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SoundCloud turns into an even bigger social butterfly with these new features

Aditya Tiwari — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 20:18:01 +0000

SoundCloud has announced a new platter of social discovery features to help you find new music on the platform. Read more...

TikTok expands its "Add to music app" feature to support another music streaming platform

Aman Kumar — Wed, 21 May 2025 15:30:01 +0000

After Apple Music, Spotify, and Amazon Music, TikTok has now added another music streaming platform where songs discovered on TikTok can be saved. Read more...

SoundCloud will let musicians add a direct donation button to their profiles

Usman Khan Lodhi — Sat, 04 Apr 2020 05:24:01 +0000

In an effort to help artists stay afloat during these trying times, SoundCloud will now let users add a direct donation button to their profiles. The button can be linked to Paypal and Patreon. Read more...

Elon Musk's new song has a bit of everything - EDM, Mars, and the Cybertruck

Ather Fawaz — Fri, 31 Jan 2020 15:22:01 +0000

The billionaire's second track on his SoundCloud, "Don't Doubt ur Vibe", is his first foray into producing Electronic Dance Music, and its album art portrays the Cybertruck and Mars. Read more...

SoundCloud saved for the time being with new investment, new CEO and COO appointed

Timi Cantisano — Sat, 12 Aug 2017 01:18:01 +0000

SoundCloud has announced that it will be sticking around for a bit while longer thanks to new investments. Alex Ljung will step down as CEO immediately but will remain a part of the firm as chairman. Read more...

A Reddit user claims he has downloaded all 900TB of SoundCloud's public music

Stergios Georgopoulos — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 12:00:01 +0000

Fearing for the future of streaming audio platform SoundCloud, a Reddit user claims he has backed up all 900TB of SoundCloud's public music. Archive Team is also making its own backup of the site. Read more...

SoundCloud's desperate layoff maneuver only bought itself enough time until Q4

Timi Cantisano — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 02:04:01 +0000

After cutting over 40% of its staff, SoundCloud issued a statement that sounded optimistic about its long-term future. In reality, it appears that the firm only has enough funding to make it into Q4. Read more...

SoundCloud is cutting 40% of its staff, will close San Francisco and London offices

Stergios Georgopoulos — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 18:34:02 +0000

SoundCloud, a music streaming service based on user-submitted content, is laying off 40% of its employees and consolidating the rest in its London and New York offices in order to reduce costs. Read more...

Three launches ‘Go Binge' unlimited streaming service

Paul Hill — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 00:34:01 +0000

Three has announced 'Go Binge' which will allow customers to stream TV and music from various sources, including Netflix, without using up their data allowance. No pricing was announced. Read more...

SoundCloud turns up on Windows 10 PCs and Xbox One

Gurkaran Singh — Wed, 31 May 2017 19:28:01 +0000

The popular audio distribution platform has finally landed on Windows 10 PCs and Xbox One. A beta version of the app is available to download even allowing users to control its playback via Cortana. Read more...

SoundCloud changes policy, moves US user data controller from Europe to the States

Florin Bodnarescu — Sun, 02 Apr 2017 09:20:01 +0000

Online audio distribution platform SoundCloud has announced a change in privacy policy effective May 17, 2017. Moving forward, data from users in the US will be controlled by its US subsidiary. Read more...

Netflix sued by patent troll over its offline download feature

Justin Luna — Mon, 06 Feb 2017 09:12:01 +0000

A patent troll company called BlackBird Technologies has taken Netflix to court after it contended that its offline download feature introduced back in November was in violation of a patent it owned. Read more...

Spotify reportedly enters talks to buy SoundCloud

Usama Jawad — Sun, 02 Oct 2016 02:10:01 +0000

A new report claims that Spotify has entered negotiations to acquire SoundCloud for a rumored $700 million, in an effort to strengthen its userbase against the competition. Read more...

SoundCloud launches subscription music streaming service to compete with Spotify

Jack Wilkinson — Tue, 03 May 2016 08:34:02 +0000

SoundCloud has launched its own music streaming service, competing with the likes of Spotify and Groove. The core features of SoundCloud will remain free, however it will become ad-supported. Read more...

Research shows music streaming helps vinyl sales

Paul Hill — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 10:24:01 +0000

New research from ICM Unlimited suggests that music streaming actually increases the sales of vinyl too. The group of people most likely to listen to music on vinyl are those aged between 25-34. Read more...

SoundCloud launches Soundcloud Go music service in the U.S. for $9.99 per month

Adrian Potoroaca — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 15:32:01 +0000

SoundCloud has started its venture into the premium streaming music market with a service called SoundCloud Go, looking to offer a great alternative to Spotify, Deezer, and Apple Music. Read more...

Twitter introduces audio cards; partners with Apple and SoundCloud

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 09:58:01 +0000

Twitter is bringing a new type of card to your stream: audio cards. By partnering with SoundCloud and iTunes Twitter now allows you to listen to music and podcasts directly in their app. Read more...

Twitter reportedly considering purchasing SoundCloud

James Walker — Mon, 19 May 2014 21:15:17 +0000

Twitter is reportedly considering making an offer for online music sharing service SoundCloud to facilitate a re-entry into the music industry in a deal that could be worth up to $700 million. Read more...