Weitere Musikbusinessnews der letzten Tage:
- The Current State Of Music-Making and Discovery On The iPad
- Rdio launches in Sweden and Finland, wants a share of Spotify’s home market
- MOG Went For A Song. HTC Says Beats Paid Only $14M For The Music Streaming Service | TechCrunch
- Beats acquisition of MOG finally official | The Verge "We can understand Beats wanting to branch out, but why MOG, exactly? The headphone maker’s COO Luke Wood cites the fact that "they were the first service to offer their entire catalog in the 320-kilobit format," along with the streaming service's multi-platform ambitions. The question is whether Beats can turn its huge success in the highly fashion-driven headphone space into real progress for MOG against bigger competitors like Rdio and Spotify."
- Spotify, Yahoo Link Up In Distribution, Revenue Sharing-Deal - Peter Kafka - News - AllThingsD
- Radio App TuneIn Adds 600 New Stations, Reports 267% YoY Listener Growth On Mobile | TechCrunch "TuneIn, the popular guide to online radio stations, today announced that it has seen a 267% increase in the number of its mobile listeners over the last year. The company also announced that its listeners now use the service for significantly longer. Total listening hours on mobile, the company said, increased 348% over the last 12 months. [..] Overall, TuneIn indexes over 70,000 radio stations from over 200 countries, as well as about 2 million on-demand radio programs. "
- Universal Music and Major Publishing Group Reach Agreement Over Vevo, YouTube Royalties - The Hollywood Reporter
- Music Streamer WE7 Sold To UK Retailer Tesco For $17 Million "The world's third largest retailer, UK based Tesco has purchased a 91% stake in customized online radio service WE7 for $17 million USD. The acquisition follows Tesco's 2011 purchase of online movie service blinkbox."
- Deezer Rolls Into Africa