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Spotify Starts Streaming on Comcast’s Xfinity Devices
Variety reports: "Spotify is now available for Comcast’s TV and broadband subscribers to stream from their television sets. The cable operator announced that under...
MXP4 Nabs $4 Million for Digital Music Marketing, Distribution
Paris
- MXP4, a provider of digital music marketing and distribution services,
announced on Thursday that it has raised $4 million in a new round of
financing,...
Spanish Court Acquits File-Sharing Forum Operators
Madrid - A federal court in
Spain
has acquitted the operators of a Web forum that offered links to download music
and videos from file-sharing networks, comparing...
Sirius XM Radio: 1 Million Subscribers Added So Far This Year
New York - Sirius XM Radio (NASD: SIRI) said on Wednesday that it added
334,000 net subscribers during the third quarter, and so far this year...
Hipgnosis Songs Buys Kobalt Music Catalog: 33,000 Songs for $323 Million
Billboard reports: "Hipgnosis Songs Fund Ltd. continues its acquisition binge by acquiring the Kobalt Music Copyrights Fund 1, which includes the song catalogs of...
Thumbplay Signs 20 New Partners for Music Service
New York - Mobile entertainment distributor Thumbplay said on Wednesday
that it has signed deals with 20 new content partners that will expand the catalog
of...
TuneUp Raises $4.3 Million for Digital Music Organization Tool
San Francisco - TuneUp, the developer of an organization
tool for digital music collections, announced on Wednesday that it has raised
$4.3 million in a third...
Rhapsody Releases Mobile Music App for BlackBerry
Seattle - Subscription digital music service Rhapsody said
on Monday that it has launched a version of its mobile application for RIM's (NASD: RIMM)
BlackBerry smartphones. The...
Coalition of Festivals launches to promote an equitable and sustainable music...
Hypebot reports: "A new US-based Coalition of Festivals has formed to promote a more equitable, diverse, and sustainable music festival industry."
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Global Music Revenues Dip 7% in 2009; Digital Gains 9.2%
London
- Worldwide recorded music sales fell 7% in 2009 to $17.03 billion, as sales of
physical products like CDs dropped 12.7% globally, according to a...
