Apple's App Store has passed 50bn app downloads for iOS devices, and it was indie band OK Go whose app hit the milestone. Apple announced today that Ohio resident Brandon Ashmore downloaded the band's...
May 16th, 2013 by Stuart Dredge
May 14th, 2013 by Stuart Dredge
US radio giant Clear Channel is excited about the growth of its iHeartRadio streaming service, announcing yesterday that it now has 30m registered users: "second only to Instagram as the fastest-growing...
May 9th, 2013 by Stuart Dredge
US personal radio service Slacker Radio has been enjoying rapid growth since its big relaunch in February. The company announced yesterday that it has added more than 6m new listeners and 100k paying subscribers...
May 3rd, 2013 by Stuart Dredge
Songza has come a long way from its roots as a music search-engine competing with Seeqpod. The company's last pivot in 2012 turned out to be a hugely successful one, turning it into an iOS app offering...
April 29th, 2013 by Stuart Dredge
Shazam has a new boss: Rich Riley, the former EVP Americas for Yahoo. He has joined the 'mobile engagement' company as CEO, replacing Andrew Fisher, who'd held the role since 2005. Fisher isn't leaving:...
March 21st, 2013 by Stuart Dredge
When will a streaming music service reach 1bn people rather than 10m or 20m? Oh, it has. YouTube has announced a big milestone: "More than a billion unique users every single month". That's up from...
February 25th, 2013 by Stuart Dredge
A year ago, Shazam described itself in press releases as "the world's leading mobile discovery company". Now its burgeoning TV business makes it "the world's leading media engagement company" – a small...
February 6th, 2013 by Stuart Dredge
Apps might be where it's at for Apple in 2013, but music remains a core feature of its iTunes Store. To emphasise the point, Apple announced a big milestone today: 25bn songs sold from iTunes. The 25...
January 31st, 2013 by Stuart Dredge
Lyrics-focused mobile app MusiXmatch has raised $3.7m of new funding from existing investors Micheli Associati and Paolo Barberis, The company has also announced that the app has reached the 10m users...
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