Engadget: Pandora Launches Next-gen TV Experience
Engadget reports that Pandora, the Internet radio service, has unveiled tv.pandora.com, the company's next-gen television experience to offer personalized radio to millions of listeners in their living...
View ArticleRdio Announces New Music Weekly Series
Rdio has announced the launch of its New Music Weekly series, a cutting-edge campaign bringing together the best in independent art and music with a series of original video pieces from visual artists...
View ArticleParks Associates: Nearly 70 Million U.S Households Will Have Smart TVs By 2017
According to Parks Associates research, there will be 175 million online video users in the U.S. in 2013, rising to 191 million by 2017, at which time there will be nearly 70 million smart-TV...
View ArticleTonara Launches iPad App for Musicians
Reuters reports that Tonara has developed a music app for Apple’s iPad that allows users to download scores for free and review their music with an interactive playback system.
View ArticlePhilip Kaplan Releases DistroKid to Distribute Music More Efficiently
TechCrunch reports that Philip Kaplan, AKA ‘Pud’, has announced the launch of DistroKid. DistroKid is a service created for musicians to distribute unlimited tracks to musicians for a small annual fee....
View ArticleBandcamp Has Paid $50 Million to its Artists
Hypebot reports that the popular musicians’ sales and marketing platform, Bandcamp, has paid $50 million to artists on its platform. "Even five years in, it still feels like we’ve just scratched the...
View ArticleTango to Bring Spotify’s Music into Messaging App
VentureBeat reports that Tango is now bringing Spotify’s music into its messaging app. In an announcement made today, the company announced that it has integrated Spotify into its new Tango Music...
View ArticleMTV Releasing Music Discovery App
DigitalMusicNews reports that MTV is releasing a music discovery app, available for the iPhone starting today. With the app, users can search songs by artist name or song lyrics. The app also includes...
View ArticleTuneGo Releases Musician Discovery Platform for Artists
Hypebot reports that TuneGo has launched a new career development platform for musicians. The platform is now taking a hybrid approach of addressing the needs of music artists. Musicians can use the...
View ArticleBeats Music to Launch in January
DigitalMusicNews reports that the Beats Music service will finally launch in January. The service was proposed to go live in the summer of 2013, but the service could not be finalized. With the...
View ArticleBop.fm Connecting Music Services to Make Music Shareable
Hypebot reports that Bop.fm released the beta version of its service this week. The company offers playlists that stream songs from various services, which include YouTube, SoundCloud, Rdio and...
View ArticleMixcloud Launches New Site for Music Browsing
Hypebot reports that Mixcloud has launched a new website now in beta, where users can easily access music browsing. The old version of the music streaming service is still available. Browsing for...
View ArticleTapastic Raises $2 Million to Develop Webcomics and Visual Storytelling
TechCrunch reports that Tapastic has raised $2 million in its Series A round of funding from South Korea’s Daum Communications. Tapastic provides a portal for webcomics and online graphic storytelling...
View ArticleIODA Music and Noise Pop Festival Founder Launches OpenAura
openauraHypebot reports that Kevin Arnold, Founder of IODA Music and the Noise Pop Festival, today announced a new service called OpenAura. The new service is intended to provide artists and musicians...
View ArticleBeats Music Acquires Topspin Media
TechCrunch reports that streaming music service, Beats Music, has acquired Topspin Media. The company announced a partnership in February, where Topspin’s ArtistLink platform allows musicians to sell...
View ArticleSamsung Introduces Milk Music Studio
Hypebot reports that Samsung has launched Milk Music Studio for all Samsung Galaxy users. The new service, which includes more than 200 web radio stations and 13 million songs as well as customization...
View ArticleVimeo Releases a Documentary Called “Europe in 8 Bits”
DigitalMusicNews reports that Vimeo has launched a documentary called "Europe in 8 Bits." The documentary movie covers the history and current state of chiptune, a type of music generated by using...
View ArticleU.K.’s Box TV and Spotify to Launch Top 40 TV Show
Hypebot reports that leading UK music video TV channel Box TV and Spotify are launching "The Official Box+ Streaming Chart" as a new music TV show. The show will be built on a weekly Top 40 chart from...
View ArticleDeezer Revamps Freemium Model on Mobile
TechCrunch reports that music streaming serviced Deezer has revamped its mobile free offering to compete with Rdio, Spotify, and others. Mobile users will be able to access and listen to personalized...
View ArticlePitchfork: The Past, Present, and Future of Streaming Music
Pitchfork Media's Eric Harvey has published a great (lengthy) cover article on the evolution of streaming music that explores how services from YouTube to Pandora to Spotify are affecting ideas of...
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