• Finances
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • February 11th, 2016
SoundCloud's Business Model Sinks As Company Reports $44M in Losses

SoundCloud's Business Model Sinks As Company Reports $44M in Losses

SoundCloud posts $85 million losses between 2012 and 2014

Spotify Chooses Transparency to Show Artists How They Get Paid

Spotify Chooses Transparency to Show Artists How They Get Paid

The company has launched a new site to explain how artists get their fees

VEVO Gets a Major Redesign and Three New VEVO TV Channels

VEVO Gets a Major Redesign and Three New VEVO TV Channels

The music video site has a cleaner layout and a better thought out look

SoundCloud Integrates Instagram, Your Photos Can Live Side by Side with Your Sounds

SoundCloud Integrates Instagram, Your Photos Can Live Side by Side with Your Sounds

The site has also reached 250 million monthly users

SoundCloud Now Automatically Creates Playlists for Bulk Uploads

SoundCloud Now Automatically Creates Playlists for Bulk Uploads

Making it easier to manage a bunch of sounds you want to upload at once

With Xbox Music Expansion, Microsoft Is Taking on Google, Amazon, Spotify, and Pandora

With Xbox Music Expansion, Microsoft Is Taking on Google, Amazon, Spotify, and Pandora

The on-demand streaming service has its work cut out ahead of it

Spotify Introduces Browse, a Collection of Human-Curated Playlists for Any Occasion

Spotify Introduces Browse, a Collection of Human-Curated Playlists for Any Occasion

The streaming service is introducing a new tool to help with discoverability

For the First Time, People Are Buying Less Music Online

For the First Time, People Are Buying Less Music Online

Retail music sales have been dropping for years, now digital sales are following

Spotify to Replace Desktop App with Packaged Web Version

Spotify to Replace Desktop App with Packaged Web Version

The web version of the app is already in beta on the desktop

Spotify Drops 5-Play per Song Limit in the UK

Spotify Drops 5-Play per Song Limit in the UK

Free users get a mostly unrestricted service even after the first six months

Spotify Adds Four Million Users in Three Months, but It's Losing More Money than Ever

Spotify Adds Four Million Users in Three Months, but It's Losing More Money than Ever

Even as it gets more subscribers, it's getting more free users as well

SoundCloud Debuts Simpler and Cheaper Pro Accounts

SoundCloud Debuts Simpler and Cheaper Pro Accounts

Unlimited hosting is now cheaper than ever and there are fewer tiers

Spotify Launches in Italy, Poland and Portugal, Now Available in 20 Countries

Spotify Launches in Italy, Poland and Portugal, Now Available in 20 Countries

Its main competitor, Deezer, is available in a lot more places, but has fewer users

Deezer Coming to Samsung, LG and Toshiba Smart TVs

Deezer Coming to Samsung, LG and Toshiba Smart TVs

Deezer is moving beyond the web and the mobile space

Inexplicably, Samsung and Nokia Want a Piece of Spotify's Tiny Pie

Inexplicably, Samsung and Nokia Want a Piece of Spotify's Tiny Pie

Both Samsung and Nokia are pushing cloud music services despite small chance of success

Spotify Now Free with Orange Young Subscribers in Switzerland

Spotify Now Free with Orange Young Subscribers in Switzerland

Spotify is taking a page out of Deezer's play book

The New, New MySpace Is Live and It Looks Great, for What It's Worth

The New, New MySpace Is Live and It Looks Great, for What It's Worth

The latest incarnation is focused on music and discovery

 
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