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Freemium is Weak, Subscription is Chic
Written by Dana Oshiro / February 1, 2010 2:09 PM / 25 Comments

As an entrepreneur, blogger and the investor in charge of the Founders Fund seed investment program, Dave McClure knows the importance of a proven revenue model. In a recent blog

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MOG $5 Service Launches: Spotify Is Going Down
Written by Dana Oshiro / December 2, 2009 10:00 AM / 13 Comments

MOG's $5 all-you-can-eat streaming music subscription service has finally launched. Although we interviewed CEO David Hyman in mid October, the music industry tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.readwriteweb.com/readwritestart/2009/12/mog-5-service-launches-spotify.php'; tweetmeme_source = 'rww'; has changed

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Future of Music Coalition's Brian Zisk: The Do's of Streaming Music
Written by Dana Oshiro / November 17, 2009 4:00 PM / 2 Comments

In 2008 the idea of another subscription-only music service was enough to get your knickers in a torrent. Sure Rhapsody was doing well, but they'd been around for forever and

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A Messiah for Streaming Music: Playdar
Written by Dana Oshiro / November 11, 2009 3:57 PM / 5 Comments

Let's face it: the music industry is broken. Labels charge stations and providers exorbitant fees; independent sites have little chance of recouping their costs; and in the end, the listening

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Will Google Listeners Bankrupt Lala?
Written by Dana Oshiro / October 28, 2009 7:10 PM / 10 Comments

The question period after today's launch of Google's OneBox music search focused a great deal on the project delivering users with easy "legitimate music" versus other illegitimate sources. While

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MOG Launching Five Dollar All-You-Can-Hear Music Service
Written by Dana Oshiro / October 13, 2009 9:00 PM / 11 Comments

Just when you thought media darling Spotify was going to be the sexiest music service of the year, music blogging platform MOG is announcing plans to offer a $5 dollar

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Grooveshark Signs EMI Deal: Staring Down the Barrel of a Gun?
Written by Dana Oshiro / October 13, 2009 9:00 AM / 3 Comments

Gainesville-based music startup Grooveshark just signed a major label agreement with EMI Music and EMI Music Publishing. While the company is unwilling to disclose the exact terms of the deal,

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More Music for Spotify, Free Music for Virgin UK
Written by Dana Oshiro / June 15, 2009 11:03 AM / 5 Comments

On-demand streaming music service Spotify just announced the addition of more than 90,000 releases to its catalogue. The announcement came on the heels of their recent deal with CD baby,

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