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Spotify Growing By 8,000 Subscribers Per Day, More Than Netflix, Sirius XM

Spotify just hit 3 million paying subscribers, up from 2.5 million just two months ago.READ»

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Rhapsody Nabs Napster International To Battle Spotify In Europe, Knocks Competitor Facebook "Growth"

"When it comes to competing against Spotify," says Rhapsody president Jon Irwin, "the name of the game is: Go big, or go home."READ»

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Would You Pay $20 A Month For Spotify?

Spotify chief content officer Ken Parks says you can get unlimited music, from anywhere, for the price of just a "couple of beers." Isn't your music worth more than that?READ»

To Reach Fans Through Social Music Sites, Labels Need To Learn To Let Go

With social music sites like Spotify and Turntable, fans feel a part of something awesome, something that makes it a pleasure to contribute, not a burden. It’s this type of connectivity that is the envy of every brand in the world. But to work, this connection has to be made on the consumer’s terms, and that piece gets lost more times than not. READ»

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Spotify, Rdio, And MOG On Artist Payments: Don't Blame Us

Recently music services such as these have become the black sheep of the industry--popular among consumers but cursed by the content creators. But are these services really worse for artists than iTunes?READ»

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Spotify, Rhapsody, Rdio: When Will Subscription Music Pay Off For Artists?

"It sucks that right now that artists are getting paid so little money by subscription services, but it sucks that artists are getting paid so little money by everyone," says MOG exec Anu Kirk.READ»

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Tune Out Spotify Ads: Rdio Launches Free, On-Demand Music Streaming

Digital music service Rdio today introduced free, on-demand streaming music--"free" being the key point here. No registration. No credit cards. No downloads. And best of all, no ads. The San Francisco-based startup is providing instant access to its catalog of more than 12 million songs. For no cost.READ»

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Pandora, Rhapsody Bring Social Music Power To The People

Streaming music services Rhapsody and Pandora are adding social features that go beyond artists, albums, and carefully curated playlists to share what users are really listening to. READ»

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How Spotify's Casual Encounters Seduce Young U.S. Music Lovers

Music listeners today want to fool around with all sorts of artists without the hassle of commitment. Spotify's cool with that. Here's what the streaming service brings to the U.S. music biz and freewheelin' music consumers like you. READ»

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Radical Tweak: Radical.FM Takes Kitchen Sink Approach To Online Radio

A new service crams in as many of the on-demand, social sharing, music streaming and even Net DJ-ing tricks it can. No doubt, it's clever. But can it beat a crowded field that includes the Facebook-Spotify union?READ»

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iTunes Match Not Laundering Pirated Music, It's Driving A Subscription Future

Music industry execs tell us how Apple's new syncing service might help them--and everyone from Rhapsody to Rapidshare.READ»

Echo Nest, Teaming With Rdio, Brings Next-Level Beats

What happens when you mash up an MIT spun-out music metadata company with a Skype-backed music subscription service? The future of music.READ»

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Digital Music Revenues to Hit $20 Billion by 2015

The cash will come largely from subscription services, predicts an analyst/soothsayer. Music stores like iTunes, having already seen declined growth, will suffer.READ»

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Rhapsody Takes On Apple's iTunes, Online Music Heats Up

Offline playback is now available with Rhapsody on Android phones. But will that news be overshadowed by Apple's big iTunes announcement tomorrow?READ»

Google Launches Music Service...in India?

Today, Google Labs introduced Indic Music, a search-and-play service that gives us some insight into what Google Music might look like. READ»

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Smartphones Make More Money From Streaming Music Than Downloads: Study

According to a new study, mobile operators should quit pushing their own music download stores on users and instead partner with music streaming services to increase revenues. READ»

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How an Apple Subscription Model Could Damn Streaming Services [Updated]

What does this mean for streaming services like Rhapsody or the much-anticipated Swedish import Spotify?READ»

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MOG's All-You-Can-Download Music Service Launches on iPhone and Android

Spotify, iTunes, Zune, Rhapsody: Watch out. MOG is finally available on iPhone and Android, and it's pretty great, with a big catalog and nice features like high-quality downloading.READ»

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As Consumers Steer Clear of Mobile Music Downloads, iTunes Continues to Run the Show

New data released last night by ComScore shows that we might be waiting a while for the much speculated about mobile version of iTunes (or else, it'll pop up in Vietnam). Consumers, it seems, are continuing to manage their media ...READ»

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Here's a Swan Song for Lala as Apple Axes the Music Streaming Service

Lala, the music streaming company bought by Apple at the end of 2009, will be dead in a month. It posted a message on its Web site last night to that effect, that said, "Lala is shutting down on May 31. Unfortunately, we are accepting ...READ»