Bye Bye Beats, So Long Zune – Apple, Microsoft Retire Major Digital Music Brands
Two major digital music brands are being retired. Apple is shuttering its Beats Music service and pushing users to Apple Music; and Microsoft is shuttering one of the original digital. Continue reading
Microsoft’s Xbox Music Reboots As Groove… Or Is It Groove Music? NO, Not That Other Groove Music
Microsoft and Google must be envious. Despite their massive scale, neither has been able capture a significant portion of the music market, as Apple did with iTunes and appears to. Continue reading
Bop.fm Finally Adds An App [VIDEO]
Bop.fm has launched its first app. Often described as the Switzerland of music streaming, the new iOS app sources and shares music from a variety of sources including Spotify, YouTube, SoundCloud, Pandora,. Continue reading
SoundCloud, Google Play, X-Box + 11 More Music Services Added To T-Mobile’s Music Freedom Plan
T-Mobile today added 14 streaming music apps, doubling the services eligible for its data-free Music Freedom program. While not exactly popular with net neutrality advocates, T-Mobile says their "streaming doesn't. Continue reading
Microsoft Launches Music Deals App Boasting $0.99 and $1.99 Album Deals
Microsoft just announced it's rollout of Music Deals – a new app for Windows and Windows Phone users with big music taste on a tight budget. The company has promised. Continue reading
Bop.fm Tipping Point: Pandora, Xbox Music, Rhapsody and Napster Added
Bop.fm specializes in "service-agnostic playlists" allowing you to send a song link to a friend who can listen to it without having the same music service subscriptions that you have.. Continue reading
BandPage, LyricFind Partner To Add Tour Dates and D2F Stores To 5 Billion Lyric Searches Yearly
BandPage and LyricFind have partnered to add artist tour dates and direct to fan stores to one of the net's most consistently popular searches – song lyrics. LyricFind delivers 5. Continue reading
The Echo Nest Adds XBox Music To 400+ Client List
(UPDATED) The Echo Nest adds to its ever expanding lists of partnerships with today's announcement that it's now powering dynamic radio stations for Microsofts' digital music service Xbox Music. Using. Continue reading
BandPage CEO J Sider On The State Of The New Music Industry
Op-Ed by J Sider, the founder & CEO of BandPage, a leading service for musicians to engage their fans across the web. He's been named to Billboard and Forbes’ 30 Under. Continue reading