SoundCloud announced some updated figures for its online audio platform. The company’s library now exceeds 135 million unique tracks. There are also more than 1 million albums now on SoundCloud, thanks to the newly launched feature that lets members present their work in the traditional format instead of as a playlist of individual tracks. Continue Reading
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Spotify exec on data-driven marketing; behind the scenes with Coloring Book’s success; Spotify as SoundCloud suitor? Continue Reading
SoundCloud announced that its subscription streaming service is now available on Sonos speaker systems. Subscribers with Sonos gear should have their accounts automatically reflect their Go status. Continue Reading
SoundCloud is reportedly considering a sale of the company. Unnamed sources told Bloomberg that the online audio company’s leaders are looking for paths to boosting growth and profit. SoundCloud has made several developments in its audio offerings over the past year, most recently introducing Albums. Continue Reading
SoundCloud is expanding its Station feature. The lean-back streams can now be seeded from an artist, with a new Start Station button now appearing on all performers’ profiles. Continue Reading
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Unsung streaming leaders land on Power Players list; a pro-YouTube piece from Financial Times; for the ultimate hipster, SoundCloud-to-vinyl pressings. Continue Reading
Is music discovery important in a society where most of the stardom and audience are concentrated in a few top acts? Research tells us it is, and new music discovery products tell us that major online music services know it. Music discovery initiatives from Spotify, Pandora, and SoundCloud are bringing music discovery into an era of personalized delivery. Continue Reading
SoundCloud has announced a new discovery feature called Suggested Tracks. This tool makes personalized recommendations based on your past listening activity, including likes and plays. It relies on an algorithm to refresh the recommendations. Continue Reading
SoundCloud is incorporating new video ads on its mobile platforms in the U.S. The spots will play between tracks, but only when the phone screen is on and the SoundCloud app is in the foreground. The decision is an innovative one. Continue Reading
Twitter has confirmed that it has made a capital investment in SoundCloud. Re/code is reporting anonymous sources who say the investment is worth about $70-million. So continues the long, unsteady relationship of micro-blogging service Twitter with music. Continue Reading
A new agreement for SoundCloud will expand its library available for Europe. The audio company entered a tie-up with Universal Music Publishing International and the Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers of Music (SACEM) in France. The licensing deal covers SoundCloud’s new Go subscription service and its free, ad-supported listening. Continue Reading
SoundCloud Go received a French rollout this week, bringing the subscription tier to a new European market. The debut also brings ad-supported listening to that nation. SoundCloud’s advertising monetization is being exclusively managed by AdsWizz. Continue Reading