SoundCloud raises $75M from SiriusXM

Re:SoundCloud raises $75M from SiriusXM by gdsdfe on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @08:18AM (#22308536)

SoundCloud is getting worse by the day, I just don't understand why they're not doing the obvious to monetize and get better

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Re:SoundCloud raises $75M from SiriusXM by HelloFellowDevs on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @08:19AM (#22308539)

What is the obvious?

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Re:SoundCloud raises $75M from SiriusXM by chillingeffect on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @10:16AM (#22309423)

as a musician with songs on there, I would like a button that says, "sell this song to people for 1$" and to let me put a large graphical "cover" on it for people to see.

soundcloud is organized way more as a musician-to-musician site than a musician-to-consumer site. it's no wonder bandcamp is successful while sc struggles.

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Re:SoundCloud raises $75M from SiriusXM by gdsdfe on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @12:15PM (#22310602)

Act as a marketplace! They already have content creators and content consumers in mass! Why I can't buy the songs from my favorite DJ sets?! Why those DJs can't sell directly to their fans?

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Re:SoundCloud raises $75M from SiriusXM by fnord123 on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @08:26AM (#22308586)

Putting in ads between every $SOME_NUMBER of plays.

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Re:SoundCloud raises $75M from SiriusXM by tin7in on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @08:33AM (#22308642)

They do that, at least in Europe

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Re:SoundCloud raises $75M from SiriusXM by fnord123 on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @09:28AM (#22309040)

I think that's only on mobile apps because when I listen to mixes at work I have never heard an ad.

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Re:SoundCloud raises $75M from SiriusXM by hobofan on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @08:32AM (#22308636)

I think the do(/did) that already? Maybe they don't have enough companies buying ads with them? It's been some time since I last used it.

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Re:SoundCloud raises $75M from SiriusXM by Koremat6666 on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @08:46PM (#22314642)

They could fix their search to begin with. It is pretty pathetic.

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