QOTD: You Know What Sounds Cool? Another Facebook!
QOTD: You Know What Sounds Cool? Another Facebook!
“I know it sounds crazy, but our new company, http://altly.com, is building an alternative to Facebook. More details soon :-)”
– Former Veoh CEO, and, more recently, former MySpace M...
Myspace Music President Courtney Holt Leaving
This one was only a matter of time: Myspace Music head Courtney Holt is stepping down, without a new gig lined up.
Google’s New Search Won’t Boost Revenues in an Instant
Google's Instant is very fast, but the digerati are almost as quick: They've immediately started debating what, exactly, the new search feature is going to murder. But J.P. Morgan reminds us that, homicide aside, Google Instant won't have an immediate impact on the company's own revenues and costs.
Google Goes Hunting for a Music Boss
Anybody want to run the music division of the world's biggest media company? Because Google is hiring: The search giant is casting about for an executive to run its music service, which doesn't actually exist yet.
[UPDATED] The Spotify Song Has a Familiar Chorus: U.S. Launch Talks Back to "Square One"
When will Spotify, the best music service Americans can't use, finally make it to the U.S.? No time soon, according to a new report from Billboard. The good news for impatient people: There are plenty of substitutes available right now.
Why Digital Music Is a Terrible Business That Google Should Embrace
Digital music is a lousy business. Almost everyone who tries it loses money, and even mighty Apple says its iTunes Store is basically a break-even proposition. But if Google does it right, it makes perfect sense for the search giant to jump in anyway.
Veoh CEO Dmitry Shapiro Resurfaces at…MySpace Music
It's not a huge shock to see former start-up CEOs join big companies after the demise of their own. But this move is a bit more surprising: It means that Veoh founder and former CEO Dmitry Shapiro will be working for one of the companies that helped put him out of work.
Apple Pulls the Plug on Lala, Replaces It With…Nada
The streaming music service Apple bought in December is gone. There's nothing in its place--and it may (still) be a while before that changes.
MySpace Music makes UK debut in a bid to boost site’s popularity
MySpace has finally launched MySpace Music UK, an ad-supported audio and video
streaming service,15 months after its US debut, in a bid to lure people back
to the social network.
