Facebook Eyeing Music Streaming? Slacker Radio; Podcasting; Zane Lowe

The prospect of Facebook taking on the likes of Spotify and YouTube in the world of music streaming is no longer a matter of ‘if’ – it’s a matter of ‘when’.

Deezer has announced the launch of a dedicated reggaeton channel. From up-and-coming artists in the Latin genre to veterans like Daddy Yankee, this app has it all!

Slacker Radio says it is on the verge of turning a protfit, with its CEO criticising the 'unsustainable' business models of Pandora and Spotify.

A new interview with Beats 1 head Zane Lowe emphasizes Apple's message about how streaming is the future, and that Apple is possibly looking to expand live Beats-branded streaming radio stations even further.

Using chatbots with influencer marketing in music.

If famed disc jockey John Peel were alive today, would he build playlists on streaming services? Probably, yeah. Would he ever need help building a playlist? Who knows? He was a music encyclopedia…

Is the music business really ready for Spotify Records?

The struggle over who will be the next Register of Copyrights is about to begin with the expected introduction of a bill to make the position a presidential appointee.

I’m 26. I grew up listening to podcasts. They came delivered in the form of an iPod on the school bus to high school. Even back then, I remember how early podcast adopters would talk about the…

SoundCloud is fucked. On Thursday, the streaming music service mostly known as a place to hear podcasts and remixes from unknown DJs confirmed that it had taken $70 million in debt funding—basically a loan from various investors—in order to stay in business.

If the internet died and some of the biggest online services had to turn into brick-and-mortar stores, it would take an awful lot of bricks and mortar to make that happen.