Posted by Mark Zapata on March 13, 2019
The latest in the ongoing digital music streaming discussion has to do with artist compensation. Some headlines falsely accuse Sweden’s music streaming giant Spotify of “Suing songwriters” along with Amazon, Pandora and Google as the four leading streaming services have appealed a ruling that would increase artist royalties paid to them by all streaming services. […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on August 10, 2016
Metallica’s August 20th concert at Minneapolis’ US Bank Stadium will be streamed live on Pandora. Listeners can tune in here at 10pm EST to listen. Until then, you can go there and hear a playlist curated by the band.
Posted by Bram Teitelman on November 16, 2015
While we’re going to end 2015 with more streaming services than we started it with, the landscape is certainly changing. It was announced today that Rdio will file for bankruptcy and shut down, with Pandora acquiring “key assets” of the on-demand streaming service in a deal valued at $75 million. Having existed for 15 years, Pandora is the […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on July 2, 2014
In a move that’s not that surprising given Apple’s purchase of Beats, Google has purchased streaming music service Songza for an undisclosed price. Songza offers music curated for moods, events, times of day and more, using 50 music curators. There are also genre-based playlists, with their metal offerings at 28 or so playlists, one of them […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on June 12, 2014
While it’s been known that this was going to happen eventually, today Amazon has launched its own music streaming service. They join an already-crowded landscape, with Pandora, Spotify, Beats, iTunes Radio and Google Play Music All Access already in the field. However, there are some big differences between Amazon and the others. If you have […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on May 9, 2014
According to a report in Financial Times, Apple is about to make their biggest acquisition ever by acquiring Beats Electronics for $3.2 billion. As a result, the computer maker will acquire streaming service Beats Music, which was launched earlier this year. According to sources, the Beats management team will report to Apple chief Tim Cook. […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on August 23, 2013
Back in February, streaming radio service Pandora alienated some listeners by imposing a 40 hour/month limit on free mobile listening. Of course that was before the folks at Apple announced plans for their own streaming service. Now that iTunes Radio is coming (expected to launch in September), the company has decided to drop the limit. […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on June 26, 2013
Now that Nine Inch Nails is coming back with a new album and constantly changing lineup, Trent Reznor is making his way around the press circuit. However, during a recent radio interview on The Kevin & Bean Show, Reznor further discussed the new music streaming service he’s been working on with Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine […]
Posted by Ben DiCostanzo on June 10, 2013
Confirming previous reports, Apple will indeed be releasing its own radio service, iTunesRadio. While similar in scope to Spotify and the recently-released Google Play Music All Access, it looks like it’s got Pandora set in its sites. While it was thought to be available as soon as this week, iTunesRadio will instead become available in the […]
Posted by Ben DiCostanzo on June 4, 2013
It hasn’t yet been a month since Google unveiled their online radio service, Google Play Music All Access, yet it looks like there’s another competitor entering the fray and battling for online streaming radio dominance. The New York Times reports that Apple is finally getting their ducks in a row to debut their own Internet radio […]
