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Apple Keelhauls Music Streaming Services

http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/15/apple-keelhauls-music-streaming-services/

New Apple App Rules Could Kill Subscription Music - hypebot

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/02/apple-killing-a-subscription-music-service-near-you.html "Now," he writes, "consider these important facts:" - Mobile subscription services already cost twice as much as online-only subscriptions ($10 vs. $5) because the labels charge more in licensing fees for mobile streaming versus desktop streaming.
ComScore published its 2010 Digital Year in Review report. In their analysis of what Americans are doing with their mobile devices, listening to music didn't fare well, which is a nice way of saying that it ranked dead last. http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/02/music-listening-the-back-background-activity-of-mobile.html

Music Listening – The Least Popular Mobile Activity - hypebot

Digital music has always been a difficult place to make a buck, but there continues to be a bevy of players willing to try. http://gigaom.com/mobile/can-carriers-move-the-needle-in-mobile-music/

Carriers Could Move the Needle in Mobile Music: Mobile Technology News «

Future to Come: Pandora in Hand, Pandora in Car - hypebot

50% of radio listening happens in the car. http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/01/music-in-hand-music-in-car-the-future-to-come.html
http://paidcontent.org/2011/01/21/419-nokia-stumbled-but-mobile-music-services-are-still-gaining-ground/ This week saw three different music launches, all approaching mobile music opportunity from different angles: Cricket/Muve : If one of Nokia’s problems was a lack of operator support for its service, Cricket will now have a chance to prove whether having the carrier tie-in will make the difference. Today it launches Muve , an unlimited music service, which it is selling as a bundle with the Samsung Suede feature phone.

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Most mobile carriers have a mobile store, filled with much of the same music you can find on iTunes. http://www.fastcompany.com/1696003/smartphone-makers-gain-more-revenues-from-streaming-services-than-download-stores-study

Smartphones Make More Money From Streaming Music Than Downloads: Study | Fast Company

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13526_3-20009329-27.html I'm a big proponent of cloud-based music services for mobile devices.

Handicapping the mobile music services | Digital Noise: Music and Tech - CNET News

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/02/rdio-ceo-says-new-apple-tax-makes-it-untenable-for-them-to-exist-on-ios-devices.html This has not yet been rolled out to music apps but the move is likely. If Jobs requests that services like Rhapsody and Rdio pay Apple a cut for providing the platform and store for their services, this makes it, according to Rhapsody CEO John Erwin, " economically untenable " for them to exist on iOS devices.

Rdio CEO Says New Apple Tax Makes It “Untenable” For Them to Exist On iOS Devices - hypebot