Strange though it may seem, given our youthful good looks, Music Ally's fortnightly digital music report was already 61 issues down when Apple launched its iTunes music store in April 2003. So how were...
April 15th, 2013 by Stuart Dredge
Ninja Jamm, the new music remix app from label Ninja Tune, has been some time in the making. Label co-founder Matt Black talked about the project last October at the ADE conference in Amsterdam, targeting...
April 12th, 2013 by Stuart Dredge
For most of this week, I was in Cannes for the MIPTV conference, finding out how the television industry is responding to digital disruption. The conference's MIPCube strand included a session run by...
April 4th, 2013 by Stuart Dredge
News that Prince's label NPG Records has been sending DMCA takedown notices to Twitter for videos posted using its Vine app shouldn't be a surprise. Prince has form when it comes to getting grumpy about...
March 27th, 2013 by Stuart Dredge
Do we need a 'roaming network for subscription music services'? Union Square Ventures VC Fred Wilson thinks so, and has explained why in a blog post today, comparing siloed streaming music services to...
March 8th, 2013 by Stuart Dredge
I've bought four albums recently. Four! And me a paying Spotify customer. And while this isn't interesting in itself, it's something of a riposte to the idea that once people start streaming music, they...
March 7th, 2013 by Stuart Dredge
Google will launch at least one, and possibly two subscription-based streaming music services this year. The rumours – Financial Times, Fortune and Billboard most recently, if you're catching up –...
March 4th, 2013 by Stuart Dredge
Man, does Amanda Palmer wind a lot of people up. Her TED talk on The Art of Asking being the latest reason people are being cross in my inbox wondering why Music Ally gives her more precious publicity-oxygen. Why?...
February 22nd, 2013 by Stuart Dredge
Record Store Day is a marvellous thing. Jack White's music is frequently thrilling. But his views on technology sometimes get my goat. This week is one of those times. White is an ambassador for this...
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