July 16th, 2012

Live Nation Labs, Rexly Co-Founders Explain Acquisition & Vision For Mobile

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Live Nation Labs, the investing arm of music giant Live Nation, has purchased music discovery app Rexly for an undisclosed amount. The deal, which had been in the works for several months, was finalized Friday and announced Monday via both companies’ blogs.

“This isn’t really an exit—it’s a continuation of the vision,” Rexly co-founder and CEO Joel Resnicow tells me. “Our startup… → Read More

June 11th, 2011

The Music Runs Through Our Veins

Many years ago, as an avid Knight Rider fan, I would use a handheld cassette recorder to record the audio portion of the show so I could hear it on road trips. Pretty bizarre, yes, but we didn’t have a VCR. I’d do the same when a popular new song came on the radio, waiting patiently to hit “record” and write the music to cassette tape. Over time, this turned into copying CDs, downloading… → Read More

May 23rd, 2011

Rexly's Social Music Discovery App Is What Ping Should Have Been

Ah, the power of choice. Browse through your Facebook News Feed or Twitter stream and you’re going to be assaulted with an endless array of links, shared songs, videos, and products. Add a few more topic-specific services, like iTunes Ping to the mix, and you have even more recommended pieces of content to choose from. And then you get a headache.

The latest startup to take the stage at TC… → Read More