The rise of the musical omnivore

Musical taste has traditionally been viewed as class-related: the elite attends classical music concerts, the middle classes prefer highbrow easy listening, while the lower classes enjoy pop and folk music. However, the accuracy ...

Google's streaming music service adds mood to mix

Google's music-subscription service will try to anticipate its listeners' mood swings as it amplifies its competition with Pandora, Spotify and other popular services that play tunes over the Internet.

Pandora loses listeners, ad revenue

So many listeners have turned off Pandora that Friday could have been called the day the music died for the internet radio streaming pioneer.

How music listening programmes can be easily fooled

For well over two decades, researchers have sought to build music listening software that can address the deluge of music growing faster than our Spotify-spoilt appetites. From software that can tell you about the music you ...

Millions of tracks at the fingertips of music researchers

Online digital music services, such as Last.fm and Spotify, contain semantic information produced by users worldwide about millions of music tracks. A new method now enables exploiting this vast source of information in order ...

Streaming music gains in US market

Streaming music services like Pandora online radio are gaining fast among US listeners under age 35, a survey showed Tuesday.

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