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Music Streamer Rdio Lands New Funding
Los Angeles - Rdio, the cloud-based streaming music service
developed by the creators of Kazaa and Skype, has raised an undisclosed amount
of new funding from...
Head of Emerging Technology at Warner Music Exits
Los Angeles - Ethan Kaplan, senior vice president of major
record label Warner Music Group's (NYSE: WMG) emerging technology division, said in a blog
post that he...
Anti-Piracy Firm Says Dozen BitTorrent Sites Taken Offline
Los Angeles - A dozen BitTorrent file-sharing sites in the
U.S. have been taken offline following actions taken by Dutch anti-piracy firm
BREIN in coordination with...
Borders Gets New $550 Million Loan Commitment
Ann Arbor, Mich. - Media retail store chain Borders Group (NYSE: BGP)
announced that it has received a $550 million financing commitment from GE
Capital, which the...
Google Filtering BitTorrent, Other 'Piracy-Related' Search Terms
Mountain View, Calif. - Google (NASD: GOOG) has begun actively censoring
file-sharing-related terms from its search engine results, nixing
"BitTorrent," "RapidShare," "Megaupload" and
other words from its...
Wolfgang's Vault Acquires Paste Magazine
San Francisco - Wolfgang's Vault, a company that offers
vintage concert recordings and memorabilia culled from legendary promoter Bill
Graham and others, announced on Wednesday that...
Will.i.am of Black Eyed Peas Offers iPhone App, Launches Firm
Los Angeles - Black Eyed Peas frontman will.i.am on Monday
introduced BEP360, an app for the iPad and iPhone that features a 360-degree
view music video...
Rhapsody Added 100,000 Net New Subscribers Since April
Los Angeles - Digital music subscription service Rhapsody
has added more than 100,000 net new subscribers since the company underwent a
restructuring in April 2010, president...
musiXmatch Launches Licensed Song Lyrics Database
Cannes, France - musiXmatch on Monday announced the launch
of what it says is the largest authorized online song lyrics database, having
secured partnerships with BMG,...
French Music Streamer Deezer Hits 500,000 Paying Subscribers
Cannes, France - French streaming music service Deezer now
counts over 500,000 paying subscribers to the premium version of its service,
Music Ally reported. The company...
