn have joined forces to form what their calling The Streaming Audio Task Force. First up from the rather grandiosely named organization is. Continue reading
Disconnect Your Music Service From Facebook NOW, Says Beats Music Exec’ Ian Rogers
Former Topsin CEO Ian Rogers wants everyone to disconnect their music service from Facebook right now. "If your music service is currently barfing every track you play to Facebook, turn. Continue reading
Wall Street Tries Out iTunes Radio, Sends Pandora Stock Soaring
Apple's iTunes Radio launched yesterday. For many analysts it was to be the ultimate Pandora killer. After all, at launch, iTunes Radio came instantly installed on millions of phones, tablets. Continue reading