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How Many People Still Use CDs, VCRs And Landline Phones? More Than You Might Think
Wednesday, September 6, 2017 - 3:56pm | 427Read More...In the age of Spotify, Pandora Media Inc (NYSE: P) and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s streaming music platform, Apple Music, one might logically conclude that CDs are obsolete. But this isn't the case, at least according Statista. A survey conducted on behalf of Bank of America found that a...
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We Know How Uber's New CEO Got His Job, Thanks To A Leak
Thursday, August 31, 2017 - 1:25pm | 375Read More...Dara Khosrowshahi's tenure as Uber's new chief is off to a bit of a rocky start as an audio leak exclusively obtained by Yahoo News gives some background on how he obtained the job. Khosrowshahi hosted his first meeting as head of Uber and told the ride-hailing company's employees he was first...
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Can Spotify Take On Apple? It Will At Least Try
Monday, July 31, 2017 - 2:00pm | 423Read More...Spotify, the popular streaming music platform that may never become profitable, isn't going to go down without a fight and is planning on taking on the tech behemoth Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Bloomberg reported. Spotify will begin promoting podcasts it offers such as "Pod Save America" both inside...
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5 Sectors Millennials Prefer To Consumer Goods, And The Stocks That Prove It
Thursday, July 13, 2017 - 3:08pm | 1482Read More...Jim Cramer recently said on "Mad Money" that the boom in travel and leisure stocks is a direct result of millennials’ activity. Specifically, millennials are increasingly disinterested in consumer goods. “They don't have much of a yen for material goods anymore. They want...
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What's Going Down At The Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference
Thursday, July 13, 2017 - 2:32pm | 1139Read More...The Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference is at the halfway mark and dozens of the world’s most influential people have three days left to forge relationships and make deals in comfort and secrecy. The week-long conference is hosted and wholly funded by Allen & Company, a private...
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Will Spotify Stream Into An IPO In 2017?
Monday, July 10, 2017 - 5:07pm | 1742Read More...Launched in 2008 by entrepreneurs Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon, Stockholm, Sweden-based Spotify is one of the most popular streaming services on the market today. With its desktop and mobile app version, the company allows users to search or browse, for free, through its extensive music library....
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9 Best Monthly Subscriptions You Can Try For Free
Sunday, July 9, 2017 - 7:03pm | 713Read More...There may be no such thing as a free lunch, but a number of big-name subscription service providers are offering extended free trials to get customers to take their services for a spin. In this case, the lunch is totally free, assuming you remember to cancel your subscription before the trial...
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Vinyl Records Are Popular Again, So Sony Wants Back In After 30 Years
Saturday, July 8, 2017 - 8:31am | 619Read More...The next major profit driver in the music industry may have nothing to do with streaming, connectivity or the cloud. Last week, one of the biggest names in the music business, Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE: SNE), announced it will once again be producing vinyl records for the first time in 28 years. It...
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Bob Seger Finally Joined The Streaming World: Here Are 8 Music Icons Still Holding Out
Saturday, June 24, 2017 - 9:47am | 579Read More...One of the last major music holdouts finally made the move to the digital era last week when Bob Seger announced he will be allowing several of his most popular albums to be streamed on services such as Spotify, Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s Apple Music and Pandora Media Inc (NYSE: P). Seger has...
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Earth To Elon: Musk Wants To Conquer Music And The Ways It's Delivered
Friday, June 23, 2017 - 1:47pm | 787Read More...People, particularly American people, spend plenty of time in cars. And whether you listen to an iTunes version of a mix tape or a satellite station beamed down with your taste in hip-hop or garage rock, that time is Sirius money. Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) wants to own a piece of your heart in drive...
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Former Apple Employees: Siri Stinks
Friday, June 9, 2017 - 7:24am | 374Read More...Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s Siri platform isn't great, at least according to a group of ex-Apple employees. Apple's Siri failed to keep up with its rivals including Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s Alexa and Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG)'s Home because Apple's workers...
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What If Forbes' 5 Richest Rap Moguls Merged Their Media Empires?
Saturday, June 3, 2017 - 9:15am | 668Read More...Forbes recently released its annual list of the five wealthiest hip-hop moguls in the world. Some familiar names topped this year’s list, with Sean “Diddy” Combs taking the top spot with a net worth of $820 million. Shawn “Jay Z” Carter was a close second with a net...
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SiriusXM And Pandora Reportedly In Talks; SunTrust Considers Potential Deal
Thursday, May 18, 2017 - 10:52am | 422Read More...Shares of Pandora Media Inc (NYSE: P) were trading higher by more than 6 percent Thursday morning after the company was named as a potential acquisition target. The New York Post reported after Wednesday's market close that Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is in talks to acquire Pandora. A...
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Founders Fund's Singerman: Larry Page Is One Of The Best CEOs Ever
Sunday, April 23, 2017 - 12:53pm | 442Read More...Brian Singerman, a general partner at Founders Fund, was ranked fifth on the Forbes annual Midas List, which is a ranking of the top venture capitalists. Among some of the fund's holdings include Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) and privately held Spotify, Lyft, Airbnb, SpaceX and Palantir. Speaking...
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Statistics Show Music Streaming Is Now Too Big To Fail...For The Music Industry
Sunday, April 9, 2017 - 11:07am | 429Read More...A new report from Statista suggests the music streaming business is now too big to fail. This assertion was made after the world’s largest music streaming service Spotify, secured a new multi-year licensing deal with the world’s largest record label, Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA)...















