Tag: streaming

Streaming service Spotify isn't all about the free music. No, there are also paid subscriptions, and in a bid to make them more accessible Spotify has now integrated with online payments system PayPal.

Label-backed online video site Vevo has announced that David Kohl has joined the company as its head of sales.

UK streaming music site we7 has launched its latest initiative, we7 Presents, which aims to spotlight unsigned artists.

The latest round in the battle for social network supremacy appears to be Twitter integration.

Swedish media are reporting that one of the lay judges set to hear the appeal case of the four Pirate Bay co-founders is an employee of streaming music service Spotify.

We wrote about the Save Spotify website recently, which touted tech that would rip Spotify streams to MP3 files.

Dave Dederer got in early to the App Store, launching an innovative back-catalogue app for his former band Presidents of the United States of America, while also working on streaming music apps for his current employer Melodeo.

UK streaming music service we7 will soon launch a new initiative called we7 Presents, which will focus on a series of unsigned artists, giving each a ten-week promo package including homepage spots and mentions in their newsletter.

Last July, the CTO of music service Pandora said "I need Android like I need a hole in the head... another OS platform that sits on top of buggy firmware".

So ISP-led music services are going to save the music industry? Telecom Italia has dented that hope with news that it has suspended its recently-launched streaming music service Next Music.

UK streaming music service We7 is offering a stream of Jay-Z's new The Blueprint 3 album in advance of its release next Monday.

Billboard has a report on the recent funding rounds of MOG and Rightsflow, and examines whether they mean investors are being attracted back to the online music market.