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ICYMI: our Summer 2013 newsletter. *Music discovery: either dead, or the hottest thing around.*

Following the news, one would think that music discovery is either dead -- or the hottest thing around. On one hand #TuneWiki announced its closure. On the other,  #SoundWave is arriving soon to a phone near you with support from some heavy hitters (like Steve Wozniak). Music streaming gained another player: Apple launched iTunes Radio. It is pretty much what you would expect from Apple, solid radio features with strong integration into the iTunes Music store, but no word yet on how it integrates with #iTunesMatch , your past purchases or your ratings (local and others.)   We have been hearing very good things about Google's #AllAccessmusic service. With the amount of data they have on us, we wouldn't expect less from Google.  The question HIVEBEATS asks is whether any of these services allow the expansion of one's taste, or simply keeps you within the same world of music you might have outgrown.  And while we are on the topic of Google, you may recall we've integrated YouTube into HIVEBEATS. Isn't it obvious that it will kill every other music streaming service? June was Daft Punk month, July is shaping up to be Kanye West month, no surprise there? (It is to us.) Don't miss the latest stats at the end of this email. We have seen Rdio pass iHeartRadio to become the second most popular service on HIVEBEATS.   And if you were wondering, we are way past 1 million data points... It's my birthday this month, please no gifts! Just invite your people to test HIVEBEATS. Burc Sahinoglu Founder Follow us on Twitter @hivebeats, we've started posting there. Get on the list here: http://hivebeats.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=1e5e7a03e94bbdaba78469948&id=2692218aa9