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Shazam Hits 100 Million Users for Mobile Music ID App
London - Mobile music identification service Shazam said on
Monday that it has surpassed 100 million users. The company said it has grown
its user base...
Report: MPAA Letters to Warn Schools, Students on File-Sharing
Washington - The Motion Picture Association of America
(MPAA) will be sending letters to U.S. colleges and universities this week,
notifying them of its intent to...
AdaptiveBlue Lands $6 Million for GetGlue Media Check-in App
New York - AdaptiveBlue, the developer of a social
"check-in" service for media consumption, has raised $6 million in
new funding, led by Time Warner Investments,...
LimeWire to Shutter Store, Abandon Plans for Legal Service
Los Angeles - LimeWire, the peer-to-peer service ordered
shut down by a federal judge in October, has announced plans to shutter its
legal music store, and...
Major Labels, Industry Players Pledge Support for DDEX
New York - The Digital Data Exchange (DDEX), a consortium of
media firms, music licensing organizations and digital service providers
working on a single standard for...
Hackers Steal Lady Gaga, Timberlake MP3s, Sell Them Online
Berlin - Authorities in Germany have charged two young
hackers with breaking into the personal computers of Lady Gaga, Justin
Timberlake and other artists and stealing...
Winamp for Android Adds Wireless Music Syncing
Los Angeles - Winamp, the music management and player
software owned by AOL, has released a new version of its Winamp for Android
application that brings...
Music Reports to Handle Royalties for Gracenote Lyrics Service
Woodland Hills, Calif. - Music Reports said on Tuesday that
it has signed a multi-year deal to administer the music publishing rights and royalty
accounting for...
Sirius XM Radio Hits 20 Million Subscribers; Renews NFL Deal
New York - Sirius XM Radio (NASD: SIRI) announced on Tuesday that it
recently surpassed 20 million subscribers, and has signed a five-year extension
of its broadcasting...
Gaga, Alicia Keys, Others Temporarily Quit Twitter for Charity
Los Angeles - Celebrities including Alicia Keys, Lady Gaga,
Justin Timberlake, Ryan Seacrest and Serena Williams have quit updating their
Twitter and Facebook accounts, joining Keys'...
