Scandinavian Newspaper giant Schibsted to acquire streaming service Aspiro Streaming service Aspiro (WiMP) is to be acquired by Scandinavian news publisher Schibsted, reports paidContent . The price tag is said to be around $50 million, and the purpose of the acquisition is, writes paidContent to “compete with Spotify on the global stage”. Schibsted, a newspaper [...]

Stream Wars have flared up again and the world of digital music is in turmoil. The recent round of streaming-bashing originated in a study by NPD group and NARM. Words were harsh “Spotify is detrimental to music purchasing”, the study says. In the words of the researchers, the new digital music climate makes it easier for consumers [...]

Far too long since last update. Here’s a quick one just to get back in the game. Since last I wrote, Coldplay have stirred up some emotions as they refused to license their latest release Mylo Xyloto to streaming music services such as Spotify and rdio. The reason, of course, is the fear that licensing [...]

Major Label Licensing Will Kill Your Startup The free spoken Michael Robertson did not mince his words when he appeared at the SF MusicTech Summit this week. Robertson, who founded MP3tunes, made his feelings about music startups and the major labels clear. He basically told the assembled crowd to avoid major label licensing or die [...]

Google Magnifier to boost music discovery This week Google not only acquired Motorola Mobility, they also launched a new music blog service named “Magnifier”. The service, which is described as “Google Music’s cousin”, makes music recommendations to users and offers daily free downloads. The downloads will be made available in the users cloud library . [...]

The world of digtal music is not exactly moving at break neck speed right now. Thank god then for Spotify – a company that always manages to stir up feelings and get into all sorts of amusing trouble. First of all, the good news: True to their style, Spotify executed a flawless marketing campaign and quickly [...]