Discogs Hits Data Milestone; Podcasts Offer Competition For $33 Billion U.S. Streaming Audio Market

The crowdsourced data the online music marketplace generates is all on the upswing, which helps explain why Ticketfly recently integrated the platform's artist data into its back end,

Podcasting is one of the fastest-growing mediums in digital right now, nearly doubling its listeners in the last three years, per Pew Research Center. But it is just touching the tip of the iceberg with advertisers in the U.S.

After unveiling a three-tiered business model in December to compete in music streaming, Pandora is now incorporating parts of its subscription-based Pandora Premium service into advertising units.

Part of Vimeo's Business Membership, the enhancements include updated video cards, new end screens and more email capture features.

SoundCloud keeps expanding its influence to stay competitive with the likes of Spotify and Pandora.

Fresh from speculation around an impending IPO, Spotify is hitting the gas on its expansion plans in Asia. Two sources close to the company told TechCrunch..

Jeffrey Warshaw, co-founder and CEO of Connoisseur Media, Michael "Shark" Sharkey, who has worked in radio for the past 25 years, are launching Satori, a New York City-centric online radio station headquartered in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

Most popular music apps for Android and IOS. Gaana app gains popularity, while Saavn loses share.

Songwriters and composers called on European lawmakers to do more to close the bloody value gap at an event in Brussels yesterday, just as a coalition of organisations representing tech firms and libraries urged the same lawmakers to stop meddling with the copyright safe harbour. So that’s all good fun, isn’t it?