Yes, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek wants to make music like water! Then again, Coke pays better – or at least offers a far better marketing platform. “One of our big challenges is: How do we reach people? How do we have our voice heard?” Ek remarked, in comments captured by AdAge. “We want music to…

Facebook have launched a new ‘Listen’ button which allows its users to listen to music on the social network’s artist pages. The ‘Listen’ button will work by automatically connecting to the music streaming service the person uses most frequently and will then begin playing the most popular songs from that artist. This means that the…

Full story below courtesy of [Mashable] Among Facebook‘s motives for buying Instagram, the photo-sharing app’s success on mobile was clearly a big draw. In the short year-and-a-half since its launch, Instagram has grown to 30 million users — and did it all without a website. The app only lives on mobile and, until launching an Android version earlier this month, could…

Via Billboard: According to multiple sources, the European Commission is expected to announce Thursday its approval of the purchase of EMI Music Publishing by the Sony Corp. of America-led consortium. The news was first reported in the Financial Times. That acquisition will give Sony/ATV, which will remain a separate company but serve as administrator for EMI…