The music streaming industry is heating up. Deezer is coming to America. Via: Yahoo Music French music-streaming service Deezer is preparing for a “decisive” battle as it faces off against big names like Spotify and American rapper Jay-Z’s new venture Tidal, its CEO said. “I think there is going...
Via: TheNYPost Music labels, hell-bent to “bring booty back” to the industry, are hoping to convince Apple to hand over an unusually large slice of the monthly subscription fees from its soon-to-arrive paid streaming service, The Post has learned. Music’s top negotiators are looking for anywhere between 60 percent...
Via: Time.com In the heyday of too-good-to-be-true free music streaming services, Grooveshark was one of the most popular. But on Thursday, the company said it was shutting down completely. In a post on Grooveshark’s website, the streaming platform’s leaders apologized “without reservation” for offering free access to songs without...
Via: NYpost Music-industry sources say Apple is interfering with Jay Z’s music-streaming service Tidal in an attempt to crush it ahead of the relaunch of Apple’s Beats Music, set for June. Last week it emerged that Tidal, following its March 30 launch, has fallen out of the iPhone top...
Tidal is a new premium music streaming service with an equally premium subscription fee but one that promises “lossless” quality playback. Via: Yahoo Music The service, which goes live this week in the US and the UK, will cost users $19.99 or £19.99 a month. That’s pretty much double...
Via: LATimes Rhapsody International, a streaming music company that competes with Spotify, has reached 2 million paying subscribers, it said late Monday. The milestone for the Seattle Company that owns Rhapsody and Napster comes as the firm looks to countries other than the United States for growth. The digital...