Pandora starts playing music from unreleased albums

The new station marks an important step in Pandora's attempt to become just as vital to the music industry as the traditional radio stations were decades earlier.

Slacker Radio CEO: Pandora’s 40-hour listening cap drove our record user growth

Over the last few months Slacker Radio has made some big moves to step outside the shadow of rival smart radio service Pandora -- and it's doing so with some help from Pandora itself, according to Slacker Radio CEO Jim Cady.

Spotify continues streaming music dominance, hits 6M paid users

Streaming music service Spotify has added another million paying subscribers in the past few months, bringing its total number of paying users to 6 million — far more than any competitor.

Rdio brings its 18M streaming songs to Mexico, Ireland, Italy, Iceland, & 3 other countries

Rdio has made its service available in seven new countries -- Mexico, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, and Austria -- and has opened free music streaming to users in Brazil.

Beats raises $60M to spin off ‘Daisy’ music service; may partner with Apple

Beats Electronics has secured a $60 million investment to spin off its forthcoming streaming music service Daisy into a separate entity, the company announced today.

Will a new, simplified Slacker Radio be able to take on Spotify, Pandora & Rdio?

Slacker Radio rolled out a pretty drastic makeover today aimed at making its streaming music service seem fresh in the face of heavy competition from the likes of Pandora, Spotify, and others.

Myspace’s newest problem: Credibility

A week after launching its brand new, music-focused revamp, Myspace already has its first big problem: credibility.

Trent Reznor’s music service ‘Daisy’ gets a CEO and should launch in late 2013

Iconic music man Trent Reznor's new streaming music service will launch sometime in late 2013, announced the service's backer Beats Audio today.

Pandora pumps up the volume on its automotive strategy with new Chrysler deal

Pandora announced a new agreement today that will put its streaming music service into automobile maker Chrysler's line of vehicles.

Spotify hits 5M paid subscribers, web app coming early next year

Popular streaming music service Spotify announced that it has reached the 5-million-paid-subscriber milestone.

Rdio launches revamped iOS app with some bite

Streaming music service Rdio launched a brand new version of its iOS app today that features a drastically revamped user interface with a much prettier design.

Will another $100M help Spotify deflect competition from Microsoft & Apple?

Rumors about a fresh round of funding for streaming music service Spotify resurfaced today.