— Rhapsody (@Rhapsody) August 4, 2014 Just last week, Rhapsody announced that its premium subscription music service had reached 2 million subscribers across the globe. In the same post, the company revealed new partnerships with mobile carriers across Latin America and Europe. While the company has not said anything about its plans regarding these two major acquisitions, I think it’s safe to assume that it will attempt to take on Spotify’s dominance in the industry. Ex.fm, which actually shut down this past May, was a service that recommended songs based on all the songs that users listened to across the Internet. In a post on their website, the company writes: Similarly, Schematic Labs writes in a blog post earlier today: So, while the companies play coy and won’t reveal much about what’s ahead, it’s pretty safe to assume that whatever will result is going to be a pretty robust competitor to all the other music streaming services.
