Will Licensing Deals Help Turntable.fm Compete with Pandora and Spotify?
By Rob Scott
September 21, 2011
September 21, 2011
- Turntable.fm, a rival music service to Pandora and Spotify, is negotiating with the four major music labels to license content. Turntable.fm is a social media site that allows people to share songs with friends and other online users.
- The New York-based startup is looking to create a deal that would be unique and allow users to legally stream music internationally, but CEO Billy Chasen has not disclosed the details of the proposal.
- “Both sides are super eager to get this done, and we’re getting closer,” Chasen said. “We take very seriously the music labels and publishers, and we want to make sure they’re with us.”
- Turntable.fm, which launched earlier this year and requires users to log in via Facebook, currently has about 600,000 users. The startup recently raised $7 million from investors including Union Square Ventures, First Round Capital, Polaris Venture Partners, Benchmark Capital, Lady Gaga’s manager Troy Carter, and Maverick Records co-founder Guy Oseary.
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Is it a music streaming service? Or a music sharing service? (From what I’ve seen in the social networking community, Last.FM is the market lead in the latter category. It’s really pretty cool.)
Is it a music streaming service? Or a music sharing service? (From what I’ve seen in the social networking community, Last.FM is the market lead in the latter category. It’s really pretty cool.)
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