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OneSheet Opens to All Musicians and Fans

Onesheet has exited its private beta mode and is now open to the public. More than 10,000 recording artists have already signed up to...

CloudChannel Untangles Rights to Monetize Live Music

RTG Ventures Inc. and Accenture’s Origin Digital entered a strategic alliance to launch CloudChannel, a new platform for the live entertainment industry to syndicate...

Can $309M Buy HTC Some Hipness?

Santa Monica, Calif. — HTC Corp. announced today a partnership with Beats Electronics that includes the mobile company making an investment of $309 million...

Walmart Closes MP3 Store

Despite its discounted pricing, the Walmart Music Downloads Store is closing down effective Aug. 28 after eight years of operation. It sold digital songs for...

Downloads Help Co.'s Hit by Riots

The London riots catastrophically damaged many hundreds of businesses and lives, but many entertainment companies are turning to digital distribution as a way of...

Vitrue Socializes Clear Channel's iHeartRadio

As part of the relaunch of iHeartRadio to include customized music streams, social interaction and other features, Clear Channel Radio has signed a deal...

Augmented Reality Totally Rocks

Hard rock band Mastodon have raided the digital toybox to include an augmented reality experience on their upcoming album, a feature that should entice...

UK to Legalize CD Copying, Unshackle Orphan Works

As part of an overhaul of its intellectual property regulations, the United Kingdom's government announced its intention to legalize copying CDs for personal use. Consumers...

VibeDeck Unveils SoundCloud Integration

VibeDeck has been putting its investors’ money to good use. Having raised $2 million in June, the ecommerce platform for DIY musicians just got...

Radio Apps Incite War of Words

The National Association of Broadcasters is very displeased with a new report that found FM radio on mobile phones is not a popular feature....