SoundCloud Stories August 12, 2017
SoundCloud secures its ‘largest financing round,’ names former Vimeo exec new CEO
As rumors suggested earlier this month, SoundCloud has officially confirmed that it has secured investments from The Raine Group and Temasek. The company outlined the investments in a blog post, while it also announced that former Vimeo executive Kerry Trainor will be taking over as CEO…
SoundCloud Stories May 3, 2017
The Upload is SoundCloud’s answer to Spotify’s Discover Weekly
SoundCloud has unveiled a new feature today to help listeners discover even more new music. The Upload is SoundCloud’s answer to the music discovery playlists that have become popular with other streaming services. By analyzing what its users are already interested in, The Upload will recommend new content that has been added to SoundCloud within the last few days.
SoundCloud Stories March 11, 2017
SoundCloud reportedly considering selling for as little as $250M as its struggles continue
As it faces increased competition from services like Apple Music and Spotify, SoundCloud is reportedly running out of money. According to a new report from Recode, SoundCloud has been trying to raise more than $100 million since last summer, but has ultimately been unable to do so…
SoundCloud Stories January 4, 2017
According to a report out of Music Business Worldwide, Google is the “current favorite” among potential acquirers of the struggling Berlin-based music streaming company, SoundCloud. This comes after Spotify considered picking up the service earlier this year, a deal that ultimately died last month.
SoundCloud still needs a buyer, though, as it struggles to compete with the mainstream music streaming players like Apple and Google itself…
SoundCloud Stories March 29, 2016
SoundCloud launches $10/month ‘Go’ subscription service w/ ad-free & offline listening
Big changes are coming to the community-based music streaming service SoundCloud as the company today introduces a new subscription service for the first time.
The new feature, dubbed SoundCloud Go, will allow users to listen to SoundCloud music both offline and ad-free for $10/month:
SoundCloud Stories November 2, 2015
SoundCloud releases first app for creators with ‘Pulse’ for Android
SoundCloud, the music sharing and discovery community popular with independent musicians, is today releasing its first ever app specifically for creators with the release of SoundCloud Pulse for Android.
