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In December 2018, Mixcloud announced a new form of subscription called "fan-to-creator". Thanks to this feature subscribers can support a favourite artist directly and contribute to the licensing cost of the music played in the shows. This innovation is an attempt by the company to find a new ways of
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widget. As of November 2011, Mixcloud lifted its 100-megabyte limit on uploaded content and allows uploads of 500 megabytes. Registered members may join a group, a collection of other users who share a common interest, which will periodically update the user when new content related to the group is
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Mixcloud prohibits its users from downloading audio content from its website for licensing reasons. Co-founder Nikhil Shah commented on this restriction: "Not offering downloads has been a challenge for us in terms of persuading the content creators to use a platform like ours."
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According to Mixcloud's main website, the platform is licensed only to provide its audio content through streaming, such that royalties are attributed to their respective artists.
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based in Los Angeles and San Francisco that invests in media and technology businesses for the long term. The financing will fund Mixcloud's expansion globally.
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Mixcloud allows all users to browse and stream audio content uploaded on its site. Registered users can upload content such as radio shows, DJ mixes and
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application users. In October 2017, Mixcloud signed direct licensing agreement with Warner Music.
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Mixcloud also requires its users to attribute their audio uploads with correct Artist and Song
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In April 2018, Mixcloud announced that it raised $ 11.5 million from WndrCo LLC, a
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service that allows for the listening and distribution of radio shows,
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process in 2008 by Nikhil Shah and Nico Perez, who met at the
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He also compared Mixcloud to the model of its competitor
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Users may also share podcasts and mixes via Facebook or
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which users can search, upload and embed its content.
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Private
London
Founder(s)
www.mixcloud.com
streaming
DJ mixes
podcasts
crowdsourced
holding company
startup company
lean startup
University of Cambridge
Facebook
podcasts
social networking
API
Twitter
Android
iOS
Spotify
metadata
intellectual property
Mixcrate
Pandora
PLAY.FM
Rdio
Rhapsody
SoundCloud
Spotify

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