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Giels witte DJ-radio is een niche geworden

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Het verschil tussen het echte Nederland en het beeld dat de creatieve sector van Nederland naar buiten brengt wordt steeds groter, betoogt digital strategist Stephan Alspeer. Daarom strijdt hij voor meer diversiteit in de mediawereld. In zijn eerste blog op frank.news beschrijft hij hoe het witte mannenclubje van DJ’s op de radio zichzelf heeft gedegradeerd […]

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Streaming Radio Service 8tracks Relaunches On iPhone: App Rebuilt From Ground-Up With New Look, Better Music Discovery

8tracks, apps, DJ, Mix tapes, mobile, Music, radio, social, Startups, streaming music, TC

8tracks_2.0_smallStreaming music startup 8tracks is officially relaunching its iPhone application today, which offers a much-needed (and really well done) user interface revamp. For those who remember the earlier version of the app out last year, it will be as if you’re getting a brand-new application altogether. 8tracks 2.0, as the update is being called, introduces a number of new components, including fullscreen album artwork, the ability to find and invite friends, and a unique music discovery feature which lets you find music by both mood and genre.

While 8tracks has always offered a great way of finding new music, the mobile interface was somewhat lacking. Today, you finally have best of both worlds: beauty and brains.

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Remote DJ’ing App PlayMySong Raises $350K Seed Round

DJ, Fundings & Exits, Music, playmysong, social, Startups, TC

playmysonglogo_highres_2012Finnish startup PlayMySong, the crowdsourced music DJ’ing service that lets a store’s customers remotely program the stereo, has just closed a round of seed funding totaling $350,000. The round was led by Lifeline Ventures, a Helsinki-based accelerator focused on funding web and gaming startups and includes participation from Tekes, the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation. Though relatively small, the company says it’s enough funding to open an office in New York and head out to San Francisco for meetings and other fund-raising efforts.

PlayMySong, which is live in Heleski and a handful of U.S. locations, has also just launched its service in New York as of today.

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