![]() ![]() That is: Facebook is making a big push into videos, but so far it hasn’t done much with music videos, which for the moment are essentially locked up with Google, YouTube and Vevo, the music video service owned by the labels but dependent on YouTube.īut the music labels’ deals with YouTube are set to expire next year. There’s not that much to it, which might be why it could work:Īnother indicator of Music Stories’ modest scope: Facebook didn’t have to negotiate with individual labels and other rights owners to get this off the ground - Apple Music and Spotify already have the ability to let people listen to short samples.īut the other interesting thing about Music Stories has nothing to do with its features and everything to do with its timing. And if your friends have Spotify or Apple Music, they can click through and call up the song on their own service.Īnd that’s it. This move is relatively modest in scope: If you use Spotify or Apple Music and you want to share the song you’re listening to with your friends, you hit a button, and you’ll generate a post with a 30 second sample. And in 2011, Facebook gave music services a big push, via its “ frictionless sharing” strategy, but ended up dialing it back, presumably because people didn’t like getting and receiving constant updates about what their friends were listening to. We’ve seen attempts to link music with your social graph before, with varying degrees of success.Īpple tried it in 2010, with Ping, and failed - in large part because Apple and Facebook never figured out how to work together. If this sounds familiar, there’s a good reason. It’s rolling out today for iPhone users who also use Apple Music or Spotify more hardware and listening options are on the way. Or don’t! Facebook wants to make it easier for me to tell you about what I’m listening to, even if you haven’t asked, with a new “ Music Stories” feature that lets users share bits of songs they like. ![]()
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