Soundcloud on the blockchain? Audius raises $5.5M to decentralize music
Audius wants to cut the middlemen out music streaming so artists get paid their...
Spotify hits 180M users but loses €394M in tepid Q2 earnings
Spotify is racing to sign up users before Apple Music can, even at the expense...
Spotify tests native voice search, groundwork for smart speakers
Now Spotify listens to you instead of the other way around. Spotify has a new...
SoundCloud resuscitates home screen with personalized playlists
After laying off 40% of its staff and securing $169 million in emergency...
To fix SoundCloud, it must become the anti-Spotify
Startups die by suicide, not competition. It wasn’t that anyone was...
With $70M from Alphabet, United Masters replaces record labels
The records labels are obsolete. They haven’t kept up as music...
SoundCloud saved by emergency funding as CEO steps aside
SoundCloud has just closed the necessary funding round to keep the...
Spotify preps to go public with 60M subscribers, outpacing Apple
Spotify’s singular focus on music sees it adding subscribers faster...
How Spotify is finally gaining leverage over record labels
That’s why over the past few years, Spotify has been pushing five...