1605 posts and columns on music

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Myspace Launches a New Mobile App

in Social on June 12 at 12:08 pm PT

Myspace debuted a new version of its website and mobile iOS application on Wednesday, aiming to jumpstart the ailing social network back to life. Among the most noteworthy features: Users are able to create personalized radio stations inside the app, streaming music from Myspace’s catalog of 53 million songs.

With Sights Set on Spotify (And Pandora), Google Launches a Music Subscription Service

in Media on May 15 at 9:56 am PT

It’s here. Will you use it?
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Twitter Music Chief to Depart for Jelly, Biz Stone’s New Startup

in Social on April 24 at 5:56 pm PT

Cue exit music.
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Twitter, Discovery and the Problem of Simplicity

in Social on April 16 at 2:43 pm PT

A product engineering problem for the ages if ever there was one.
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Twitter’s New Music App Launches Friday

in Social on April 11 at 7:38 pm PT

#Nowplaying — Twitter Music.
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Twitter Confirms Music Startup Acquisition

in Social on April 11 at 5:53 pm PT

Twitter on Thursday acknowledged that it had acquired We Are Hunted, a startup aimed at tracking the most popular songs on the social network at a given time. As we wrote previously, the team has been working on a yet-to-debut standalone Twitter Music app, which helps Twitter users find the most popular music recommendations across the company’s 200-million-user network. CNET first reported the acquisition news.

With Beats, Jimmy Iovine — Not Facebook — Will Tell You What Music You Want

in Dive Into Media on February 12 at 6:00 pm PT

Curators, not your friends, know music better, according to the iconic music producer.
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Instagram Co-Founder Kevin Systrom’s Other Gig: Spinning DJ Sets

in Social on September 29, 2012 at 4:21 pm PT

He’s got two turntables and a microphone and he’s not afraid to use them.
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Sean Parker and Daniel Ek on Apple, Playlists and the End of the CD: The D10 Highlights (Video)

in D10 on May 30, 2012 at 5:07 pm PT

CD’s aren’t cool. You know what’s cool? Playlists.
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Sean Parker: Why Did Spotify Take So Long to Get Stateside? It Could Have Been Apple.

in D10 on May 30, 2012 at 2:53 pm PT

The Spotify exec gets feisty with the Cupertino company onstage.
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