In an aside at yesterday's Bandwidth Music Conference, MOG CEO David Hyman mentioned closing a $5 million dollar round of funding with Menlo Ventures. The plucky editorial-based music network offers Continue reading »

Spotify's CEO Daniel Ek must be ecstatic. The company's iPhone application has been approved for the App Store ahead of competitors Rhapsody and Grooveshark. PaidContent UK reports that Apple has Continue reading »

The Pirate Bay is like a gigantic inch worm. If you cut it down, it's various pieces rise up and keep growing. As The Pirate Bay prepares to be passed Continue reading »

Radiohead's frontman Thom Yorke announced that the band will no longer release full-length studio albums and instead focus on downloadable singles. In response, Fast Company's Kit Eaton, declared that the Continue reading »

Not to be outdone by recent tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/grooveshark_launches_subscription_vip_service.php'; tweetmeme_source = 'rww'; announcements from streaming music site Spotify, Gainesville-based Grooveshark announced a $3 per month or $30 per year Continue reading »

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek has the Midas touch. In anticipation of tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/spotify_to_close_up_to_50m_round_before_us_launch.php'; tweetmeme_source = 'rww'; the company's US launch, the on-demand music streaming site is finalizing what is Continue reading »

Updated at 1pm PST with quote from Pandora founder Tim Westergren below. Updated August 4th with comment from Clear Channel PR. Streaming music service Pandora has entered into an ad Continue reading »

In an unsurprising move, Apple is said to be working with major record labels to provide an "interactive album" to consumers. The company is rumored to be working with EMI, Continue reading »

Swedish music service Spotify just announced their application's submission to the iPhone App store. Similar to the company's Android application, the iPhone app gives users the ability to search for Continue reading »

Musicians and their fans are meant to be hip, sometimes tragically so. tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/why_billboardcom_is_destined_for_failure.php'; tweetmeme_source = 'rww'; RWW recently reviewed 18 streaming music services and our readers still had Continue reading »