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One Direction Spotify app

One Direction pass 100m Spotify streams

Sony Music has partnered with Spotify to launch a dedicated One Direction app to celebrate the band passing 100 million ...

Tom Pakinkis
by Tom Pakinkis
on Nov 13th 2012 at 10:45AM
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Spotify 'close' to securing $100m funding, plans 2013 worldwide expansion

Spotify is close to ending a $100 million round of funding at a valuation of $3 billion as it prepares ...

Rhian Jones
by Rhian Jones
on Nov 12th 2012 at 10:14AM
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Spotify on course for $200m total revenue for H1 2012

Spotify has reportedly made $200 million in total revenue over the first six months of 2012, and is on an ...

Rhian Jones
by Rhian Jones
on Nov 12th 2012 at 9:57AM
Spotify offers £10k grant to independent artist/manager duo

Spotify offers £10k grant to independent artist/manager duo

Spotify will award a £10,000 to an independent artist and manager partnership that shows great promise this month.

The winning ...

Tim Ingham
by Tim Ingham
on Nov 9th 2012 at 3:11PM

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Piracy

POLL: Can 4G significantly assist the music industry's battle against piracy?

The BPI has said the launch of new high speed mobile network 4G presents a "massive opportunity for digital music" ...

Rhian Jones
by Rhian Jones
on Nov 8th 2012 at 10:03AM
Xbox Music

Spotify + iTunes + Pandora = Xbox Music? Gated Content

Microsoft has taken a giant step into the world of digital music, launching a brand new service that it says ...

Tom Pakinkis
by Tom Pakinkis
on Oct 26th 2012 at 1:00PM
Kylie manager to win special MMF/FAC Award

Kylie manager to win special MMF/FAC Award

The Music Managers Forum and Featured Artists Coalition have announced that Terry Blamey, long-time manager of Kylie Minogue, is to ...

Tim Ingham
by Tim Ingham
on Oct 25th 2012 at 3:52PM
Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift holds new album from streaming services

Taylor Swift’s new album Red has been released this week but it seems that the popular country star has decided ...

Tina Hart
by Tina Hart
on Oct 23rd 2012 at 1:56PM

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Gerrit Meier

Spotify's Gerrit Meier departs for new venture

Gerrit Meier has left Spotify after a year at the company where he served as general manager, Distribution & Partnerships. ...

Tina Hart
by Tina Hart
on Oct 18th 2012 at 11:22AM
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Poll: Can Xbox Music challenge the likes of iTunes and Spotify?

Microsoft has said that the 30 million plus catalogue of its new streaming and download platform Xbox Music rivals that ...

Rhian Jones
by Rhian Jones
on Oct 18th 2012 at 10:21AM
Simfy

Simfy withdraws free service from Belgium 11 months after launch

Germany-based music streaming service Simfy is withdrawing its ad-supported, free-to-listen service from the Belgian market, just 11 months after launch.

Rhian Jones
by Rhian Jones
on Oct 12th 2012 at 10:21AM
Spotify

Spotify to launch in Japan next year?

Spotify is reportedly is talks with record labels about opening up shop in Japan - the world's second biggest music ...

Rhian Jones
by Rhian Jones
on Oct 12th 2012 at 10:04AM

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Coca-Cola could buy $10m Spotify stake - report

Coca-Cola is in talks with Spotify with potential investment in the streaming music service on the cards.

Tom Pakinkis
by Tom Pakinkis
on Oct 11th 2012 at 2:09PM
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Spotify to land on Samsung Smart TVs

Spotify has partnered with Samsung to bring its streaming music  service to the electronics manufacturer’s Smart TVs, Blu-ray players and ...

Tom Pakinkis
by Tom Pakinkis
on Oct 10th 2012 at 12:35PM
Will Page

Will Page joins Spotify in senior economics role

Will Page, the former chief economist for PRS For Music, has joined Spotify in a senior economics role.

Rhian Jones
by Rhian Jones
on Oct 10th 2012 at 9:39AM
BBC to launch music iPlayer equivalent dubbed 'Playlister'

BBC to launch music iPlayer equivalent dubbed 'Playlister'

The BBC is reportedly working on a music equivalent of its iPlayer catch-up service, the Playlister.

Rhian Jones
by Rhian Jones
on Oct 3rd 2012 at 9:43AM

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Samsung

Samsung new software services to compete with Apple, Google and Amazon

Samsung Electronics is planning to buy mobile content providers to compete with Apple, Google and Amazon.com, according to Reuters.

Rhian Jones
by Rhian Jones
on Oct 2nd 2012 at 10:13AM
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Spotify partners with German telecoms group

Spotify will be available as part of a mobile tariff in Germany for the first time from tomorrow (October 2), ...

Rhian Jones
by Rhian Jones
on Oct 1st 2012 at 4:42PM
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Spotify UK revenue hit £95.5m in 2011 as losses tumbled

The latest financial statement from Spotify indicates that its UK business significantly narrowed its operating losses in the 2011 financial ...

Rhian Jones
by Rhian Jones
on Sep 27th 2012 at 10:45AM
Rdio

Rdio: 'UK streaming race is far from over' Gated Content

Rdio is confident that it can compete with Spotify and Deezer in a UK race that it feels is far ...

Tom Pakinkis
by Tom Pakinkis
on Sep 26th 2012 at 3:11PM
The Echo Nest

The Echo Nest launches new underground music Spotify playlist

Music intelligence platform The Echo Nest has launched a Spotify playlist of the top 100 “discovery” songs.

Rhian Jones
by Rhian Jones
on Sep 26th 2012 at 10:40AM
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Spotify lowers radio royalty obligation in the US

Spotify is now paying webcasting royalties to SoundExchange for streams on the free internet radio service launched in June on ...

Rhian Jones
by Rhian Jones
on Sep 25th 2012 at 9:54AM
Tunetribe, Spotify, Sony Music, Shazam make CoolBrands list

Tunetribe, Spotify, Sony Music, Shazam make CoolBrands list

Apple, Spotify, Sony Music, Shazam and Tunetribe have been named on the CoolBrands list for 2012/2013.

on Sep 24th 2012 at 2:35PM
US awareness of Google Play, Spotify lags behind Pandora

US awareness of Google Play, Spotify lags behind Pandora

Just one in five US internet users were aware of Google Play in the second quarter of 2012.

Tim Ingham
by Tim Ingham
on Sep 20th 2012 at 11:07AM
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Spotify to stream TV in Sweden?

Spotify is negotiating a deal to distribute HBO’s upcoming HBO Nordic over-the-top pay-TV service across Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark, according to reports ...

Rhian Jones
by Rhian Jones
on Sep 13th 2012 at 10:49AM