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Weekly Digest on the Music Industry – May 24, 2009

Posted on 25. May, 2009 by Antonella Stellacci.

COMPANIES

• Napster Unlimited Streaming for $5
• Spotify and EchoNest demo a new recommendation engine at the San Francisco Music Tech Summit
• Spotify New Facebook App
• Project Playlist acquires the assets of TotalMusic and announces e-commerce plans
• Pandora sees profits coming in 2010, launches a premium service and desktop app, PandoraOne, and adds lyrics
• TuneCore and Amazon unveil on-demand CD sales
• ReverbNation to pay artists for free promotions
• CDBaby plans Single Song Download
• MySpace Music and Toyota and the unsigned musicians contest

ARTISTS

• Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse Release A Blank CD-R. Free streaming available online

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The new age of streaming is officially here.

Posted on 19. May, 2009 by Antonella Stellacci.

Napster started the music revolution 10 years ago with its file-sharing network. Today’s announcement on the roll-out of a $5 subscription for 5 downloads and unlimited streaming might not sound as epic.

But the fact of the matter is that it officially sanctions the shift from Downloads to Streaming.  From Ownership to Access.

We are not yet into the full-fledged Access Era as depicted by Caraeff and Masnick with interactive listening and your library in the cloud.

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