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New FB Feature Lets Friends Rock Out to the Same Tune January 13, 2012 
Facebook is enhancing its music listening options by launching Listening With Friends, a feature that will let Facebook friends listen to music together via chat. As the feature rolls out to all of Facebook's 800 million users over the next few weeks, a music note will appear next to a user's name in the chat list if he or she is listening to a song.
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Spotify Cranks Up the Volume With New App Platform November 30, 2011 
Online music service Spotify on Wednesday announced that it's launching a series of integrated apps from various partners. These include apps from entities like Rolling Stone and Billboard and Songkick. "We've turned Spotify into this platform," company CEO and founder Daniel Ek told an audience in New York.
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Hundreds of Indie Labels Cross Themselves Off Spotify's Playlist November 21, 2011
More than 200 labels held by content distributor ST Holdings have decamped Spotify, Simfy, Rdio and Napster recently over concerns the digital music streaming services' business models are detrimental to sales. Most of the labels involved are relatively small.
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Google Sets Up Another Stage in a Crowded Web Music Fest November 17, 2011 
In an effort to compete in the digital music market against giants Apple and Amazon, Google debuted its online music store Wednesday, where users can purchase and stream songs through the search giant's Android market. It also opened its free online music locker service to all users.
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Google Takes Aim at iTunes but Only Hits the Haters November 17, 2011 
I've been following Google Music with a bit of interest, starting with the beta. I must admit, though, that my interest is pretty much just academic, on the off chance that Google might actually announce a new service that's not only easy to use and ubiquitous, but also so compelling that I had to jump on board. The Google Music shown Wednesday is not it.
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Apple Strikes Up Match November 15, 2011 
Apple has released a new edition of iTunes, version 10.5.1, which includes its belated iTunes Match service. iTunes Match scans a user's library to form a comprehensive list of the user's songs, including music that was not purchased from the Apple iTunes store. If it finds a match in iTunes, Apple then provides the with a cloud-based version of the same song from iTunes.
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And Then There Were 3: Sale Splits EMI Assets Between Sony and Universal November 11, 2011 
Citigroup has reached an agreement to sell its music label, EMI Group, in two parts for a total of $4.1 billion. Universal Music Group has announced it is buying EMI's recorded music division for $1.9 billion. Sony/ATV, according to news reports, has nabbed -- or is poised to nab shortly -- EMI's publishing line of business, the copyrights for the songs.
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Soundtrack Service Lets Video Makers Add Music Without Sweating Legal Noise November 10, 2011 
Rumblefish and APM Music are teaming up to offer an online catalog of popular music and soundtracks to consumers looking to legally add sound to personal video content such as YouTube videos, slideshows or presentations. The partnership, announced Thursday, combines Rumblefish's experience with social media users and APM's vast online catalog of popular music.
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How to Get the Internet on Your Car Stereo November 10, 2011 
Unless you're driving a tricked-out late model BMW or Mini, you're unlikely to have Internet-based media streaming options built into your vehicle. However, there are ways to replicate that Internet media experience -- just without the integrated controls. The basic premise is to use your smartphone.
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What's the Holdup on iTunes Match? November 04, 2011
When Apple announced its new subscription music service iTunes Match in June, it vowed the offering would be online by the end of October. Well, Halloween has come and gone, and Apple fans still haven't seen the service. What's the holdup?
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RIM's BBM Music Fails to Silence Critics November 02, 2011 
Research In Motion is launching a music app for BlackBerry users that it hopes will spread via its incentives for users to share songs by BlackBerry Messenger. Called "BBM Music," the service is rolling out in Canada, the U.S. and Australia, with more countries expected to go online later.
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Easy Streaming From Smartphone to Home Stereo October 27, 2011 
The convenience of using your smartphone to store, stream and curate your music collection -- or simply stream music from online, personalized radio stations like Pandora -- doesn't mean you need to sacrifice your home stereo system for the dubious quality earbuds that came with the phone. The investment you've made in the stereo gear is as valid as is it was when you bought it.
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Will Microsoft Get Lucky With Yahoo? October 22, 2011 
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer recently commented on Yahoo's present situation by saying "Sometimes you're lucky." He was referring to his company's rebuffed attempt to buy Yahoo a few years ago for $47 billion. But that doesn't necessarily mean he thinks owning Yahoo now would be a bad idea -- perhaps all he meant was that by waiting a few years, Microsoft may be able to get Yahoo for a whole lot less than $47 billion.
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Google Lining Up Ducks for Online Music Shop October 17, 2011 
Google appears to be working on an online music store that will compete with the established offerings of Apple and Amazon. How competitive this online store will be is unclear, at least based on what is currently reported about its status. Google reportedly has held talks with Universal Music Group, Sony Music, EMI Group and Warner Music Group to license their catalogs, but only EMI Group is said to be close to inking a deal.
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Members Only: Spotify Requires New Users to Get Friendly With Facebook September 27, 2011
The problem with hitching your wagon to a shooting star, as online music service Spotify is beginning to discover, is that sometimes you can get burned. Spotify is one of several online music services that have teamed up with Facebook recently and was singled out by the social networking giant at its f8 developers conference in San Francisco last week.
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Investors Dance to Pandora's Q2, but How Long Will the Music Last? August 26, 2011 
Internet radio service Pandora announced its first results as a publicly traded company on Thursday. Quarterly revenues totaled $67 million, 117 percent up year over year, and listener hours hit a new high of 1.8 billion, up 125 percent YoY, Pandora said. Advertising revenue more than doubled, from about $27 million to more than $58 million.
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