Rhapsody is expanding its presence to the living room, rolling out its digital music service to LG, Panasonic and Samsung smart TVs, targeting Sharp sets in the coming months and… Read More
In February, we reported that Paul McCartney had pulled his music from streaming sites, like Rhapsody, Spotify and Rdio. It appears that the Beatle’s camp has changed their minds —… Read More
Rhapsody, the subscription music service based in downtown Seattle, has been a private company since spinning off from RealNetworks as a standalone venture. That means Rhapsody doesn’t report its quarterly… Read More
Paul McCartney appears to be a “Band on the Run” … at least when it comes to popular music streaming services. The former Beatle has pulled his tracks from the… Read More
The expansion of European music service Spotify to the U.S. last year brought considerable hand-wringing over the potential impact on Rhapsody, but the venerable Seattle-based music subscription service instead was… Read More
Rhapsody says it has surpassed 1 million paying subscribers — leveraging its MetroPCS partnership, its recent acquisition of Napster and the rise of mobile devices to solidify its position as… Read More
Ten years ago this weekend, on Dec. 3, 2001, the Rhapsody music service was launched by Listen.com, pioneering the concept of on-demand music. A lot has changed since then. Rhapsody… Read More
Rhapsody’s acquisition of Napster from Best Buy gives the Seattle-based music service an opportunity to add a “meaningful” number of subscribers to its customer base, says Rhapsody’s president, Jon Irwin,… Read More
Rhapsody, the Seattle-based music service that spun out of RealNetworks last year, will buy venerable music service Napster from retailer Best Buy under an agreement just announced by the companies.… Read More
Microsoft’s Zune music service today announced plans to reduce its monthly subscription rate to $9.99, from the current $14.99, but said the new rate for the Zune Music Pass won’t… Read More
Rhapsody is rolling out a new slate of social features today, including the ability for users to create profile pages, share playlists on social networks, follow other Rhapsody members and… Read More
Rhapsody has struck a deal with MetroPCS Communications to make the Rhapsody Unlimited Music service a new feature of the wireless carrier’s premium monthly cell-phone plan. The Seattle-based music service… Read More
Seattle-based Rhapsody and Amazon Kindle are among a wave of businesses that have removed links to their external digital stores from inside their iPhone, iPod touch and iPad apps in… Read More
Intrigued by all the hype surrounding the U.S. launch of the Spotify music service, I ponied up a $9.99 monthly subscription fee this morning to avoid the wait for the… Read More
It seems like years since Spotify first discussed plans to come to the U.S. Now, word is that the highly-touted European music subscription service is set to arrive on American… Read More
Meet the country’s newest multi-billion dollar Internet company. It is Pandora, the music radio service which went public today with a market value of about $3 billion. The amazing thing… Read More
For all the buzz about Apple offering its own cloud-based music service, the part of the company’s iCloud announcement today that resonated most with me was Photo Stream. The service… Read More
Cloud-based music lockers are all of the rage these days, with Google and Amazon.com recently launching new services and Apple reportedly planning to roll out its own offering in the… Read More
The popular Spotify music service is making headlines in Europe this morning with new limits on its signature offering — cutting back on the amount of on-demand music that longtime… Read More
This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we recap a strange week in tech news, including our first glimpse of Paul Allen’s autobiography, telling all about Bill Gates; Amazon.com’s effort to… Read More
Rhapsody International, on its own now for a full year, has added more than 100,000 new subscribers over the past year, climbing to more than 750,000 — capitalizing on a… Read More
An updated version of Rhapsody’s app for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad was made available for download today. Yes, the update received approval from Apple. But no, the Seattle music… Read More
Rhapsody has quietly released the beta of its app for Windows Phone 7, bringing its subscription-based music service to the Microsoft mobile platform. The company already offers apps for iPhone,… Read More