{"id":640,"date":"2009-03-23T13:17:19","date_gmt":"2009-03-23T12:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=640"},"modified":"2022-06-09T12:32:18","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T11:32:18","slug":"spiralfrog-goes-under","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/spiralfrog-goes-under\/","title":{"rendered":"SpiralFrog Goes Under"},"content":{"rendered":"

There have been a lot of reports<\/a> over the weekend about the demise of SpiralFrog. SpiralFrog was an ad supported music streaming and download service that never really took off.<\/p>\n

Having raised as much as $12 million in VC and debt funding, the company made a splash in August 2006 (after 2 years in operations) when Universal Music made their entire music catalog available for free download through SpiralFrog, joined by EMI a month after. About a year after, SpiralFrog started handing out private beta invitations (what took them so long?)<\/p>\n

Attorneys representing defunct music service SpiralFrog have notified investors not to expect any returns. Whatever money comes from liquidating assets will go to a group that loaned the company an “amount exceeding $34 million.”<\/p>\n

Is this going to be the start of more ad supported music download and streaming services moving towards the deadpool? I can see Qtrax is going to now have a lot of trouble is this economic environment and Im sure they will be the next to be closing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There have been a lot of reports over the weekend about the demise of SpiralFrog. SpiralFrog was an ad supported music streaming and download service that never really took off. Having raised as much as $12 million in VC and debt funding, the company made a splash in August 2006 (after 2 years in operations) when Universal Music made their entire music catalog available for free download through SpiralFrog, joined by EMI a month after. About a year after, SpiralFrog started handing out private beta invitations (what took them so long?) Attorneys representing defunct music service SpiralFrog have notified investors…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[102,198,18,224,829,48,28,471,828,702,105,422,199],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSpiralFrog Goes Under - RouteNote Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/spiralfrog-goes-under\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SpiralFrog Goes Under - RouteNote Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There have been a lot of reports over the weekend about the demise of SpiralFrog. SpiralFrog was an ad supported music streaming and download service that never really took off. Having raised as much as $12 million in VC and debt funding, the company made a splash in August 2006 (after 2 years in operations) when Universal Music made their entire music catalog available for free download through SpiralFrog, joined by EMI a month after. About a year after, SpiralFrog started handing out private beta invitations (what took them so long?) Attorneys representing defunct music service SpiralFrog have notified investors...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/spiralfrog-goes-under\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"RouteNote Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-03-23T12:17:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-06-09T11:32:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/cover.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"RouteBot\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"RouteNote\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/\",\"sameAs\":[],\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#logo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/routenote-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/routenote-logo.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":1000,\"caption\":\"RouteNote\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#logo\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"RouteNote Blog\",\"description\":\"The World of Digital Music - Distribution - Stores and Free Music\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/spiralfrog-goes-under\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/spiralfrog-goes-under\/\",\"name\":\"SpiralFrog Goes Under - RouteNote Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-03-23T12:17:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-06-09T11:32:18+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/spiralfrog-goes-under\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/spiralfrog-goes-under\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/spiralfrog-goes-under\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"SpiralFrog Goes Under\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/spiralfrog-goes-under\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/spiralfrog-goes-under\/#webpage\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/83759dcbb7864667c67cb96a7ec70298\"},\"headline\":\"SpiralFrog Goes Under\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-03-23T12:17:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-06-09T11:32:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/spiralfrog-goes-under\/#webpage\"},\"wordCount\":172,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"ad-supported\",\"advertising\",\"Digital\",\"download\",\"frog\",\"mp3\",\"music\",\"qtrax\",\"spiral\",\"spiralfrog\",\"store\",\"streaming\",\"supported\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Digital Music News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/spiralfrog-goes-under\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/83759dcbb7864667c67cb96a7ec70298\",\"name\":\"RouteBot\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4f18136bcfbe91b7c9fdcbf445328c29?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4f18136bcfbe91b7c9fdcbf445328c29?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"RouteBot\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/routenote.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/author\/routebot\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"SpiralFrog Goes Under - RouteNote Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/spiralfrog-goes-under\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"SpiralFrog Goes Under - RouteNote Blog","og_description":"There have been a lot of reports over the weekend about the demise of SpiralFrog. SpiralFrog was an ad supported music streaming and download service that never really took off. Having raised as much as $12 million in VC and debt funding, the company made a splash in August 2006 (after 2 years in operations) when Universal Music made their entire music catalog available for free download through SpiralFrog, joined by EMI a month after. About a year after, SpiralFrog started handing out private beta invitations (what took them so long?) Attorneys representing defunct music service SpiralFrog have notified investors...","og_url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/spiralfrog-goes-under\/","og_site_name":"RouteNote Blog","article_published_time":"2009-03-23T12:17:19+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-06-09T11:32:18+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/cover.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"RouteBot","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"RouteNote","url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/","sameAs":[],"logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#logo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/routenote-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/routenote-logo.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"caption":"RouteNote"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#logo"}},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/","name":"RouteNote Blog","description":"The World of Digital Music - Distribution - Stores and Free Music","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/spiralfrog-goes-under\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/spiralfrog-goes-under\/","name":"SpiralFrog Goes Under - RouteNote Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2009-03-23T12:17:19+00:00","dateModified":"2022-06-09T11:32:18+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/spiralfrog-goes-under\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/spiralfrog-goes-under\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/spiralfrog-goes-under\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"SpiralFrog Goes Under"}]},{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/spiralfrog-goes-under\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/spiralfrog-goes-under\/#webpage"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/83759dcbb7864667c67cb96a7ec70298"},"headline":"SpiralFrog Goes Under","datePublished":"2009-03-23T12:17:19+00:00","dateModified":"2022-06-09T11:32:18+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/spiralfrog-goes-under\/#webpage"},"wordCount":172,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#organization"},"keywords":["ad-supported","advertising","Digital","download","frog","mp3","music","qtrax","spiral","spiralfrog","store","streaming","supported"],"articleSection":["Digital Music News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/spiralfrog-goes-under\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/83759dcbb7864667c67cb96a7ec70298","name":"RouteBot","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4f18136bcfbe91b7c9fdcbf445328c29?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4f18136bcfbe91b7c9fdcbf445328c29?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"RouteBot"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/routenote.com"],"url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/author\/routebot\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}