Posted July 6, 2011, 6:00 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in The Web
Spotify, Europe's most popular music service, today announced it is coming to the US. The news comes straight from the horse's mouth: a webpage at the URL spotify.com/uk/coming-to-the-us.
Posted June 12, 2011, 2:44 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in The Web
Spotify has signed a distribution deal with Universal Music Group, the world’s largest music label, according to All Things Digital. Unsurprisingly, both Spotify and Universal have declined to comment. The streaming company doesn't need all four labels to launch in…
Now this is interesting. With Apple expected to step onto Spotify's turf with a cloud-based music service of its own, the popular Swedish startup is making a preemptive move and taking the battle to another field as it aims squarely…
Posted April 27, 2011, 3:34 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in The Web, Industry News
Spotify, the popular European music streaming service, was originally planning to launch in the US by the end of 2010. As we know, that didn't happen. While Spotify has certainly made some progress towards launching stateside, a recent message from…
Posted April 22, 2011, 5:40 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in The Web, Industry News
Google is considering partnering with Spotify to power Google Music. The search giant has told the labels that it has begun discussions with Spotify in recent weeks, though no agreement is in place, according to a source with knowledge of…
Posted April 14, 2011, 11:00 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in The Web
Spotify has announced it is cutting back on its free music streaming service in its latest attempt to lure consumers to upgrade to one of the paid options. Starting on May 1, anyone who signed up before November 1, 2010…
Posted March 8, 2011, 7:00 AM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in The Web, Software
Spotify has announced it has passed the 1 million subscriber mark, making it the biggest paid music service in the world. The company also noted that its members are sharing some 200 million playlists and that it reached 1 million…
Posted March 2, 2011, 11:14 AM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in The Web
Rhapsody is offering a 60-day trial of its on-demand music service (an extension of the 14-day trial) in a joint promotion with MTV and its parent company Viacom. The move is a strategic one: Rhapsody wants to stay ahead of…
Posted February 18, 2011, 2:46 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in The Web
Spotify has reportedly struck a deal with EMI Music, meaning the company has achieved the second step necessary for a US launch. Unsurprisingly, both EMI and Spotify declined to comment, according to All Things Digital.
Posted January 24, 2011, 1:58 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in The Web
Spotify has reportedly struck a deal with Sony Music Entertainment (SME), meaning the company has taken the first step necessary for a US launch. SME is one of the four major music labels, and so Spotify has accomplished one quarter…
With 2010 come and gone, Spotify has yet to hammer out some deals for its U.S. launch but the popular music streaming service continues to make headway in Europe. Today the company announced a deal with peripheral and device maker…
Posted December 9, 2010, 3:35 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in The WebWith Video
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek originally expected to launch his music service in the US before the end of 2010. Even one of the company's investors, Napster co-founder Sean Parker, expected a launch in time for this holiday season. That's no…
Posted November 23, 2010, 7:00 AM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in The Web, Software
Spotify, a DRM-based music service that allows unlimited streaming of content from a multitude of major and independent record labels, is struggling to make ends meet. Spotify Limited, the UK-based branch of Spotify that runs its music-streaming service throughout Europe,…
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