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Pandora’s priorities: ‘Don’t talk about how the web is doing…’

Pandora as a mobile music service isn't a new notion: usage of the personal radio service has been more than 70% mobile for some time now.
March 13, 2013
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Nielsen: music biz missing out on up to $2.6bn of ‘incremental’ revenues

The idea of 1,000+ 'true fans' who'll spend lots of money on a favourite artist, and the popularity of crowdfunding campaigns with tiers of increasingly valuable rewards are both well established.
March 13, 2013
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SXSW Music Accelerator startups set for battle

More than 500 companies entered this year's SXSW Music Accelerator startups contest, with eight finalists and three alternates named late last week.
February 4, 2013
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SXSW PanelPicker goes live

Voting is now live for the SXSW PanelPicker, which allows the public to help pick the line up for the SXSW Music, Film, Interactive and Education events in 2013.
August 15, 2012
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Ovelin’s WildChords wins SXSW Accelerator contest

It's turning into a helluva year for Finnish startup Ovelin, with its WildChords iPad music app winning this week's SXSW Accelerator music tech contest.
March 16, 2012
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Turntable.fm bags all four major labels for licensing deals

Turntable.fm has secured licensing deals with all four major labels.
March 14, 2012
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Turntable.fm bags all four major labels for licensing deals

As predicted, US music startup Turntable.fm has secured licensing deals with all four major labels. The company announced the news during a session at SXSW Interactive yesterday.
March 14, 2012
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Zya and Songster give music creation a high profile at SXSW

There are two more interesting new services to be aware of in the music creation game. Zya is the work of startup Music Mastermind, providing an animated studio and virtual musicians for users to play with, as well as licensed...
March 14, 2012
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Nike opens up FuelBand API at Backplane’s SXSW hackathon

Nike has launched an API for its new FuelBand wristband, which tracks exercisers' movements and syncs data with an iPhone app.
March 12, 2012
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ShareSquare stats reveal mobile failings of artist websites

If one thing came out strongly from our Music Apps event this week, it's the need for more investment in making artist websites mobile-friendly, rather than just making native apps. Now some research from ShareSquare has...
March 9, 2012
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ShareSquare stats reveal mobile failings of artist websites

If one thing came out strongly from our Music Apps event this week, it's the need for more investment in making artist websites mobile-friendly, rather than just making native apps. Now some research from ShareSquare has...
March 9, 2012
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SXSW shuts down Lastsx.sw music discovery site

However, one site that won't be joining the party is Lastsx.sw, a music discovery site that launched in January with the aim of helping people discover bands playing the SXSW 2012 music festival
March 6, 2012