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Showing posts with label Rdio. Show all posts
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Thursday, January 12, 2012

Good Morning! Airtime, Rdio, Thomas, NY Phil, B.I.C., Super Bowl, M.D.N.A., Dylan...

Airtime, the stealth startup helmed by Sean Parker and Shawn Fanning, is getting ready for an unveiling.  Business Insider is pointing to a video chat concept, and a 20-employee cast that includes several Facebook expats. Guess who beat Spotify down under?  Rdio, which

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Ringtones Still Make Four Times As Much Money as Spotify, Rdio, and Rhapsody Combined...

Turns out ringtones are sort of like CDs: sure, they're dying, but it's a slow, drawn-out death. And according to Gartner Research, ringtone revenues in the United States are still four times that of all subscription streaming services - combined. That includes Spotify, Rhapsody, Rdio, MOG, or whoever else you can shake a stick at in 2011. But wait: it gets even crazier. Because it turns out that 'mobile personalization' products account for more than 1/3 of total digital music sales. That mostly includes ringtones, but also more