Spotify boss Daniel Ek turns 29 this year, but he doesn’t want any presents. Instead, he’s set up a donation page on the Charity Water website, and is hoping to […]
Author Archives: Stuart Dredge
Music Ally's Head of Insight
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Rdio-powered Anthm app is a party jukebox for iPhone
It’s not just Spotify whose mobile API is the base for interesting new music apps. Anthm is a new iPhone app from US developer App Empire which promises to “turn […]
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Tiësto launches iPhone app including subscription tier
Globetrotting DJ Tiësto has launched his official iPhone app, which costs £0.69 on Apple’s App Store. The app offers music, news, tour dates and social features to connect with other […]
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Apple’s iTunes customer survey not so interested in streaming rivals
Apple is running some market research surveying customers of its iTunes Store, asking them to “help us get the complete picture”. Naturally, we filled it in to see what Apple […]
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Facebook’s $5bn IPO doc reveals $3.7bn revenues and $1bn profit for 2011
Facebook has filed for its long-awaited IPO, and its S1 filing has plenty of stats to chew on. Including the fact that the social network now has 854m users, with […]
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Exclusive: Coldplay’s Mylo Xyloto album is now on Spotify (Update: and rivals)
Coldplay have been one of the highest-profile streaming holdouts in recent months, with their new album Mylo Xyloto being unavailable on Spotify and its rivals. Well, now it is. This […]
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5bn songs shared on Facebook since September
Facebook’s Dan Rose shared a big new stat in his keynote appearance this afternoon: 5bn songs have been shared on Facebook since it launched its new open graph in September […]
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Liveblog: Facebook partnerships VP Dan Rose talks music at Midem
Facebook made its big music move towards the end of 2011, launching its new open graph for partners like Spotify, Rhapsody and Deezer to get their users sharing details of […]
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Liveblog: Mark Mulligan talks ‘Agile Music’ at Midem
Analyst Mark Mulligan bagged a slot at Midem today to talk about the concept of ‘Agile Music’ – how music products need to evolve in ‘the age of mass customisation’. […]
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Liveblog: Google, UMG, Amazon and Merlin talk digital music
This should be fun. A panel called ‘How to work with the fab four’ was the centrepiece of Midem’s Visionary Monday afternoon session, moderated by Ted Cohen. The panel comprised […]
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Liveblog: Zvooq talks interconnected ecosystems of fans
Zvooq’s Bas Grasmayer talked about the “age of nonlinearity” at Midem this afternoon, and the lessons that the music industry can learn from what’s happening online, including social networks. “First, […]
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Liveblog: Coca-Cola and Mark Ronson talk music and branding
Producer/artist Mark Ronson was the big draw at the start of Midem’s Visionary Monday afternoon, in a joint keynote session with Coca-Cola’s SVP of integrated marketing communications and capabilities Wendy […]