by Zach Shaw | Nov 14, 2011 | Digital Media
The battle between independent metal labels and Spotify continues on. Century Media, Metal Blade, and Prosthetic Records have now been joined by Sumerian Records, who have recently pulled a majority of their roster off of the European streaming service. As expected,...
by Bram Teitelman | Nov 14, 2011 | Digital Media
The cloud music store is still in its infancy stages, with Amazon the only service to have had a full-fledged launch so far. Look for Google Music to officially join the ranks this Wednesday. Invitations were sent out Friday for an event to be held this Wednesday (16)...
by Zach Shaw | Nov 9, 2011 | Digital Media
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbAT9Ap9EVs[/youtube] During an interview on Topspin CEO Ian Rogers’ This Week In Music web show, Universal Music Group’s head of Digital Business Rob Wells shared his take on today’s two leading online streaming services:...
by Metal Insider | Oct 17, 2011 | Digital Media
This past Friday (October 14), we shared an email thread between Robert Fripp, his team, and Grooveshark that Digital Music News were cc’d on. The emails chronicled Fripp’s struggle to get King Crimson’s material and his solo work removed from the streaming service....
by Metal Insider | Oct 14, 2011 | Digital Media
With so much buzz surrounding Spotify, we often forget about other music streaming services. And as it turns out, Spotify isn’t the only one in hot water over what they can and can’t stream. Music streaming site Grooveshark has been operating on the fringes of...
by Zach Shaw | Oct 13, 2011 | Digital Media
At first glance, Facebook’s music integration seems like a great tool for both fans and musicians to share and expose music with one another. However, though it’s not even a month old, the integration with services like Spotify, iHeartRadio, Rhapsody, and others is...