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CEO of French Streaming Service Deezer Ousted by Investors

Paris - Deezer, the France-based streaming music service, has seen its co-founder and CEO Jonathan Benassaya forced out by investors, TechCrunch reports. The investors were reportedly not...

RightsFlow Inks Deals with PRS for Music, PIAS

Cannes, France - RightsFlow, a provider of bulk mechanical licensing and royalty services for the music industry, on Monday announced agreements with PRS for Music, which...

Gracenote Gets Access to Pre-Release Song Data for ID Services

Cannes, France - Gracenote, a unit of Sony that provides song identification and media database services, announced on Monday that it has signed deals with the...

SoundCloud, Hype Machine Team to Serve Music to Bloggers

London - SoundCloud, the provider of a music distribution platform for labels and artists, on Monday announced a partnership with music blog aggregator The Hype Machine. The...

IODA Expand Mobile Distribution in China with R2G

Cannes, France - IODA, a digital distributor of independent music, announced on Monday that it has signed a deal with China's R2G, which will distribute IODA-represented...

Bach Technology's MusicDNA Aims to Supplant MP3 Format

Cannes, France - Bach Technology on Monday introduced MusicDNA, a new digital music file format intended to supplant MP3 by adding updateable lyrics, artwork, tour dates,...

HP to Bundle Omnifone Music Service on PCs in Europe

Cannes, France - PC maker HP (NYSE: HPQ) on Monday announced a deal with European digital music service operator Omnifone, to bundle the company's MusicStation Desktop unlimited...

Judge Slashes $1.92M File-Sharing Verdict to $54,000

Duluth, Minn. - A federal judge on Monday set aside a $1.92 million damages verdict against Jammie Thomas-Rasset, the first person to be convicted of copyright...

INgrooves Adds E-books, Printed Media to Distribution Platform

San Francisco - Looking to capitalize on the nascent e-book market, digital music and video distribution firm INgrooves announced on Monday the launch of a new...

DOJ Approves Merger of Ticketmaster, Live Nation

Los Angeles - The U.S. Justice Department on Monday approved the proposed merger between Ticketmaster (NASD:  TKTM) and concert promotion giant Live Nation (NYSE:  LYV). Under...