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Rock Band Network Store Opens; TuneCore Offers Artist Service
New York
- Viacom's (NYSE: VIA) MTV Games on Tuesday launched a public beta test of its new Rock
Band Network Store, which will let any band...
MySpace Music Tool Lets Users Import imeem Playlists
Los Angeles
- News Corp.'s (NYSE: NWS) MySpace has made good on its promise to maintain the playlists
created by users of its recently-acquired imeem music streaming...
Oxford University Bans Streaming Music Service Spotify
London - Britain's Oxford University has banned students
from using the streaming music service Spotify, having classified it as a
peer-to-peer application and thus prohibited on...
Report: Swedish Music Sales Up 10.2%; First Gain Since 2000
Stockholm, Sweden - Music sales were up 10.2% in Sweden in 2009,
representing the first revenue increase in the country home to file-sharing hub
The Pirate...
Consumer Group: 25K Ask DOJ to Block Ticketmaster-Live Nation
Washington - A consumer advocacy group called
TicketDisaster.org announced on Tuesday that nearly 25,000 consumers have
directly contacted the U.S. Justice Departent, to urge the antitrust...
Guvera Gets $20 Million for Ad-Supported Music Downloads
New York
- Guvera, an Australia-based, ad-supported music search and download service,
has raised $20 million in new funding, CEO Claes Loberg told TechCrunch.
Information
on participating investors...
OiNK File-Sharing Network Admin Found Not Guilty
London - A U.K. court jury has voted
unanimously to acquit the administrator of music file-sharing network OiNK on
charges of "conspiracy to defraud" the recording...
Avnera Raises $10 Million for Advanced Audio Chips
Beaverton,
Ore. - Avnera, a developer of
high-fidelity audio chips for consumer electronics, said on Friday that it has
closed a new $10 million, fourth round of...
Vevo Overtakes MySpace Music in U.S. Web Traffic
Reston, Va. - Vevo, the new music video portal joint
venture between Universal Music, Sony (NYSE: SNE) Music and Abu Dhabi Media Company,
surpassed MySpace Music in...
Ad-Supported Download Site FreeAllMusic Licenses EMI
Los Angeles
- Major record label has joined Universal Music in licensing its tracks to Free
All Music, a new ad-supported music site, Billboard reported. The...
