SoundCloud is the open audio platform known for being the starting point for major music acts such as Post Malone and Travis Scott. The company is now getting a big investment from one of the largest audio tech companies. Satellite radio company Sirius XM has invested in SoundCloud to the tune of $75 million, SoundCloud said in …
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SoundCloud is widening its program that lets artists make money off the tracks they upload there, unlocking its SoundCloud Premier program to almost all creators who pay for an $8-a-month Pro account or a $16-a-month Pro Unlimited account. Sometimes referred to as the YouTube for audio, SoundCloud said the expansion would unlock revenue for hundreds of thousands of creators. Previously …
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SoundCloud expects to have hundreds of thousands of artists in payment program SoundCloud Premier in the next couple years, CEO Kerry Trainor said in an interview Tuesday. The invite-only program launched in 2014 to begin paying back artists a share of revenue for ads that run alongside their audio. At launch, the company said its goal ultimately was to …
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SoundCloud has more than 175 million users in 190 countries, so you’d think that it would be around forever. That may not be so. Unnamed sources told TechCrunch this week that founders Alex Ljung and Eric Wahlforss said they have enough money to make it to Q4, which is less than three months away. The company recently laid off nearly half …
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Streaming-music service SoundCloud launched cheaper, $5 subscriptions Tuesday, giving people the option of paying less for most of the same features of its $10 option but without the full music catalog. The company, often called the “YouTube of audio,” first launched an all-you-can-eat music service last year for $10 a month. That transformed SoundCloud into paid subscriptions from its all-free …
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Chance the Rapper beats everybody at selling music without literally selling his music. The Chicago hip-hop artist on Sunday night won three major Grammy awards, including best new artist and best rap album (beating out megastars Drake and Kanye West in the latter category). But if your instinct was to check out his “Coloring Book” on iTunes, you hit a …
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Multi-speaker audio setups make for great dance parties, but they can get expensive fast. Now, a free app called Amp Me thinks it has the solution: synced audio playback across multiple phones and tablets. It’s a clever idea that makes good use of the fact that a lot of today’s mobile devices can double as Wi-Fi hotspots. Amp Me taps …
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It looks like the musical mashup of Spotify and SoundCloud won’t be happening after all. The Financial Times reported in September that music-streaming service Spotify was in “advanced talks” to acquire rival streaming service SoundCloud. However, months of discussions between the two have apparently been fruitless, and Spotify has abandoned its takeover plans, TechCrunch reported Thursday, citing a source within …
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