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Rhapsody

Rhapsody tops $42M in quarterly revenue, but loss widens, filing shows

Rhapsody’s quarterly revenue reached nearly $42.5 million in the second quarter — an increase of 22 percent — but the… Read More

Rhapsody acquires two music discovery startups in Exfm, Soundtracking

Seattle-based Rhapsody continues to make moves in the online music arena and today acquired two music discovery startups. The first is… Read More

Rhapsody tops 2 million paid subscribers, expands music service overseas with mobile deals

Rhapsody — one of the pioneers in the online music arena — said today that it has topped two million… Read More

Rhapsody and T-Mobile team up in new Internet radio push

  Rhapsody, the Seattle-based subscription music service, is making a new push into the world of Internet radio — offering a $4.99/month… Read More

Launch Pads: Inside Rhapsody’s new downtown Seattle digs

The Rhapsody music service has been through a lot of change in recent years — spinning off from RealNetworks, acquiring… 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

Rhapsody makes first outside investment, leads Series B in electronic music startup

Seattle-based Rhapsody International today announced its first outside investment ever, pouring money into an electronic dance music (EDM) company. Rhapsody International,… Read More

Rhapsody, Napster top 1.7M subscribers, up 63%: ‘It’s us and Spotify and everyone else’

The combined subscriber base of the Rhapsody and Napster music services has grown to more than 1.7 million globally, achieving… Read More

Rhapsody ‘winds down’ partnership with Echo Nest after Spotify acquisition

Rhapsody today announced that it is ending its partnership with The Echo Nest, just weeks after the music intelligence company was… Read More

Rhapsody annual loss widens to $14M, revenue slips in tough year for music service

Music subscription service Rhapsody, the grizzled veteran in the ever-changing world of digital music, saw its revenue fall by more… Read More

Spotify acquires music discovery service The Echo Nest to the dismay of Rhapsody, Xbox Music

This morning the volume got turned up in the streaming music business when Spoitfy announced the acquisition of The Echo… Read More

It’s time to kill the password — before it kills us

It’s time to shoot the password. And multiple screens are the trigger. I had this epiphany when wrestling with one… Read More

Rhapsody loss deepens amid management shakeup, regulatory filing shows

Subscription music service Rhapsody, which recently cut 15 percent of its workforce and shook up its top management, posted a… Read More

Rhapsody inks deal with Telefónica to expand Napster into Latin America

Rhapsody subscribers, get ready to samba. Through a partnership with Latin American carrier Telefónica, Rhapsody will be extending the reach… Read More

Judge rules in favor of Pandora in important licensing case

Brian McAndrews, former head of aQuantive and Pandora’s new CEO got some good news today from the company’s law firm:… Read More

Shakeup: Rhapsody cuts 15% of workforce, president out as new investor arrives

Seattle-based Rhapsody International is cutting 15 percent of its workforce, and its president Jon Irwin is stepping down with the… Read More

Rhapsody reset: Revenue slips 8% as music service drops ads and MP3 sales to focus on subscriptions

Rhapsody is focusing more intently on its core music subscription service, dropping third-party ads from its Rhapsody.com website and discontinuing… Read More

Apple’s iTunes Radio takes on Pandora; Rhapsody says it’s not worried

Apple unveiled its long-awaited move into streaming music this morning, announcing plans to release a free Internet radio service called… Read More

New look: Rhapsody iOS app gets complete makeover

It’s makeover time for the Rhapsody iOS app, as the Seattle online music streaming company just debuted a completely redesigned… 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

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

Report: Amazon.com in talks with music labels about new subscription service

The music subscription business is a tough one, as evidenced by our report earlier today that industry pioneer Rhapsody continued… Read More

Rhapsody revenue hits new peak of $143M, losses narrow

Rhapsody, the digital music subscription service based in downtown Seattle, saw its revenue rise nearly 13 percent in 2012, to… Read More

Music sales up, illegal downloading down as people turn to streaming services

There was a point in the past decade when it seemed as if technology, largely by way of illegal peer-to-peer… Read More

Rhapsody app arrives for Windows Phone 8

Less than a week after Spotify jumped onto Windows Phone 8, Rhapsody is doing the same. Seattle-based Rhapsody just debuted… Read More

Across the pond: Rhapsody launching in Europe

For the first time, Rhapsody is going international. GigaOM reported that Seattle-based Rhapsody will launch in 16 European countries in the… Read More

Rhapsody

Rhapsody allowing AT&T subscribers to pay for music subscriptions with wireless bills

Seattle-based Rhapsody continues to make it easier for music-lovers to access its service. We wrote last week about how you… Read More

Rhapsody’s new SongMatch app takes on Shazam

Rhapsody is taking on Shazam’s music recognition model with a little twist. Seattle-based Rhapsody recently launched SongMatch, an Android app… Read More

More music in your living room: Rhapsody debuts Xbox app

As promised, Seattle-based on-demand music service Rhapsody launched its Xbox Live app today. The service is available for current Rhapsody subscribers… Read More

Pandora

A Pandora killer? Apple rumored to be considering a new ad-based music service

Shares of Pandora slumped today after Bloomberg News reported that Apple plans to launch a new ad-based online music service… Read More

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