Blip.fm is a micro-blogging and music sharing site that brands itself as "Twitter for music." The service is free and allows users to share songs and artists with all of their friends via short micro-blog posts, similar to Twitter or Pownce.
Users do not need to own the songs they share on Blip.fm, as the service has search functionality that pulls the songs in from three other services: Seeqpod, Skreemr and also parent company Fuzz's own database of songs. The songs can then be played on the site's internal player.TechCrunch: Twitter for music (May 12, 2009)
Fuzz.com Goes Under
In February 2009, Fuzz.com—the parent company of Blip.fm—shut down as a result of low revenue. Blip.fm itself remained afloat since it reportedly still had some revenue, but was downsized from twelve employees to just four.GIGAOM: Holy Bleep! Blip.fm is in Trouble (February 11, 2009)
Blip.fm News and Articles
SiliconRepublic.com: Love is in the airwaves - social radio aims... (February 12, 2009)
guardian.co.uk: The online music playlist (February 12, 2009)
The New Yorker: Return of The Mux: Sasha Frere-Jones (January 28, 2009)
TechCrunch: Blip.fm, The "Twitter for Music", Gets Its Own API (October 15, 2008)
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Music sharing and microblogging social site
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Branded as "Twiter for music"
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Also similar to Pownce, but with music-sharing functionality
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Users can share songs via short microblog posts
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Search function pulls songs from Seeqpod, Skreemr and an internal database
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Songs are played with with Blip.fm's own internal player
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Followers are called "listeners"
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Allows friends, playlists, favorites, replies and "props"
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Users can also set Blip.fm up to auto-post to other services like Twitter, FriendFeed and Tumblr
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Allows users to purchase full MP3s directly from "blips," the site's term for posts
