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The Beatles comes to streaming services just in time for the holidays (Update)

Nearly five years to the day that The Beatles finally embraced the digital world of music by releasing their famed catalog on iTunes, the Fab Four are now officially offering their 13 studio albums and 4 essential collections on music streaming services. The most prolific streamers like Spotify and Apple Music are featuring The Beatles music today, along with other industry players including Google Play, Amazon Prime Music, Tidal, Deezer, Slacker Radio, Rhapsody, and Microsoft Groove. Back in 2011 when the band landed on iTunes, it quickly sold 2 million songs and 450,000 albums during its first week on Apple’s music store. Looking forward to finding out how the streaming community picks up on their sudden inclusion.

The Beatles dropped its catalog on Christmas Eve; a special gift to the world, indeed. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all! Celebrate with the band’s announcement video posted after the break.

Update (12/27): Spotify has released some streaming data re: The Beatles, including the most streamed songs around the world. Skip after the break for the intel. Continue reading The Beatles comes to streaming services just in time for the holidays (Update)

RIP Imeem; you belong to MySpace now

Imeem.com, one of my favorite destinations to stream music, is no longer an entity.  It has been purchased by social network giant MySpace.  According to CNET News, MySpace “will be “working as quickly as possible” to migrate “aspects of” Imeem to MySpace Music.”  Phase one is complete; www.imeem.com already directs you to MySpace Music and the Imeem app for iPhone will become inoperable once MySpace sends out an update.

With Apple acquiring LaLa and MySpace buying Imeem, it seems like there’s starting to be a major crackdown on all free music streaming portals.  Hold on for dear life, Pandora; I don’t know what I’d do without you.

[Via CNET]