Social music service Soundrop announced at the Midem Music Festival this week that its listening room app is now available on Facebook, which will allow users to listen to artists while chatting with friends and other fans on an artist’s Facebook page. . Read More

Rdio, the streaming music service launched in August 2010 and founded by Janus Friis, one of the creators of Skype, announced in a blog post today that it is offering its free music streaming option in countries apart from United States, turning up the heat in the competition for global music consumers. . Read More

UK and LA based Musicmetric had a big week, announcing yesterday that it closed $4.7 million to expand its music analytics service and other data services for the entertainment industry and today that it has closed a deal to add streaming song data from Spotify to its dashboard. Read More

The new MySpace officially launched to the public today, unveiling a revamped site focused on music. Co-owner Justin Timberlake's presence is immediate as upon joining (which can be done using Facebook or Twitter logins or through a separate sign-in process) users are offered a free stream his new single featuring Jay Z, "Suit & Tie.". Read More

Watch out Sony Music Limited, Spotify and Rdio are coming to Japan. While Spotify and Rdio representatives remain quiet about the streaming services' arrival in Japan, a report from a trade show claims that both Spotify and Rdio will make their way over to Japan within a few months. . Read More

Here's an interesting post from ReadWrite highlighting their 5 Most Pivotal Moments for Digital Music in 2012. Topping the list is The Death Of SOPA / Megaupload Raid. Read More

Spotify today showcased an updated version of its player and its options, mostly geared to improve discovery, and surprised the media by welcoming Metallica’s music to its catalog and the band’s drummer Lars Ulrich to the stage. Read More