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Amazon Music just sent a MASSIVE shot across the bow of its streaming competitors [UPDATE: There’s a BIG catch, though…]

November 3, 2022November 3, 2022 Alan Cross 3 Comments Ad-Free, Amazon, Amazon Music, Podcasts, Streaming

Amazon Music just did the streaming equivalent of North Korea sending a missile into the Sea of Japan. While Spotify

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Random music news for Wednesday, November 2, 2022

November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Amazon, Bruce Springsteen, Grand Theft Auto, Hip Hop, Italy, Mariah Carey, Migos, Phil Spector, Radio, Soul Asylum, Takeoff

We’re apparently doing Instagram all wrong. Check out the cash these people are making. Once you go through all that,

Weekly survey: Is Spotify about to launch a high-resolution Platinum streaming package? Are you interested?

October 17, 2022October 18, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Amazon, Apple, HD Music, High-Res Audio, Lossless, Platinum, Spotify

Rumours surfaced over the weekend that Spotify may finally be ready to up its game when it comes to audio

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Random music news for Tuesday, October 4, 2022

October 4, 2022October 4, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Amazon, Beatles, Billie Joe Armstrong, Grunge, Hignosis, Podcasting, Ringo Starr, Sleep Tracking, TikTok, Vinyl, White Noise, Winston Marshall

Here’s the latest on when we’ll learn more about our future alien overlords. And while you keep watching the skies,

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Random music news for Saturday, July 30, 2022

July 30, 2022July 30, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments a-ha, Amazon, Bob Dylan, Bono, Bruce Springsteen, Drake, Dua Lipa, Evan Rachel Wood, Kinks, Madonna, Olivia Rodrigo, Snapchat, The Cure, Ticketmaster, Vanilla Ice, VR

Looking for some summer reading? Apparently werewolf erotica is hot. Skipping across that to music news for July 30, 2022…

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Random music news for Saturday, March 12, 2022

March 12, 2022March 12, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments AM Radio, Amazon, CDs, Compact Discs, Concert Tickets, Eurovision, Kim Kardashian, Lars Ulrich, Muppets, Paul Stanley, Playlists, Russia, Song Catalogues, TikTok, Ukraine

Does anyone else find it strange that news networks will show the uncut carnage from Ukraine but if there’s any

The big dark horse in the streaming wars? Amazon Music. Here’s why.

February 19, 2022February 19, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alexa, Amazon, Apple Music, Spotify, Streaming

When it comes to the attention given to the various streaming platforms, most of the oxygen is taken up by

Amazon now has a wheely robot called “Astro”

September 29, 2021September 29, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Amazon, Astro, Robot

Amazon had a hardware event this week where it unveiled some new tech destined for consumers. Along with new Echo

Amazon has a Billy Eilish-branded Echo smart speaker

September 23, 2021September 24, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Amazon, Billy Eilish, Branded Merch, Echo, Smart Speaker

Interesting bit of merch, no? It comes with a six-month subscription to Amazon Music Unlimited. Alas, the unit–costing US$229.99–is already

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Random music news for Wednesday, September 22, 2021

September 22, 2021September 21, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Amazon, Genesis, Google, GWAR, Judas Priest, New England Patriots, NFTs, Phil Collins, R Kelly, Radio, Rob Halford, Rolling Stones, Tori Amos, Wolverhampton Wanderers

First day of fall. Autumnal equinox. Still dark in the morning, darker earlier at night. Leaves are changing. Winter’s coming.

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Weekly survey: What do you think of this new form of concert tickets?

September 20, 2021September 20, 2021 Alan Cross 3 Comments Amazon, Concert Tickets, Palm Prints, Red Rocks

A concert ticket is a contract. Purchased for a fee, a ticket allows you entrance to a place/event on a

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