Turntable.fm has announced that it is sunsetting Piki.fm, which the company described as a “laid back” alternative to its better known social networking service. Here’s from tt.fm Billy Chasen’s latest blog post: “I’m also sad to announce today that we are going to shut down Piki in a couple weeks. We poured ourselves into it […]
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Getting to know Piki social radio
In February of this year Jennifer Waits and I attended a social media week conference at the Adobe headquarters in San Francisco, at which Seth Goldstein of Turntable.fm spoke. During a panel on social networking radio, Goldstein critiqued his brainchild. “I wish [Turntable.fm] was more background,” he explained. “In a way I think there are […]
The rocky ride and kiwi-flavored future of Turntable.fm
Regular Radio Survivor readers are doubtlessly aware of Turntable.fm, my colleague Matthew’s favorite online music site. Turntable lets users join a room, pick an avatar and play DJ for all the other listeners in the virtual club. Matthew likes the “Classical of all kinds” room, but there are rooms dedicated just about every other genre […]
Turntable.fm co-founder: I wish tt.fm was more “background”
Last week was Social Media Week, with hosted discussions across the globe about the social networking phenomenon. Jennifer Waits and I attended some interesting panels on Friday at Adobe’s headquarters in San Francisco, among them one on the future of social music. During the discussion Seth Goldstein, co-founder of my favorite social networking site: Turntable.fm, […]