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U.K. Label Cooking Vinyl, Icebreaker Team on Artist Funding
London - Independent U.K. record label Cooking Vinyl has announced a partnership with venture capital fund Icebreaker, which will allow investors to back artists...
French Streaming Music Service Deezer Plans Intl. Expansion
Paris - France-based streaming music service Deezer on
Monday announced plans to expand its service to international markets, by
seeking partnership with local mobile network operators....
WSJ: Apple Plans Smaller iPhone, MobileMe Media Lockers
New York - Apple (NASD: AAPL) is developing a new smaller, less-expensive
iPhone, and mulling transforming its MobileMe digital backup service into an
online locker service...
Radiohead Ditch Pay-What-You-Want, Set Prices on New Album
London - Radiohead, the band that let fans choose what they would pay to download its last album, "In Rainbows," has this time around...
Music Streamer Pandora Files to Raise $100 Million in IPO
Oakland, Calif. - Internet radio service Pandora announced on Friday that it filed a registration statement for a proposed IPO that would raise up...
Batch of 792 Songs From SXSW Artists Up on BitTorrent
Austin, Texas - The first batch of free tracks from artists
set to appear at this year's South by Southwest (SXSW) music festival in Austin
has...
Blog Network Buzzmedia Buys Women's Site The Frisky
Los Angeles - Buzzmedia, a network of pop culture blogs that
includes Buzznet, JustJared and Stereogum, announced on Friday that it has
acquired women's entertainment and...
Streaming Radio Service Slacker Raises $3 Million
San Diego - Streaming radio service Slacker has raised $3
million in new debut funding, Hybebot reported, citing a regulatory filing.
Founded
in 2006, San Diego-based Slacker...
YouTube Taps RightsFlow for Music Licensing Services
New York - RightsFlow, a provider of music licensing and
royalty services, said on Thursday that it has signed a deal with Google's (NASD: GOOG)
YouTube, to...
Activision Kills Flagging "Guitar Hero" Game Franchise
Santa Monica, Calif. - Video game publisher Activision (NASD: ATVI) has
killed its underperforming "Guitar Hero" music video game franchise,
cancelling a planned 2011 installment and...
