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Spotify begins Latin America push

Music streaming service Spotify makes its first moves in Latin America and Asia, amid rumours Apple may be preparing a similar product.

 

How Much Does An Artist Make Off A Single Song Streamed Via iTunes?

Figuring out just how lucrative streaming services like Spotify or Apple’s iTunes Match cloud feature, which streams you songs you already own from the cloud, is tough. Mostly, that’s because there is a lack of transparency from both parties. The artists are at times reluctant to share numbers and the streaming services don’t want those deals exposed either.

 

Spotify opens up to add-on apps

The online music service is allowing third parties to write add-on apps adding functionality to its music player.

 

Virgin Media and Spotify pair up

Broadband provider Virgin Media offers customers six months of free access to Spotify's premium service.

 

Pandora Slides; Report Facebook To Launch Music Service

Pandora Slides; Report Facebook To Launch Music Service

Pandora shares are trading sharply lower Wednesday after CNBC reported that Facebook plans to unveil plans for a rival online music service at the upcoming F8 developers conference on September 22. My colleague Nicole Perlroth notes this morning that Facebook is expected to unveil integration partnerships with the online music services Spotify, MOG and RDIO. ...

 

Spotify has 1.4 million U.S. customers

Spotify has 1.4 million U.S. customers

Spotify, the European transplant that made a big debut splash in the United States last month, has reportedly hit 1.4 million U.S. customers in just under a month. Citing a “source familiar with the company’s operations, All Things Digital’s Peter Kafka reported the numbers, along with the tidbit that the site reportedly has 175,000 paying customers since its July 14 debut.

 

5 steps to getting started in Spotify

With the U.S. launch of Spotify, the long wait for a better web music service is over, and a new era of on-demand music streaming is about to begin. Here's how you can join in the fun.

 

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