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Spotify celebrates its first year in the US with milestones and statistics

By Evan Rodgers on July 23, 2012 02:13 am + 22 comments

It was just over a year ago when online music streaming service Spotify launched in the US, and the Continue reading…
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Streaming music leads boost in Sweden, accounting for 89 percent of digital music sales

By Dieter Bohn on July 14, 2012 08:29 pm + 30 comments

Streaming music's effect on the the industry's revenues has been a point of contention for some Continue reading…
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Europe's plan for music licensing, and the artists that feel betrayed

By Aaron Souppouris on July 12, 2012 09:52 am + 28 comments

Yesterday, the European Commission announced a new proposal to simplify the way companies pay Continue reading…
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Rhapsody's Rob Reid: 'Copyright law is like doing archaeology in the Mediterranean'

By Joshua Kopstein on July 9, 2012 11:41 am + 20 comments

If you're a music or tech fan, you've probably noticed that the current arms race over patents and Continue reading…
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Rdio goes live in Sweden and Finland

By Louis Goddard on July 4, 2012 03:54 am + 8 comments

Rdio, the ad-free music streaming service launched by Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Continue reading…
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Spotify and Yahoo announce distribution deal, Play widget coming to Yahoo's Media Network

By Chris Welch on June 26, 2012 05:33 pm + 20 comments

Spotify and Yahoo have partnered up on a new content distribution deal that will integrate the Continue reading…
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Spotify releases native app in BlackBerry App World

By Nathan Ingraham on June 25, 2012 01:27 pm + 11 comments

Spotify has had native apps for iOS and Android for some time now, but now the company has released Continue reading…
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Tumblr 3.0 for iPhone out with new interface, offline support, tag searching, and more

By Sam Byford on June 21, 2012 02:27 am + 25 comments

Tumblr has released version 3.0 of its app for iPhone, bringing it more in line with the excellent Continue reading…
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Internet radio royalties climb to over $1 billion as artists and labels profit

By Chris Welch on June 19, 2012 11:31 am + 11 comments

Internet radio is becoming an increasingly lucrative revenue source for musicians and record labels, Continue reading…
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Spotify takes on Pandora with unlimited free radio for iOS users in the US

By Ellis Hamburger on June 19, 2012 07:00 am + 74 comments

Spotify today announced that Spotify Radio, a Pandora-esque recommendations service available in its Continue reading…