DMT 165: Gracenote, Rap Genius, Beats, CES, Gaga & more!

This week on Digital Music Trends I chat with Martyn Davies (Sendgrid, MusicHackDay) and Ben Graham (StrategyEye). In a pretty tech-focused show we discuss Gracenote's sale to Tribune and the Gracenote Rhythm announcement, we also chat about Google giving Rap Genius a slap on the wrist, Beats Music's latest rumors, CES gadgets, Gaga lashing out over Artpop and much more!You can find the shownotes for this week's show here: http://bit.ly/DMT165I really hope you enjoy the show, have a great week and 'till next time!Andrea Leonellihttp://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrendsTimeline:01:00 Introduction01:35 Gracenote changes hands from Sony corp. to Tribune co. and launches Gracenote Rhythm13:38 EX.FM to shut down on January the 15th18:15 Rap Genius slapped on the wrist by Google24:17 CES: Pebble's App store and Sonos has some competition from Pure and Samsung30:20 Beats Music rumors: a big marketing push (Super Bowl big?) & AT&T partnership38:25 BPI and Nielsen Soundscan release 2013 recorded music sales43:47 Gaga lashes out over Artpop48:38 Latest news headlines49:30 Outro