Last week we announced that ArtistData would be opening up the platform and allowing third party developers to build applications. We will provide a robust artist-focused content management system and a flexible billing solution, all accessible through a complete set of APIs. Industry feedback has been phenomenal.

One big question we've been getting is "Why do it?" After all, ArtistData has been growing like a weed recently from viral marketing alone. One might think because our growth was solid and our name was spreading quickly throughout the industry that we should stay the course and continue focusing on our syndication product. It wouldn't make much sense to change focus when people were finally paying attention, right?

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