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Rovi to Power Music Metadata on RollingStone.com

Santa Clara, Calif. - Rovi (NASD:  ROVI) (formerly Macrovision) announced on Wednesday that Wenner Media's RollingStone.com will use the Rovi database to add album titles, artwork and...

MusicRevolution.com Debuts Production Music Marketplace

Trumbull, Conn. - MusicRevolution on Wednesday announced the launch of its new online marketplace for royalty-free production music, which may be licensed for use in TV, movies,...

TuneCore Offers Discount to MySpace Music Artists

Los Angeles - TuneCore, a provider of low-cost digital music distribution and promotional services, on Wednesday announced a discounted rate for artists and labels registered with the...

Global Music Revenues Dip 7% in 2009; Digital Gains 9.2%

London - Worldwide recorded music sales fell 7% in 2009 to $17.03 billion, as sales of physical products like CDs dropped 12.7% globally, according to a...

Pirate Bay Operators Deny Acquisition by Pandeya-backed Firm

Los Angeles - Despite a press release purportedly announcing that the domain of file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay had been acquired by a Massachusetts-based start-up on...

ImageSpan Lands Funding, Names New CEO

Sausalito, Calif. - ImageSpan, the provider of a licensing and royalty payment automation platform for media, announced on Wednesday that it has closed a new round of...

SoundHound Releases Free iPhone Music ID Application

San Jose, Calif. - SoundHound, the provider of a music recognition service, on Tuesday launched a new, free version of its mobile application for Apple's iPhone. The...

Indaba Releases Mantis Web-based Audio Recording Tools

New York - Indaba Music, an online music creation community, on Tuesday announced the official release of Mantis, its Web-based Digital Audio Workstation application that lets users...

Twitter Removes Song Link Tweet After DMCA Complaint

San Francisco - Citing a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notice, Twitter has removed a user's tweet that contained links to download songs from an...

Universal Music Complaint Gets Web Leaks News Site Pulled

New York - A website that published news about copyrighted media leaked onto file-sharing networks has been taken offline by its German Web host following a complaint...