Tom Silverman: 1st Anniversary Of The Resurrection Of The Music Business – hypebot.com


Tom Silverman: 1st Anniversary Of The Resurrection Of The Music Business
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In 2004, iTunes changed all that and for the first time music lovers could buy not only the radio single, but also every track on the album separately for only 99 cents. Digital singles exploded, soon surpassing total album sales, physical and digital ...

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KeepRecipes grows its online cookbook with ‘iTunes for Recipes’ – The Next Web


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KeepRecipes grows its online cookbook with 'iTunes for Recipes'
The Next Web
The iTunes model has proved to be very successful for the music industry, but now that startups like Spotify are emerging, it will be very interesting to see if a monthly streaming plan is adopted elsewhere. For that, we'll just have to wait and see.

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Music analytics tool charts bittorent downloads by city – Wired.co.uk


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Music analytics tool charts bittorent downloads by city
Wired.co.uk
Users can add in feeds to Spotify and iTunes data as well as Google Analytics and Facebook Insights. The tool is designed to help people with a vested commercial or editorial interest in musicians to stay informed about how fans are responding to them.

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The music business week in five – 27 Jan 2012 – UNLIMITED CMU


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The music business week in five – 27 Jan 2012
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Universals' digital chief Rob Wells, present at the launch of the report, said people who claimed Spotify negatively impact iTunes sales were nutters anyway. Well, those weren't his exact words, but it's what he meant. CMU report | IFPI report as PDF ...

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Spotify now has 3 million paying customers – musicweek.com


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Spotify now has 3 million paying customers
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Among those releases that either are not on Spotify or whose availability was delayed are Adele's 21, Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto and The Black Keys' El Camino. Parks said this had to be put into some historic context, recalling when iTunes first launched ...
Debate rages as Spotify, MOG, and Rdio kill / save the music industryThe Verge
For struggling artists, Spotify does more harm than goodUW Badger Herald
Watch out Pandora: New app brings Spotify to iOSCNET

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One music fan’s tale of Internet cloud hopping – Daily Press (blog)


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One music fan's tale of Internet cloud hopping
Daily Press (blog)
29 Good Life section of Daily Press, I wrote a story about the growth and popularity of music streaming services, companies such as Spotify, Rhapsody and Pandora that allow easy access to cloud-based collections of millions of songs.
Rhapsody Acquires Napster to Launch in UK and GermanyThe Next Web
Rhapsody Goes To Europe As New Music Services Compete, News Corp's FailsMocoNews

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Debate rages as Spotify, MOG, and Rdio kill / save the music industry – The Verge


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Debate rages as Spotify, MOG, and Rdio kill / save the music industry
The Verge
Still, as these services grow to prominence, they're outmatched by iTunes in terms of library control and management. Of the big three, only Spotify offers a local app that can play regular MP3s, while Rdio and MOG live entirely in the cloud.
Spotify now has 3 million paying customersmusicweek.com
For struggling artists, Spotify does more harm than goodUW Badger Herald
Watch out Pandora: New app brings Spotify to iOSCNET

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5 music-focused iTunes alternatives for Mac – Earth2Tech


5 music-focused iTunes alternatives for Mac
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25, 2012, 12:57pm PT 11 Comments iTunes has become more and more of a processor hog over the years as it has grown to handle more features. While it's great for syncing your iOS devices or buying songs, it's not exactly the most nimble music player ...

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Rhapsody Goes To Europe As New Music Services Compete, News Corp’s Fails – MocoNews


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Rhapsody Goes To Europe As New Music Services Compete, News Corp's Fails
MocoNews
The company pioneered the unlimited music space in 2001 but, despite turning around customer decline following its spin-out from RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) and Viacom (NYSE: VIA), its subscriber base has been overtaken four-year-old Spotify.
Rhapsody Acquires Napster to Launch in UK and GermanyThe Next Web

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New on iTunes: Sugar Burn Sessions by Tom Kurlander – PR.com (press release)


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New on iTunes: Sugar Burn Sessions by Tom Kurlander
PR.com (press release)
Sugar Burn Sessions is now available on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and other outlets. The album is filled with exemplary musicianship, thoughtful lyrics and soaring guitar solos. The sound is explosive at times, combining a driving pure rock edge with ...

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