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CD Baby Expands Publishing Service to Authors With BookBaby
Portland, Ore. - CD Baby, a provider of CD and digital music
distributions services for independent artists, has expanded its service with
the launch of BookBaby,...
Universal, Sony Music Plan "On Air, On Sale" Policy for Singles
London - Major record labels Universal Music and Sony (NYSE: SNE) Music
plan to begin releasing singles for sale in the U.K. on the same day...
Nokia to Shutter Unlimited Music Service in 27 Countries
Espoo, Finland - Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has announced that it will
discontinue a service that bundled digital music downloads with new phone
purchases in 27 countries.
Initially branded...
N.Y. Post: Spotify Close to Deal With Sony, Other Major Label
New York - Spotify, the European streaming music service
that postponed an expected U.S. launch in 2011, is close to a deal with Sony (NYSE: SNE)
Music,...
MegaUpload Responds to Piracy Allegations in Report
Los Angeles - After fellow file-hosting service RapidShare
criticized the methodology of a MarkMonitor report finding it to be the new top
piracy site online, MegaUpload...
Pandora Doubled User Base to 75 million in 2010
Oakland, Calif. - Streaming music service Pandora doubled
its user base to over 75 million people in 2010, founder and CEO Tim Westergren
wrote in a...
YouTube Adds Pre-Roll Ads to Android Mobile Music Videos
Mountain View, Calif. - Google's (NASD: GOOG) YouTube has begun running
pre-roll ads in front of music videos and select other clips viewed on Android
smartphones, All...
Shazam Taps Spotify to Stream Tracks Identified on Mobile
London - Mobile music identification service Shazam
announced on Thursday that it has struck a deal with European streaming music
service Spotify, to offer mobile users...
Sony to Shutter CD Plant in New Jersey, Lay Off 300
Los Angeles - Sony (NYSE: SNE) has announced plans to shutter one of its
CD manufacturing plants in New Jersey in March.
Some 300 employees will...
Vevo Releases Music Video App for Android Devices
New York - Vevo, the music video portal joint venture
between Universal Music, Sony Music and Abu Dhabi Media Company, on Wednesday
announced the launch of...
