Crossing ecosystem boundaries can be as difficult as traveling across national borders. Google Music (both the download store and the All Access streaming-music app) is soon venturing into hostile fanboy territory by distributing its service to Apple mobile users. Engadget… Continue Reading
Earbits, an indie-music Internet radio platform, has operated since late 2011 on the web and in Android mobile devices. Now it has launched its first Apple iOS app, refreshing interest in its unique artist-reward system. Promoting itself as “Independent radio… Continue Reading
Eddy Cue, Apple’s head of Internet Software and Services, and chief of iTunes and iTunes Radio, indicated in a recent interview that streaming Justin Timberlake’s new album a week before its release won’t be the last promotion of its kind.… Continue Reading
Amazon caused a media ripple yesterday when it connected its previously independent Amazon Cloud Player with its MP3 Store. The Cloud Player is an online music locker where customers can store their owned tracks (whether purchased from Amazon or not),… Continue Reading
Media reviews tend to binary considerations — either/or judgments of new products. Accordingly, reviews of iTunes Radio are commonly framed in opposition to Pandora, as in SFGate’s review premise: “Now that iTunes Radio has shipped to millions of iPhone and… Continue Reading
As jubilantly announced on its public blog (“Hello Argentina, Taiwan, Greece and Turkey — Spotify here!”), the interactive streamer has expanded its reach. With the addition of those four, Spotify now distributes its desktop and mobile app experiences in 32… Continue Reading
Industry observers who spoke with Ad Week say don’t look for iTunes Radio to decimate current leaders like Pandora and Spotify. “Remember, even on (Apple’s) own devices, Amazon Kindle books are the most read eBooks despite Apple’s attempt to come… Continue Reading
Perhaps because it’s Apple, the bar just gets set unrealistically high. Not that anyone (that we’ve seen) is outright panning the new iTunes Radio service, one day after what was the most anticipated launch in Internet radio history. It just… Continue Reading
Leading webcaster (and public company) Pandora plans to sell 10 million more shares of stock as a “follow on” offering, to raise $279 million for “general corporate purposes.” The company’s biggest investor shareholder, Crosslink Capital, also plans to sell 4… Continue Reading
The long-awaited Internet radio play from Apple, iTunes Radio, officially goes public tomorrow with the release of the company’s latest mobile operating system, iOS 7. Never before has the launch of an Internet radio streaming service been so anticipated, and perhaps… Continue Reading
Yesterday we extensively covered (here) Apple’s iPhone event and the company’s announcement that iTunes Radio will become available in the U.S. on September 18 (one week from today). While CEO Tim Cook and other presenters focused more on the new… Continue Reading
Great wisdom and insight often comes from your readers (we’re reminded of that almost daily). Today, a Digital Music News commenter very nicely summarized and aggregated seven advantages pundits believe the new Apple iTunes Radio service has over what will… Continue Reading