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Music Streaming Services In Australia: What’s Here, What’s Coming, What’s Never Arriving

Luke Hopewell 28 March 2013 2:00 PM

What do you mean you still buy music? Donchaknow all the kids are streaming it these days? Here are the best music streaming services currently available in Australia, as well as a look at what’s not going to come here.

23 September 2011

Online

Facebook Fails To Let Fans Share Music Across Platforms

Eliot Van Buskirk - Evolver.fm 23 September 2011 4:57 AM

Facebook wants to be the “connective tissue” desperately needed by music fans and the music industry alike, so that, at long last, people would be able to share music with each other without friction — and without breaking the law.

12 May 2011

Online

The Perfect Cloud Music Service

Adrian Covert 12 May 2011 7:00 AM

Google Music is here, promising the magic of the cloud. Is it the perfect way to consume music digitally? Well, that’s what they want us to believe.

14 April 2010

Music Downloads And Streams In Cold, Hard Dollars

Kat Hannaford 14 April 2010 8:08 PM

Just how much moolah do musicians earn from online downloads and streams? For the artist to earn the US minimum wage ($1160/month), they need 12,339 iTunes downloads or 849,817 streams on Rhapsody.

7 April 2010

Newly Independent Rhapsody Gets Price Cut And Android App

Brian Barrett 7 April 2010 2:52 AM

Rhapsody’s been spun off from RealNetworks, and now we know what its future holds: the $US10 Rhapsody Premier streaming music subscription service, down from $US15, and a free app for Android handset users.

15 March 2010

Entertainment

Rhapsody IPhone App Allows Downloading Songs, For Listening Offline

Dan Nosowitz 15 March 2010 8:12 AM

newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://www.youtube.com/v/C-wva60DptI&hl=en&fs=1&fmt=22","customParams":[] ,"width":500,"height":412,"ratio":0.824,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"youtube"} );Rhapsody just released a little teaser video for the next version of its iPhone app (to be followed closely by its new Android app) that marks a major change for the service: You can now download songs instead of streaming.

10 February 2010

Real Networks Spins Off Rhapsody (Which Leaves What, Exactly?)

John Herrman 10 February 2010 9:17 AM

For Viacom, Real Networks’ partner in the Rhapsody venture, a spinoff is a chance to get rid of a bleeding appendage. For Real, it’s like losing a failing – but vital – organ.

3 December 2009

My $US62.47 Royalty Statement: How Major Labels Cook The Books With Digital Downloads

Tim Quirk 3 December 2009 8:40 AM

Tim Quirk was the singer of punk-pop outfit Too Much Joy, signed by Warner Bros. in 1990. Now he’s an executive at an online music service, giving him insight on digital sales data and just how labels fudge their numbers.

10 November 2009

It’s Almost 2010 And CDs Are Not Dead Yet?

Jesus Diaz 10 November 2009 7:00 AM

I’ve started to buy vinyl records again. It’s not because of the sound. It’s the touch and the pretty pictures. Obviously, vinyl is not why CDs are dying. Zoom-zoom in, digital boys and girls.

10 September 2009

Software

Rhapsody Music Streaming iPhone App Gets Approved

Danny Allen 10 September 2009 5:50 PM

Though it can’t cache songs like the recently-approved Spotify, Rhapsody’s app is available in the US only, and lets $US15-a-month Rhapsody To Go subscribers stream unlimited tracks over Wi-Fi, 3G or Edge. It’s also free to try for a week.

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