Rhapsody targets the living room on TVs and Xbox Live Rhapsody is expanding its presence to the living room, rolling out its digital music service to LG, Panasonic and Samsung… 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
Open secret: Rhapsody tops $35 million in quarterly revenue, gets closer to profit Rhapsody, the subscription music service based in downtown Seattle, has been a private company since spinning off from RealNetworks as… Read More
Paul McCartney jets from streaming music services; Rhapsody calls it a ‘shock’ Paul McCartney appears to be a “Band on the Run” … at least when it comes to popular music streaming… Read More
Look out, Spotify? Rhapsody expands to Europe with Napster International deal The expansion of European music service Spotify to the U.S. last year brought considerable hand-wringing over the potential impact on… Read More
Rhapsody tops 1M paying subscribers, and its president has the shaved head to prove it Rhapsody says it has surpassed 1 million paying subscribers — leveraging its MetroPCS partnership, its recent acquisition of Napster and… Read More
Rhapsody marks decade in business as it absorbs Napster Ten years ago this weekend, on Dec. 3, 2001, the Rhapsody music service was launched by Listen.com, pioneering the concept… Read More
Rhapsody president on surprise Napster acquisition: ‘We’ve got a lot of wind in our sails’ Rhapsody’s acquisition of Napster from Best Buy gives the Seattle-based music service an opportunity to add a “meaningful” number of… Read More
Breaking: Rhapsody to buy Napster from Best Buy Rhapsody, the Seattle-based music service that spun out of RealNetworks last year, will buy venerable music service Napster from retailer… Read More
Microsoft Zune cuts price, moves away from monthly song credits Microsoft’s Zune music service today announced plans to reduce its monthly subscription rate to $9.99, from the current $14.99, but… Read More
Rhapsody gets more social, tunes into Facebook friends Rhapsody is rolling out a new slate of social features today, including the ability for users to create profile pages,… Read More
Rhapsody lands MetroPCS deal, bundling music service with monthly mobile plan Rhapsody has struck a deal with MetroPCS Communications to make the Rhapsody Unlimited Music service a new feature of the… Read More
Amazon, Rhapsody tangled up by Apple’s rules, remove store links from iPhone and iPad apps Seattle-based Rhapsody and Amazon Kindle are among a wave of businesses that have removed links to their external digital stores… Read More
Spotify arrives: The music service we’ve been waiting for? Intrigued by all the hype surrounding the U.S. launch of the Spotify music service, I ponied up a $9.99 monthly… Read More
As Spotify plots U.S. invasion, Rhapsody fires some shots of its own and touts growth It seems like years since Spotify first discussed plans to come to the U.S. Now, word is that the highly-touted… Read More
Despite competition from Amazon, Rhapsody and others, Pandora soars in stock market debut Meet the country’s newest multi-billion dollar Internet company. It is Pandora, the music radio service which went public today with… Read More
Apple’s iCloud: Photo Stream is slick, iTunes Match is a half-step For all the buzz about Apple offering its own cloud-based music service, the part of the company’s iCloud announcement today… Read More
Rhapsody to Google and Amazon: We’ve been doing music lockers since you were little kids Cloud-based music lockers are all of the rage these days, with Google and Amazon.com recently launching new services and Apple… Read More
Spotify trims free music in Europe: A preview for U.S.? The popular Spotify music service is making headlines in Europe this morning with new limits on its signature offering —… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Podcast: Allen vs. Gates, Amazon Cloud Drive, Giant Thinkwell +1 This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we recap a strange week in tech news, including our first glimpse of Paul… Read More
Q&A: Rhapsody rebounding after RealNetworks spinoff Rhapsody International, on its own now for a full year, has added more than 100,000 new subscribers over the past… Read More
Rhapsody so far avoiding Apple’s 30%, ‘hopeful’ about resolving subscription dustup An updated version of Rhapsody’s app for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad was made available for download today. Yes, the… Read More
Rhapsody app debuts on Windows Phone, in beta Rhapsody has quietly released the beta of its app for Windows Phone 7, bringing its subscription-based music service to the… Read More