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Music Kingpin Jimmy Iovine: ‘Most Tech Companies Are Culturally Inept’

February 12, 2013 By Lucas Shaw 13 weeks ago

The man who helped launch Eminem and Lady Gaga has a few ideas about the future of music

  

French Music Startup Deezer Secures $130M in Funding Led by Warner Music Group Owners

October 8, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 31 weeks ago

The Spotify-like service has global-expansion plans but will it still skip the U.S. and Japan ?

  

Microsoft to Challenge Spotify, iTunes With Xbox Music Streaming Service

June 28, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 46 weeks ago

Microsoft's new music streaming service will replace its defunct Zune

  

Quincy Jones Dings P. Diddy at Spotify Launch: ‘He Couldn’t Recognize a B-Flat’

June 27, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 46 weeks ago

The music legend Quincy Jones couldn’t resist dinging P. Diddy for being a music illiterate while touting the new music app of Spotify

  

Spotify Comes to Yahoo: Yahoo Announces Another New Partnership

June 26, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 46 weeks ago

Yahoo users can now listen to Spotify -- so long as they sign up

  

KCRW Launches App on Spotify

June 21, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 47 weeks ago

KCRW is the first American radio station to create an app on the music-streaming program

  

Pandora for Talking: Stitcher Updates App How You Like It

June 20, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 47 weeks ago

Stitcher is a growing player in personalized Internet radio, an area dominated by Pandora

  

Music Industry Trade Groups Agree on New Royalty Rates for Digital

April 11, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Having reached a consensus, major industry trade groups will submit a proposal to govern future licensing of music to current and emerging online services

  

NPR, NY Times, College Humor and Funny or Die Lead Pack for Webby Awards

April 10, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Zach Galifianakis, Kristen Wiig, Matt Damon and Eva Mendes all starred in Webby nominees

  

Spotify Extends 'Honeymoon' for Free Unlimited Listening

March 29, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Spotify users who don't want to pay can continue to listen for as long and to as much as they want

  

Why Google Thinks It Can Challenge Apple's iTunes

November 15, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

The company is expected to unveil an online music store in direct competition with Apple's iTunes on Wednesday

  

Relativity Partners With Spotify for Film Promotion

October 3, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Studio becomes first to enlist digital-music service, beginning with November release "Immortals"

  

Facebook Unveils Netflix, Spotify Media-Sharing Apps

September 22, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Media companies will now make their content available on the social networking giant

  

Facebook's f8 Conference -- More Media, More Commerce, More Profit

September 22, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

The social networking site is expected to unveil a significant redesign

  

Another Kick in the Face for MySpace: Facebook Moves Into the Music Biz

August 26, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

With its developers' conference less than a month away, many expect the social media site to incorporate a music dashboard

  

Spotify: Why a Freemium Model and Social Stickiness Could Soon Deliver It 50M Users

July 24, 2011 By Michael Stroud 1 year ago

As you learn about new bands, share your favorites and build playlists, your loyalty to the service will grow -- certainly more than your loyalty to Walmart, anyway