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Spotify released their numbers recently and it's all good news. On Wednesday (June 10), the website announced that it currently has 75 million users, 20 million of whom are paying subscribers. Billboard reports that the company has been very successful in transforming free users into paying ones. Statisti...

After teasing the launch for months, Apple has finally rolled out Apple Music, its new streaming platform. Today (June 8) at their Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), the electronics giant announced a litany of changes, including updates to their Mac operating systems, Apple TV and long-awaited details about the Apple Watch. But...

To this point, SoundCloud has appeared to be separate from the ongoing music streaming wars. The website has instead become a haven for up-and-coming rappers, producers and DJs, who used the no-frills interface and intuitive search and recommendation functions to get heard and promote their friends and collaborators...

Spootfy just launched a ton of new features, including video content, podcasts, news, original programming and a new running program. All the new features launch on iPhones today across the nation, U.K., Germany, and Sweden beginning today, May 20. Further launches a...

With Jay Z's purchase, re-branding and re-launch of Tidal, the digital music streaming arms race has reached a fever pitch. The various services--Rdio, Apple's Beats Music and the biggest of all, Spotify--have tried to separate themselves, by means of price, library size or in- and out-of-browser user experience...

The digital music streaming world is an arms race. As Jay Z's maligned but well-funded Tidal throws exclusives and live shows at the wall to see what sticks, and while Apple attempts to squeeze competitors out of the game altogether, Spotify is attempting to clutch onto its number-one spot. Acc...

The streaming music game is getting serious as it becomes a bigger revenue avenue for artists and labels. With the relaunch of Beats Music reportedly on the way, Apple is looking to shake things up with aggressive tactics that are being investigated by the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commision ...

Tidal, the streaming service recently purchased, re-branded and re-launched by Jay Z, has been maligned in the press and by fans. Many have called into question how populist a venture it could be, given the net worths of those present at the highly publicized announcement; Hov's disjointed Twitter monologue defending the site did little to quell fears...

According to reports from The Wall Street Journal and Business Insider, music streaming giant Spotify is closing in on a deal that would net them an extra $400 million in investments at an $8.4 billion valuation. The funding, which...

With April 20 fast approaching, those who imbibe in a certain substance are scrambling--or, well, moving languidly--to put together their playlists for the pseudo-holiday. But with that deadline coming up, Spotify has released their list of the most widely used songs in 4:20-themed playlists...

Jay Z's Reasonable Doubt has been taken off of Spotify. As of today, Hov's debut LP is no longer available on the streaming site in the United States. The album is, however, up on Jay Z's high fidelity streaming site, Tidal. As of right now, Reasonable Doubt is the only album in the mogul's portfolio that isn't up on Spotify. If users want...

For the first time, digital music streaming has surpassed physical CD sales in terms of profitability. According to the RIAA and Business Insider, 2014 saw CD sales slide 12.7% to $1.85 billion, while streaming sites like Spotify, Rdio and recent Apple acquisition Beats Music raked in $1.87 billio...