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Music Subscription Could Break MySpace’s Back
ADOTAS – When you want to check out a new band’s or an artist’s sounds, you don’t go to Facebook. Apple shut down LaLa, so that’s out. imeem got bought. MySpace is the best-known stop to stream music unheard by you, not because the quality is good (MySpace’s player is [...] more...
MySpace squeezing the music-paste back into the tube
ADOTAS — The floundering social network started off as a entertainment and music place then expanded, now it’s future is tied to its past. No one knows if it can be done. News Corp bought MySpace in 2005 for $580 million because of its attraction to younger Internet users. It recently [...] more...
MySpace and MTV: a dream match
ADOTAS — Though it might seem silly to sign co-founder Tom Anderson to a two-year, $500,000-a-year salary for just dropping by occasionally, you might wonder if it’s to keep other talent from straying, especially if News Corp plans to sell it. It’s no secret that Viacom missed out on buying the [...] more...
Integrating social media and music, Latin-style
ADOTAS — According to recent reports, 33 percent of the population buys their music online, and the competition to become a “go to” resource for fans is intense. With taste and preference for music increasingly being formed online through a community, retailers must continually find new ways to build a stronger [...] more...
Pandora snares former Glam Media executive
ADOTAS — That didn’t take long. Pandora has announced the hiring of John Trimble to the newly created position of chief revenue officer. Trimble served as EVP of ad sales for Glam Media where he focused on developing new market segments and the company’s entrance into the men’s market with the [...] more...
Nokia, Amazon and MySpace NWSa.N. agree to music deals
REUTERS — The music industry needs to learn from the “dark side of the Internet” that has so decimated its business if it is to ever regain the upper hand in the fight against piracy. At the annual industry gathering in the south of France, executives revealed a sliver of optimism [...] more...
Myspace to Move Into Ad-Supported Music
MySpace is joining the search for a new business model for the music industry by enlisting the help of advertising. Next March, fans of punk band Pennywise can go to stores to buy the group’s ninth album. Or they can go to the MySpace profile of Textango, a mobile music distributor, [...] more...
Microsoft May Acquire Musiwave
Today, Microsoft announced that it has entered an exclusivity agreement around its intention to acquire Musiwave SA, an openwave company and provider of mobile music services to operators and media companies. This acquisition would integrate Musiwave’s relationships with music labels, mobile operators and device makers with Microsoft’s Connected Entertainment services [...] more...
ADTECH Helps Monetize Haystack
ADTECH US, a provider of digital ad serving solutions, announced that has signed an ad serving agreement with Haystack.com, an ad-supported online music network. Haystack users can create custom playlists, as well as be connected to artists through playlists that can be embedded into portable applications. Artists receive royalties through the [...] more...
iTunes Rival Amazon MP3 Launches
Amazon.com has launched a first version of its music downloading store. The service, which has been widely reported on in the past few months, has been said to be an alternative and possible rival to Apple Inc.’s iTunes. The store, dubbed “Amazon MP3” will provide music that does not have copy [...] more...
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