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Record Labels Sensibly Decide to Wind Down Pointless Vevo Service

Vevo, the major label-owned music video service, is pulling back from the spotlight. On Thursday, the company announced that it will be shutting down its website and mobile apps over the next few weeks. Don’t sweat if you forgot all about the existence of Vevo. The video service was created in 2009 by a handful…

Tech News David Turner May 24

Is Free Spotify Really Worth It?

Spotify just revamped its free tier, which means you get more than ever before without actually having to pay anything—(some) on-demand playlists on mobile, unlimited skips (on a few playlists), and personalized recommendations to more accurately reflect your tastes. So does it make Spotify Premium a waste of money? We fired up the newly revamped…

Gadgets David Nield May 11

Spotify to Stop Promoting R. Kelly with New ‘Hate Content and Hateful Conduct’ Policy

Spotify apparently no longer wants to promote terrible people across its streaming platform. That’s the undercurrent of its freshly announced “Hate Content and Hateful Conduct Public Policy.” The meandering statement revealed that Spotify is establishing a number of external and internal policing methods for content. The first artist affected by this change appears to have…

Tech News David Turner May 10

Report Alleges Tidal Faked Streaming Numbers for Beyoncé and Kanye West Albums

Tidal, the Jay-Z-backed streaming service that is supposed to put artists first, might’ve gone a bit overboard with that mantra. The Norwegian newspaper Dagens Næringsliv reports that in 2016 the streaming service falsified and inflated streaming numbers for Kanye West’s The Life of Pablo and Beyoncé’s Lemonade albums. The disputed numbers in question were that…

Tech News David Turner May 9

Tinder Now Helps You Swipe Left on Nickelback Fans Before It’s Too Late

Music is an important indicator of a person’s character. I refuse to date anyone who regularly listens to Dave Matthews Band, for example, because Dave Matthews Band is terrible. But sometimes you don’t discover this important information until it’s too late, and then you’re stuck on a lame date with someone who has awful taste…

Tech News Sophie Kleeman Sep 20

Tidal Lost a Ton of Money in 2015: Report

Tidal, Jay-Z’s struggling subscription music service, more than doubled its losses in 2015. According to The Wall Street Journal, Tidal lost 239 million Swedish kronar (about $28 million) last year. In 2014, before Jay-Z acquired the service, it lost 88.9 million Swedish kronar, or approximately $10 million. Despite these losses revenue was up 30 percent.…

Tech News Christina Warren Sep 13

Pandora Needs a Miracle, Settles for Questlove Instead

Pandora is trying valiantly to stay afloat in a sea filled with competitors like Spotify and Apple Music, and now the company has tapped music legend Questlove to help rescue it from the murky depths of irrelevance. Following the news the platform is trying to add an on-demand streaming component, the New York Times reports…

Tech News Sophie Kleeman Aug 25

5 Essential Spotify Add-Ons For Music Addicts

Spotify, the original titan of the music streaming world, is packed with plenty of great—but there are still plenty of third party add-ons that can enhance the original app even further. Here are some of our favorite utilities for doing more with Spotify and taking your streaming to the next level. 1) Equalify Pro Equalify…

Gadgets David Nield Jul 20

Spotify May Let Artists Decide If Albums Are Available for Free

Spotify’s freemium pay structure has always been an amazing deal. All the music you could want as long as you have patience for the occasional commercial. All for free. But according to the Wall Street Journal, Spotify might let artists choose whether albums live behind a Premium subscription paywall. Currently, talks seem to be in…

Tech News Darren Orf Dec 8

Pandora Really Wants Some Attention, Offers Ad-Free Listening For a Day

Pandora is 10 years old and to celebrate, it’s holding “Listener Love Day.” Don’t worry, it just sounds creepy—it’s actually only a free pass to try out Pandora without commercials for a day. The no-commercial listening day has already started and will be over at 12AM Eastern Time Thursday. But starting tomorrow, if you pay…

Tech News Leah Becerra Sep 9

Is Facebook Making Its Own Music Service?

Especially on the heels of Apple Music, it seems like every technology company that’s ever existed feels the needs to create a streaming music service to jam tasty tunes down your ear canal. And rumor has it Facebook is next. Technology is filled with all kinds of rumors and speculation — real and fabricated. BitStream…

Social Media Darren Orf Jul 9

Apple Music Is Here—Go Try It Now

Today, Apple is pushing out the latest update to iOS, and in this 8.4 version iPhones users will get some brand new Apple bloat Apple features, chief among them being the long-time-coming Apple Music streaming service. Yep. This is the Beats-powered, star-studded, Taylor Swift-yielding music service we’ve all been waiting for. It’s the supposed Spotify…

Tech News Darren Orf Jun 30

Taylor Swift Condemns Apple’s Free Music Trial in an Open Letter

In an open letter to Apple, Taylor Swift explains that Apple Music won’t be getting her latest album 1989, because the service isn’t planning to pay artists, producers, or writers during the 3-month free trial period subscribers enjoy when they sign up. The letter, which appeared today on the singer’s Tumblr, explains that the decision…

Tech News Maddie Stone Jun 21

Apple Hires BBC DJ Zane Lowe to Work on Beats Streaming Service

BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe has announced that he’s leaving his job at the station. That normally wouldn’t concern us, but it’s where he’s headed to next that’s caught our attention — Cupertino, into the open arms of Apple, where he’s expected to play an integral role in the formation of Apple’s Beats-powered streaming…

Tech News Gerald Lynch Feb 15

What’s the Best Way to Find New Music on the Internet?

So obviously the internet is a super useful tool for finding new music. It’s a super useful tool for finding new anything. But there are so many music discovery things out there between Pandora, iTunes Radio, and like 30 different features in Spotify alone. So what’s your personal favorite way to find new tunes on…

Tech News Eric Limer Oct 12

You Can Now Stream Music From Mog on Your Sonos at 320kbps

Spotify may’ve launched on Sonos a while back, but considering the US is still awaiting the streaming service, it might be worth giving Mog a shot—you can listen to 11 million songs on-demand and ad-free, around your house. https://gizmodo.com/go-fiddle-with-your-sonos-set-up-using-your-android-pho-5759155 SANTA BARBARA, Calif and BERKELEY, Calif – May 24, 2011 – Sonos, the leading developer of…

Tech News Kat Hannaford May 24

Spotify’s US Launch Has Unsurprisingly Been Delayed Again

The much-loved European music service Spotify won’t be launching in the US this year, as planned. Considering there’s just 23 days until the end of the year (and it was originally meant to launch last year), it’s not surprising. https://gizmodo.com/why-its-worth-getting-excited-for-spotifys-us-launch-5502815 According to reports, Spotify hasn’t actually signed a single licensing agreement with any music publishers.…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Dec 8

Google Music Launching Alongside Android 3.0 This Fall/Winter

According to Android product manager Gaurav Jain, Google Music will be launched concurrently with Android 3.0 (Gingerbread) at the end of this year. Presumably just in time to battle iTunes Live. https://gizmodo.com/itunes-newest-competition-may-be-called-google-music-5555858 Apple and Google’s race to stream content from the cloud has never really been a question of if so much as of when,…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jul 2

Spotify Now Allows iTunes Libraries To Be Uploaded

Available now if you live in Europe or are particularly handy with an IP override, Spotify’s just released the latest version of the desktop client. iTunes libraries can be uploaded to Spotify for accessing anywhere, and social features added too. https://gizmodo.com/why-its-worth-getting-excited-for-spotifys-us-launch-5502815 The biggest news is that iTunes integration, called Library—being able to ditch iTunes altogether…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Apr 27

Music Downloads and Streams In Cold, Hard Dollars

Just how much moolah do musicians earn from online downloads and streams? For the artist to earn the US minimum wage ($1,160/month), they need 12,339 iTunes downloads or 849,817 streams on Rhapsody. Lady Gaga apparently made just $167 from 1 million streams of Poker Face on Spotify—to earn minimum wage from that service, an artist…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Apr 14

Record Labels Sensibly Decide to Wind Down Pointless Vevo Service

Is Free Spotify Really Worth It?

Spotify to Stop Promoting R. Kelly with New ‘Hate Content and Hateful Conduct’ Policy

Report Alleges Tidal Faked Streaming Numbers for Beyoncé and Kanye West Albums

Tinder Now Helps You Swipe Left on Nickelback Fans Before It’s Too Late

Tidal Lost a Ton of Money in 2015: Report

Pandora Needs a Miracle, Settles for Questlove Instead

5 Essential Spotify Add-Ons For Music Addicts

Spotify May Let Artists Decide If Albums Are Available for Free

Pandora Really Wants Some Attention, Offers Ad-Free Listening For a Day

Is Facebook Making Its Own Music Service?

Apple Music Is Here—Go Try It Now

Taylor Swift Condemns Apple’s Free Music Trial in an Open Letter

Apple Hires BBC DJ Zane Lowe to Work on Beats Streaming Service

What’s the Best Way to Find New Music on the Internet?

You Can Now Stream Music From Mog on Your Sonos at 320kbps

Spotify’s US Launch Has Unsurprisingly Been Delayed Again

Google Music Launching Alongside Android 3.0 This Fall/Winter

Spotify Now Allows iTunes Libraries To Be Uploaded

Music Downloads and Streams In Cold, Hard Dollars

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