Last.fm and Spotify team up to give better music recommendations

In a match that seems made in heaven, Internet radio and recommendation service Last.fm has gone into a partnership with music streaming service Spotify. Together the two companies aim to … Continue reading

In Dre We Trust: Why You Should Try Beats Music

In Dre We Trust: Why You Should Try Beats Music

After a year of hype, Beats Music is finally here, and if it has a definitive pitch, the company’s frenetic, towheaded CEO Ian Rogers served it to me over blaring punk music in a Lower East Side bar last week. "I’ve got [legendary producer] Jimmy Iovine calling me on the weekend and saying, "What the hell is this playlist?"

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Rdio Copies Spotify, Goes Totally Free On the Web With Ads

Rdio Copies Spotify, Goes Totally Free On the Web With Ads

Earlier today, Spotify removed listening caps from its web-based music service. And so the struggling Rdio streaming music service has decided to follow with its own announcement: Free on-demand music forever on the web—as long as you’re willing to listen to some of the company’s newly conceived advertising. Yup, everybody’s shaking in their boots over the launch of Beats Music next week.

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How Beats’ New Music Service Plans to Crush Spotify

How Beats’ New Music Service Plans to Crush Spotify

Instead of simply offering more music, Beats new streaming service will woo new listeners with a potent mix of smarter algorithms and human curation.

    



Spotify nixes time limits on web listening

Spotify has just opened the flood gates of music bliss to all free users of its service, at least if you’re using it on your desktop computer. Free users of … Continue reading

Last week, we learned that digital music sales dropped for the first time since iTunes in 2013.

Last week, we learned that digital music sales dropped for the first time since iTunes in 2013. Thanks to Billboard and Nielsen’s fresh year-end music report, we now know that there was significant 32 percent uptick in music streams in 2013. This doesn’t prove that Spotify and the like are killing music sales, but it sure suggests they might be.

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Pure Audio’s Flexible Wireless Music System Now Works With Any App

Pure Audio's Flexible Wireless Music System Now Works With Any App

Pure Audio’s new wireless streaming music system was already the most flexible out there, but now the company’s opening up its platform even more. Rather than being bound to proprietary apps like the offerings from Sonos, Bose, and Samsung, Pure’s multiroom system now works with any app.

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Digital Music Sales Just Dropped for the First Time Since iTunes

Digital Music Sales Just Dropped for the First Time Since iTunes

In 2013, digital music sales declined for the first time since Apple launched the iTunes Store 10 years ago. Are streaming music services like Rdio and Spotify to blame?

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Led Zeppelin Spotify deal is exclusive – to a point

There’s been word that one of the last major hold-outs in the streaming music business, Led Zeppelin, was in negotiations with several companies since early this year. Now that they’ve officially joined up with Spotify for their entire official record collection, it would appear that Spotify has won the battle – according to a NYTimes […]

You Can Listen to Spotify (And LED ZEPPELIN) On Your Phone For Free

You Can Listen to Spotify (And LED ZEPPELIN) On Your Phone For Free

Spotify is getting an ad-supported mobile version—previously, you had to be a paying subscriber to get mobile access to the service from your iOS or Android phone. Oh, and you’re going to get Led Zeppelin! Yes! Finally! Both the new product, and Zeppelin will be available today.

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