Welcome to this morning's edition of 'First To Know,' a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital world. Today, we're looking at three particularly interesting stories. full story ![]()

Spotify plans to launch Top 50 lists of the most popular content on the streaming music service today, complete with on-demand preview access so that even those without accounts can listen to the tracks. The new scheme – which will see the most-streamed songs listed in the “Spotify 50″ and the most-shared songs in the ...
slashgear.com (2 days ago)

Spotify Ltd., getting a jump on Internet radio leader Pandora Media Inc., is close to agreements with record labels to offer free mobile radio outside the United States, said three people with knowledge of the talks.
denverpost.com (2 months and 13 days ago)

You can now buy a music subscription from Google. Here's everything you need to know about Google's crack at rocketing to the top of the charts. Get ready for Google Play Access. Google Play All Access launches in the US today. It costs $10 per month. Everybody gets a 30-day free trial, and if you sign up soon, it will only cost you $8 per month. Google claims that All...
gizmodo.com (8 days ago)
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Spotted at Readwrite: The suggestion that Spotify and Rdio merge. While I agree with the author -- Spotify is an unintuitive mess and Rdio provides a clean, hassle-free platform -- he, like many others, fails to draw the distinction between different types of Internet radio. You can't just take what you perceive as the best of Spotify and the best of...
thestreet.com (10 days ago)
Six year old music program Slacker Radio today unveiled the new, overhauled Slacker; sleeker, fresher and ready to compete head on with streaming radio leader Pandora, as well as Spotify and Rdio.
forbes.com (3 months and 8 days ago)
Spotify is seeking to woo overseas customers by adding a variant on the kind of free, radio-like custom music service for mobile devices popularized in the U.S. by rival Pandora Media.
wsj.com (2 months and 12 days ago)

Nintendo will shut the door on many of the Wii's online services on June 28, the company announced today.A group of online features, including the message boards, will be shut down, while the main Nintendo channel, News, Forecast and Everybody Votes channels will also be saying goodbye. The Wii Shop will remain open for the time being."We at Nintendo sincerely thank you for...
techradar.com (1 month and 10 days ago)
Filed under: Investing When will the market learn? Spotify is working on a streaming video service, sources tell Business Insider. The popular music-streaming website will also reportedly be considering original content in a move that will challenge Netflix and Time Warner's HBO. Now, Netflix and HBO are singled out in the headline of the story, but Spotify would have an...
dailyfinance.com (1 month and 26 days ago)

(Pretend to) jack a car, plug in your smartphone, launch up Spotify and live the life of Nico Bellic, thanks to Rockstar Games. The gaming company has created Spotify playlists for all the radio stations from all the Grand Theft Auto games since GTA III.While Rockstar's Spotify Profile page is a bit borked at the moment, you can still access the playlists by searching for...
techradar.com (1 month and 10 days ago)
Spotify trend expert Shanon Cook is our guest on today's 404 episode. She'll tell us what's cool on Spotify this week and introduce us to a few new artists.
palmbeachpost.com (28 days ago)
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