Media Decoder Blog: Spotify Introduces Apps to Point Listeners to Music
The streaming music service, which is dependent on its users' picking what to hear, introduced apps that allow Rolling Stone, Pitchfork and Billboard, among others, to be a guiding influence.Presented By:
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Media Decoder Blog: Breakfast Meeting, Nov. 17
The National Book Awards are announced, The Associated Press gets caught up in a Twitter debate and an independently distributed debut album tops the charts.
How to Solve the Mystery of Spotify and the Missing Coldplay Album
Don't need Sherlock for this one. Follow the money, straight to iTunes.
Glenn Beck Unveils HUGE GBTV Billboard In Times Square
Never fear, Glenn Beck is here! The outspoken former Fox News host is back, with a massive new billboard in Times Square to advertise GBTV, Beck's latest online venture.
Rhapsody Bundles Music With MetroPCS, Forgets to Include a Discount
For an extra $10 a month, you can add the subscription music service to your wireless account. Or you could sign up on your own, and pay ... $10 a month.
This Happened: New Mexico Man Gets Back At Ex With An Abortion Billboard Ad
Here's a fun way to ward off potential new girlfriends while reminding your ex why you broke up. Greg Fultz, a 35-year-old man from Alamogordo, New Mexico, was upset after his breakup with his girlfriend. So he did what any jilted lover might do: He erected a billboard broadcasting his ex's abortion. The sign, which...
Media Decoder: Amazon Has Forecasters Rethinking Lady Gaga
Predictions are now that her album "Born This Way" will be the fastest-selling since 2005.
What Kind of Music Service Does Google Really Want, and When Will It Show Up?
Music Beta isn't the service Google has been trying to build, and it's not the one it thinks it will have. But if it's going to improve, best to do it before Apple launches its own cloud service.
Amazon Tells the Music Labels to Quit Crying About the Cloud, Start Cashing Royalty Checks
It's been two weeks since Amazon launched its cloud-based music service. And Amazon says it's been a big success--for the music labels.
Media Decoder: Bieber! Gaga! PopDust Wafts Into Crowded Territory
PopDust, a new pop music site, looks for traffic in coverage about music that actually still sells records.
Bullet-Riddled Rush Limbaugh Billboard Pulled Down In Tucson
Talk about awkward timing. A Tucson talk radio station has removed a billboard advertising Rush Limbaugh's show with bullet holes and the words "straight shooter."The station's owners, radio giant Clear Channel, said the billboard, which has been in place for several weeks, was no longer appropriate in the aftermath of the...
