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8tracks milestone: New music library with 6.5-million tracks
Playlist radio service 8tracks is opening its first in-house music library today, in partnership with CD Baby, INgrooves, and indie labels. The initiative promises to streamline playlist-building for...
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8tracks hires ex-Rhapsody exec Jon Maples to head product development
8tracks announced that it has hired Jon Maples into the position of Vice President of Product. Maples led product development at on-demand music service Rhapsody from 2009 through 2013. Since leaving...
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8tracks secures financing and new partnerships; music library now at...
Playlist-creation platform 8tracks announced today new content partnerships with digital music distributor TuneCore, and three labels: Naxos, Black Hole Recordings, and Armada Records. About two and a...
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Internet Radio Rewind #047: Apple Music, Spotify growth; 8tracks adds music;...
listen to ‘#47: Apple Music, Spotify growth; 8tracks adds music; April webcast metrics’ on audioBoom Sponsored by AudioBoom Welcome to Internet Radio REWIND, the weekly need-to-know podcast. Click the...
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8tracks starts rolling out new web interface for enhanced playlist discovery
Playlist radio service 8tracks has launched a new web interface in beta to a limited number of users. The refreshed user experience is underpinned by technology which surfaces playlist suggestions...
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Mid-size and small webcaster reaction to new CRB rates
While Pandora, iHeartMedia, and the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) are content with new CRB rates, the royalty ruling puts smaller streamers on shaky ground, we’ve heard from several...
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8tracks experiments with unique crowdfunding
8tracks, the popular crowdsourced listening platform is testing a regulated crowdfunding idea that could result in a widely distributed venture capital round and an influx of millions of dollars for...
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8tracks to restrict international listening (for now)
8tracks announced an update in how international listeners will be able to access its playlisting service. The company said that outside of the U.S. and Canada, listeners would only be able to...
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8tracks plans Regulation A crowdfunded equity offering
Music service 8tracks is filing for a Regulation A securities offering, hoping to raise $5-million or more through a public investment opportunity open to anybody. Required documents will be filed...
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8tracks will target $10M in equity crowdfunding (despite higher interest)
8tracks is preparing a round of Regulation A crowdfunded securities funding, and the interest in supporting the playlisting company has been high so far. In an email to potential backers, 8tracks said...
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Reservations open for 8tracks Regulation A crowdfunding investment
After months of testing the waters, crowdsourced playlist platform 8tracks is taking the next step toward a Regulation A crowdfunded investment round. First announced in March, 8tracks took the...
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8tracks’ equity crowdfunding begins
8tracks is now accepting investments in its Regulation A round. The crowdfunded investment round is officially open on SeedInvest. This type of SEC-regulated round allows anybody to invest in the...
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David Porter: Eight Years of 8tracks
This guest column is by David Porter (@davidporter), Founder and CEO of music service 8tracks. It was originally published on Medium. 8tracks, my oldest ‘child’ in a sense, turns 8 today (we launched...
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8tracks raises $2M and plans shift to subscription model
8tracks, a unique playlisting service that has moved in and out of profitability during the last several years, sent an email to investors yesterday disclosing results of a funding campaign, and...
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8tracks details subscription plans
8tracks shared a blog post detailing how it will roll out its previously announced subscription plan. It’s a transparent discussion of why and how the company is altering its business model. The...
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8tracks encourages subscription as it nears completion of major-label licensing
In a revealing blog post that transparently reveals company financials while explaining economic realities of the music streaming business generally, 8tracks Founder and CEO David Porter has announced...
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Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Audiobooks versus podcasts: An article in The Verge contrasted the production values of podcasts and audiobooks. Many popular podcasts have put...
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7digital to power 8tracks’ direct licensed music for at least a year
B2B music provider 7digital announced last week that it has signed on to power playlisting platform 8tracks. The companies have agreed to at least one year of collaboration. Under these terms, 7digital...
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8tracks introduces audio ads to ease free listening limits
Social playlisting service 8tracks has been gradually pivoting its business model over the past year, and has been offering listeners transparency into the decisions every step of the way. The latest...
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8tracks adds Spotify playlist integration on iOS
8tracks has announced a new integration with Spotify. In the latest version of the 8tracks iOS app, listeners’ favorited tracks can be automatically saved to a dedicated Spotify playlist. With this...
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