Rhapsody exec: splashy ads and free streaming promotions don’t work
Rhapsody has some advice for its competitors Spotify and Rdio: Don’t invest in splashy ads. Focus on featuring your service instead. Read more »
Rhapsody to launch music subscriptions in 16 European countries this spring
Rhapsody is taking the fight for music subscribers to Spotify’s home turf: The U.S.-based service is going to launch in 16 European countries this spring. Read more at GigaOM »
paidContent turns 10: A brief history of digital media
Remember when Friendster was the hot social network, publishers doubted that ebooks would ever sell, and Netflix thought DVDs in red envelopes was the future? We do — that was that state of digital media when paidContent launched in 2002. Read more »
Rhapsody Goes To Europe As New Music Services Compete, News Corp’s Fails
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Chasing the post-download digital music opportunity, veteran services are seeking scale to fight dominant newcomers, whilst strangers from o… Read more »
Rhapsody Now Has One Million Music Subs In The U.S. Next Stop: Europe
It’s taken ten years, and a last leg up by way of an acquisition of a competitor, but Rhapsody says that it has finally reached one million… Read more »
Rhapsody Is Acquiring Napster From Best Buy
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Streaming music service Rhapsody is acquiring Napster’s subscribers and “certain other assets,” the companies announced today. Napster is cu… Read more »
Interview: Rhapsody Hopes To Hit Profit This Year, May Seek Investment
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Rhapsody hopes to move in to the black in the final two quarters of this year, after turning around subscriber decline following its spinout… Read more »
Updated: iCloud: Just A Lot Of Hot Air When It Comes To Streaming?
In the stream of announcements made today at the WWDC, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) may have dismantled more than one business model in its wake. “Sh*… Read more »
Rhapsody Adds Offline Listening To Its iPhone App
Newly independent Rhapsody is giving its iPhone app some bragging rights with an update that lets subscribers listen to tracks even when the… Read more »
Updated: Spinoff Complete, Rhapsody Sings $10 Cross-Platform Tune
Less than two months after RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) and MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA) announced plans to spin off the veteran subscription music… Read more »
RealNetworks, MTVN To Spin Off Rhapsody; Real Gives Up Control
The groundwork has already been laid and now it’s official: RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) is spinning off music service Rhapsody in the hopes of… Read more »
Rhapsody: 200,000 App Store Downloads; Android App Coming This Year
200,000 downloads in 20 days. That’s how brisk business has been for Rhapsody since Apple approved its streaming music iPhone app.
Not that… Read more »
RealNetworks Lays Off 12 At Rhapsody; Less Focus on Desktop Client & Edit
RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) has laid off 12 employees from its Rhapsody music division, we have confirmed from the company, following news ear… Read more »
10K Watch: RealNetworks Details Promotion Costs For Rhapsody North America
How much did it cost to market Rhapsody North America? RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) spent $11.2 million to promote the launch of the service la… Read more »
RealNetworks Breaks Out Subscriber Numbers For First Time: 775,000 Pay For Rhapsody
When RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) released its Q408 earnings after hours Thursday, it also included some data the company says it is releasing… Read more »
