Apple Covers Its Musical Bases
No one in the streaming music business seems terribly confident about their own business model right now, even as new players continue to pile into the market. Read More …
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Bandpage Looks to Bring Billions of Sales to Music Industry, Starting with Rhapsody
The fruits of Bandpage’s ambitious and long-in-the-works data crunch — focused on identifying artists’ most engaged fans and knowing what type of product those fans may be interested in, to oversimplify — come off the vine today. The company has launched its most intimate partnership to date, with Rhapsody, the world’s oldest streaming service. The Read More …
Apple to Take On Spotify With New Streaming Services
Apple is expected to offer unlimited on-demand streaming for $10 a month, as Spotify does, according to people familiar with the plan. Unlike Spotify, Apple won’t let listeners stream its entire music catalog on demand free of charge. But it plans to augment its free, ad-supported Internet radio service with channels programmed and hosted by Read More …
Apple in talks to sign Drake as iTunes Radio guest DJ
Apple is in talks to sign a rumored $19 million deal to get “Started From the Bottom” rapper Drake as a guest DJ for iTunes Radio, among other things. Drake is just one of a host of artists Apple wants to snag for its huge all-encompassing assault on the music front. Source: Apple in talks Read More …
Online star Jacob Whitesides launches record label with BMG
Online sensation Jacob Whitesides has launches his own record label, Double U, and turned to BMG as his industry partner. The 17 year-old has built a huge digital following on his own, amassing 1.6 million Twitter followers, as well as more than 1.3 million Facebook likes. Source: Online star Jacob Whitesides launches record label with Read More …