Spotify Milestone: One Million Subscribers Now Paying For Service

With our recent announcement that Spotify would soon be coming to the United States we're happy to announce that the streaming music service has reached one million paying subscribers. When compared against the company's 7 million overall ... continue

Weird Al Embraces Modern Music Model

Leave it to Weird Al to figure out how to embrace the immediacy of the digital age. The parody-happy singer has announced he's going to start releasing his new songs online track-by-track, as they're completed, rather ... continue

Imeem Ready for Revamp

Social music service Imeem is preparing to launch some new features. The site, which lets you search for and stream songs from a large library of material, has announced a handful of changes on the way ... continue

BBC Preparing to Take on iTunes

Watch out, iTunes: The BBC's getting into the online music game, and with a unique twist in mind. BBC Worldwide has revealed plans to launch an Internet-based music download service in competition with Apple. The store will ... continue

8tracks: Muxtape, Without the Legal Muckiness

Missing Muxtape? A small service called 8tracks is trying to fill the void while avoiding the pitfalls. Playing off the same concept, 8tracks lets you upload up to 30 minutes of music into a custom playlist, which ... continue

TrueAnthem Tunes In $2 Million

Internet-based music label TrueAnthem has raised $2 million in new funding. TrueAnthem -- only in its fourth month of existence -- focuses on delivering artists' music at no cost through its own TrueWidget platform. The ... continue

Qbox: Great Idea, But Doesn’t Work

Qbox is a new tool that lets you aggregate and play music from a variety of social networking sites like MySpace, Bebo, and YouTube. I was pretty pumped when I read a write-up about the idea ... continue