Amazon invests in social music site

AmieStreet — Amazon invests in social music siteVentureBeat reports that Amazon has invested an undisclosed sum in AmieStreet.com. The social music site has a unique business model where all songs start off free and rise in price — up to 98 cents — the more they are purchased. Anybody can upload their music to AmieStreet (tracks are sold as DRM-free MP3s) and artists keep 70% of any revenue generated from sales. The site also reward fans when they recommend songs to their friends by giving them credit to buy more music, creating a social network around music discovery.

Last week we pitched Amazon as an underestimated player in the battle for the digital living room, noting properties such as the video on-demand service, UnBox, as well as their soon-to-be launched digital music store. Add into the mix user-generated review sites such the Internet Movie Database (IMDB), Digital Photography Review, and Amazon.com itself, along with today’s news of its investment in a social music site, and its clear that the e-commerce giant knows more about our digital lifestyles than ever before.

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7 Responses to “Amazon invests in social music site”

  1. David Mackey says:

    I’d forgotten about this sight. Time to take another link. What do you use to handle the related posts?

  2. Steve O'Hear (editor) says:

    A wordpress plug-in called “related posts” I think.

  3. Ryan Wagner says:

    Amie Street is an awesome site that I use regularly. Such an investment from Amazon could give more artists the motivation needed to put their music up there. I would love to see Amie Street as a tab on Amazon’s homepage as well.

  4. Lauren says:

    If you like Amie Street, you might want to check out Tuneshout.com. While it is smaller, it has the same philosophy and a well-designed site.

  5. Amazon has a done a wise thing by investing money in a Social Music Site……

  6. What a great concept. It was really worth it to check it out 😀

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