Deezer, that other European music streaming giant, was going to go public last year. Except it didn’t, because of ‘unfavourable market conditions’ and whatnot. But don’t count them out just yet, even if Apple Music and SoundCloud are ramping up and major rival Spotify raised a monster $526 million round last year: Deezer is today […]
Vivendi acquires 64.4% stake in digital radio services company (and Winamp owner) Radionomy
Vivendi, the European media juggernaut that owns the likes of Universal Music Group, Canal+ and Dailymotion, has acquired a majority stake in Radionomy, a small technology company that specialises in online radio services. Radionomy was in the news in the beginning of last year, when it – surprisingly – sealed a deal to acquire once-popular […]
SoundCloud loses its head of engineering to Scout24
Online audio platform SoundCloud has lost its senior vice president of engineering, Richard Durnall, to freshly public Scout24. Durnall joined the German online classifieds giant earlier this month in a newly created capacity as CTO for the group, reporting to CEO Gregory Ellis, we’ve learned. Previously, Richard was CTO for the REA Group (Realestate.com.au) and […]
An IPO isn’t the only possible exit for Spotify. Don’t believe me? Google it…
All the signs are pointing to a Spotify IPO within the next year or two. However, Neil Murray argues that there’s still one company out there who could yet provide another exit option for Spotify.

Spotify’s ratio between free and paid users just grew for the first time in over two years
Spotify has just released their latest (free and paid) user numbers, and there’s one number in particular that stands out from the others. And it’s great news for the company, if it can turn it into a trend.

Mix it up with Mixcloud, the bootstrapped London radio streaming startup tuning in on longform audio
London startup Mixcloud tried to raise VC funding for its streaming platform 5 years ago, but when offers came the founders decided to go at it the bootstrapped way. It’s worked out well for them so far.

Singing along: Italy’s Musixmatch aims to be the ultimate destination for song lyrics on-the-go
Did you know there’s an Italian startup out there that caters to 10 million monthly users who look up song lyrics? Charmaine Li puts the spotlight on Musixmatch ahead of a big round of fundraising.