Rockstar Games has takek almost all of the Grand Theft Auto radio stations and turned them into Spotify and iTunes playlists. You can find stations for: Grand Theft Auto IV, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Apple Launching A New Service?!?
Apple is reportedly getting ready to launch its own music stream service similar to Pandora by this summer. The music service will be called iRadio and will rival both, Spotify and Pandora. Sources are saying, “Apple has achieved a lot of progress with music labels” and that there is no doubt the service is coming.
LG Adds A Free Trial Of WHAT?!?
LG announced today that Spotify will be available on its 2013 range of smart media products, including premium Blu-ray Home Cinema Systems and Blu-ray players. With the Spotify app, users will have access to over 20 million songs. New customers will get a one-month free trial, before signing up to the $9.99 monthly subscription.
Spotify CEO Denies Rumors
Even though sources close to the Spotify company are saying its planning to enter into the video service department, the CEO , Daniel Ek, is not so fast. Spotify is the largest on-demand music service with 24 million active listeners. Daniel Ek told Cnet in an interview, “I won’t rule it out because we’re a company that looks at what we’re doing incredibly long term, But right now, we’re all focused on music.”
(Video) Guess Who’s Staring in Spotify’s NEW TV Commercials?!?
Last night during the premier season of The Voice on NBC, Spotify launched its first television commercials. The 30 second ad was then followed up later that night with an extended version.
How Much Do Artists REALLY Earn?
The digital age is giving power back to the artist and making them less dependent on the record labels. Artists have more control of their own music, artistic direction, artwork and promotions. With social media it gives artists the outlets necessary to promote their own brands but is there still a large amount of profit being made? According to RapRehab, If you take an artist with a major label deal and has signed an agreement entitling them to a low royalty profit on their CD sale. It would take the sale of 3871 units to equal a minimum wage salary of $1,160 a month.
