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Placecast Gets $3 Million for Location-based Mobile Marketing

San Francisco - Placecast, a provider of location-based mobile marketing services, has raised $3 million in its second round of funding, TechCrunch reported. Investors included Quatrex Capital, ONSET...

Offerpal Media Acquires Mobile Developer Tapjoy

Fremont, Calif. - Offerpal Media, a provider of virtual currency payment alternatives, announced on Tuesday that it has acquired Tapjoy, the developer of a monetization and distribution...

ReverbNation Expands Flat-fee Music Distribution Service

New York - ReverbNation, the provider of a marketing platform used by artists, labels, managers and venues, on Monday announced that it has added a batch...

Plastic Jungle Raises $7.4M for Online Gift Card Exchange

Mountain View, Calif. - Plastic Jungle, the developer of an online gift card exchange, said on Friday that it has raised $7.4 million in its second round...

Nintendo Pushing DS as Educational Tool in Schools

London - Nintendo plans to market its Nintendo DS handheld game system as an educational and teaching tool in Japanese schools this year, legendary game designer Shigeru...

eMusic Debuts Rewards Program to Boost Subscriber Value

Austin - Digital music service eMusic this week introduced a new A+R Access + Rewards program, which it says will provide subscribers to its service with...

The Orchard Offers Digital Music Sales Analytics Tool

New York - The Orchard (NASD: ORCD), a digital distributor of music and video, on Thursday launched a new analytics tool, giving artists and labels using its...

Universal Music to Test $6-$10 CD Pricing on New Releases

New York - Major record label Universal Music Group plans to test a new pricing scheme for CDs this year that will see discs priced between...

Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, MySpace and the Story of Jay Park (AKA...

Los Angeles - If you pay any attention to Asian Entertainment news, you can't miss  the story on Asian pop star Jay Park (AKA...

YouTube Offers Indie Musicians a Share of Ad Dollars

San Bruno, Calif. - Google's (NASD:  GOOG) YouTube has launched a new program for independent artists looking to make advertising dollars from their music videos and live...