Rdio to shut down streaming music service, sells assets to Pandora for $75M Streaming music service Rdio will play its last song soon. The service, founded by Skype co-founders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstroem,… Read More
Catch me if you can: Spotify touts 10M paying subscribers, well out in front of Rhapsody’s 1.7M Spotify announced in a blog post today that it has 40 million active users and 10 million subscribers paying for… Read More
Music service Rdio names former Amazon and Microsoft exec Anthony Bay CEO Rdio, the online music service that faces competition from the likes of Spotify, Pandora and Rhapsody, has named Anthony Bay… Read More
Who wrote that song? Rhapsody becomes first music service to offer liner notes To many listeners, one benefit of purchasing physical music is the ability to learn who was responsible for the behind-the-scenes… Read More
Are you really paying for that paid content? A confession and scorecard Paying for online content was a funny idea back when Napster was a hero and no one had heard the… Read More
Rhapsody exec advises Spotify, Rdio: You’re doing it wrong Jon Maples, Rhapsody VP of Product and Content, has some veteran advice for fellow music streaming competitors Spotify and Rdio: Stop… Read More
Paul McCartney returns to streaming music sites In February, we reported that Paul McCartney had pulled his music from streaming sites, like Rhapsody, Spotify and Rdio. It… Read More
