Thursday, October 29, 2009 1:26PM - By Seraphina L.
Are there any scrobblers out there? Don’t know what “scrobbling” is? Well then, it’s safe to assume you don’t use the popular music streaming service, Last.fm.
Although a bit more popular in the UK (where it originated) and Europe, plenty of people still use it State side as a social platform in regards to what type of music they listen to. Now when newer companies like Ustream, lala, and iLike plan on dominating the streaming world, CBS-owned Last.fm is set out to launch Last.tv to raise the brand popularity and go global.
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Friday, July 3, 2009 3:00PM - By Morelli
In a digital age where album sales no longer accurately represent a band’s success, it has become increasingly important for bands and labels to be able to measure popularity on the Internet, on sites like Myspace, Last.fm, YouTube, SoundCloud and Facebook. Music data site Band Metrics is looking to offer such a service, and opened up the private beta today for several thousand artists to test its system, reports Hypebot.
Band Metrics not only gauges song plays, profile views and comments across various platforms, but also tracks airplay on over 3,500 radio stations, and scores your music 8 different ways. For example, your band has a “fandom” rating and “brand strength”. The company is also launching a standard format for sending and receiving data from the site, so it’s easy for users to share band data between each other. Check out some of the more interesting forthcoming features in development:
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Friday, April 17, 2009 8:00AM - By Morelli
The latest New York-based online radio company, Goom Radio, has secured $16 million from various venture capital firms, and is planning to “reinvent radio for the Internet generation”. However, it isn’t readily apparent how they are actually going about that mission.
The press release affirms that they have a “promising business model”, but doesn’t go into details on exactly what that model is, other than it’s ad-based. With free music available through many other similar services like Pandora, Last.fm, Spotify and the recent Free Music Archive, Goom Radio is going to have a difficult time rising above the competition.
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Friday, March 27, 2009 1:30PM - By Morelli
Satellite radio service Sirius XM is stepping up the pace to compete with the rising popularity of Internet radio services like Last.fm and Pandora. Last.fm, with its recent move to a subscription-based business model in all but three countries, is now competing on equal terms with Sirius’ Internet service already in place.
The satellite radio company also announced the launch of an iPhone application planned for June, and has developed its Internet service by improving sound quality and charging subscribers $3 a month for Web access. When compared to Last.fm’s $4 fee in all countries but the US, UK and Germany, satellite radio might be making a comeback. But will it be successful long-term?
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