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6 Incredible Twitter Powered Art Projects (Josh Catone/Mashable!)

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 06:23:50 -0400

6 Incredible Twitter Powered Art Projects (Josh Catone/Mashable!):

Josh Catone / Mashable!:
6 Incredible Twitter Powered Art Projects — Twitter has brought us many things. It lets us communicate in real-time about breaking news events, it…

Ridiculous: Verizon Pays ASCAP $5M Interim License Fee For ... Ringtones (Robin Wauters/TechCrunch)

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:01:08 -0400

Ridiculous: Verizon Pays ASCAP $5M Interim License Fee For ... Ringtones (Robin Wauters/TechCrunch):

Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Ridiculous: Verizon Pays ASCAP $5M Interim License Fee For … Ringtones — The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP)…

Warner Inks Deal to Bring Green Day, Madonna, U2 Back to YouTube (Michael Learmonth/AdAge)

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:01:07 -0400

Warner Inks Deal to Bring Green Day, Madonna, U2 Back to YouTube (Michael Learmonth/AdAge):

Michael Learmonth / AdAge:
Warner Inks Deal to Bring Green Day, Madonna, U2 Back to YouTube — Label Also in Talks to Join Vevo, the ‘Hulu for Music’ Initiative — NEW YORK…

More Last.fm Old Timers Jumping From CBS' Ship (Robert Andrews/paidContent)

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:01:07 -0400

More Last.fm Old Timers Jumping From CBS' Ship (Robert Andrews/paidContent):

Robert Andrews / paidContent:
More Last.fm Old Timers Jumping From CBS’ Ship — Several key Last.fmers who have been with the social music site since its early days will follow…

Microsoft pulls music service from wireless carriers (Cade Metz/The Register)

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:41:20 -0400

Microsoft pulls music service from wireless carriers (Cade Metz/The Register):

Cade Metz / The Register:
Microsoft pulls music service from wireless carriers — Musiwave goes Zune only — Exclusive Nearly two years after spending $46m to acquire the Musiwave…

Music Publishers Push LyricWiki Into Wikia's Arms (Michael Masnick/Techdirt)

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:41:19 -0400

Music Publishers Push LyricWiki Into Wikia's Arms (Michael Masnick/Techdirt):

Michael Masnick / Techdirt:
Music Publishers Push LyricWiki Into Wikia’s Arms — In August, we wrote how music publishers were suing lyrics sites (and their owners) for daring to…

Why Did Apple Approve Spotify? (Michael Masnick/Techdirt)

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:53:52 -0400

Why Did Apple Approve Spotify? (Michael Masnick/Techdirt):

Michael Masnick / Techdirt:
Why Did Apple Approve Spotify? — AdAge has a long article trying to puzzle out why Apple potentially “sacrificed iTunes” in approving Spotify’s…

Did Apple Sacrifice ITunes With Latest Apps? (Michael Learmonth/AdAge)

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:53:52 -0400

Did Apple Sacrifice ITunes With Latest Apps? (Michael Learmonth/AdAge):

Michael Learmonth / AdAge:
Did Apple Sacrifice ITunes With Latest Apps? — Free-Streaming Services Spotify, Rhapsody Stand to Threaten Its Dominance — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) —…

Microsoft DRM Patent Could Revive Peer-to-Peer Music Nets (Alexander Wolfe/InformationWeek)

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:53:51 -0400

Microsoft DRM Patent Could Revive Peer-to-Peer Music Nets (Alexander Wolfe/InformationWeek):

Alexander Wolfe / InformationWeek:
Microsoft DRM Patent Could Revive Peer-to-Peer Music Nets — Here’s an odd twist that might give new life to the dying horse of music…

Sony First Big Label To Try Amie Street Variable Music Pricing (Michael Arrington/TechCrunch)

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:10:49 -0400

Sony First Big Label To Try Amie Street Variable Music Pricing (Michael Arrington/TechCrunch):

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Sony First Big Label To Try Amie Street Variable Music Pricing — Amie Street always made sense to me. The idea is to show demand for music…

France approves ban for illegal downloaders (Agence France Presse)

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:10:47 -0400

France approves ban for illegal downloaders (Agence France Presse):

Agence France Presse:
France approves ban for illegal downloaders — The French parliament on Tuesday gave its final approval to an Internet piracy bill that has drawn attention…

Sony Ericsson introduces a world first - the Motion Activated Headphones MH907 (Sony Ericsson)

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:55:27 -0400

Sony Ericsson introduces a world first - the Motion Activated Headphones MH907 (Sony Ericsson):

Sony Ericsson:
Sony Ericsson introduces a world first - the Motion Activated Headphones MH907 — Escape the ordinary - listen to your favourite music and receive calls without…

Post-Medium Publishing (Paul Graham)

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 06:38:39 -0400

Post-Medium Publishing (Paul Graham):

Paul Graham:
Post-Medium Publishing — Publishers of all types, from news to music, are unhappy that consumers won’t pay for content anymore. At least, that’s how they see it. In…

Daniel Ek: Spotify will kill file-sharing, be a European home-run (Milo Yiannopoulos/TechCrunch Europe)

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:30:07 -0400

Daniel Ek: Spotify will kill file-sharing, be a European home-run (Milo Yiannopoulos/TechCrunch Europe):

Milo Yiannopoulos / TechCrunch Europe:
Daniel Ek: Spotify will kill file-sharing, be a European home-run — It’s true to say, without a hint of hyperbole, that 25 year old…

U.S. as Traffic Cop in ‘Net Neutrality’ Fight (Amy Schatz/Wall Street Journal)

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:30:05 -0400

U.S. as Traffic Cop in ‘Net Neutrality’ Fight (Amy Schatz/Wall Street Journal):

Amy Schatz / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. as Traffic Cop in ‘Net Neutrality’ Fight — FCC Proposal on Bandwith a Boon for Consumers and Silicon Valley, Blow to Telecoms — The U.S….

YouTube, Warner Music feud nearing an end (Greg Sandoval/CNET News)

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:30:04 -0400

YouTube, Warner Music feud nearing an end (Greg Sandoval/CNET News):

Greg Sandoval / CNET News:
YouTube, Warner Music feud nearing an end — The disagreement between Warner Music Group and YouTube over music licensing appears to be coming to…

The Perfect App To Start Your Weekend Off With A Drink - Or Several Drinks. Fast. (MG Siegler/TechCrunch)

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:29:55 -0400

The Perfect App To Start Your Weekend Off With A Drink - Or Several Drinks. Fast. (MG Siegler/TechCrunch):

MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
The Perfect App To Start Your Weekend Off With A Drink - Or Several Drinks. Fast. — I love the fact that Power Music Hour, a new app for the…

Former Yahoo and AOL Ad Exec Coleman Poised to Join the Huffington Post as President (Kara Swisher/BoomTown)

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:22:05 -0400

Former Yahoo and AOL Ad Exec Coleman Poised to Join the Huffington Post as President (Kara Swisher/BoomTown):

Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Former Yahoo and AOL Ad Exec Coleman Poised to Join the Huffington Post as President — In the ongoing game of Internet exec musical chairs, Greg…

U2 shun Apple iPhone in BlackBerry music App release (Jonny/Distorted-Loop.com)

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:22:04 -0400

U2 shun Apple iPhone in BlackBerry music App release (Jonny/Distorted-Loop.com):

Jonny / Distorted-Loop.com:
U2 shun Apple iPhone in BlackBerry music App release — Recall back in the day when U2 and Apple were bosom-buddies? Well, in the world of…

Nokia 5130 XpressMusic gets official for T-Mobile; $29.99 in stores, free online (Zach Epstein/Boy Genius Report)

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:22:04 -0400

Nokia 5130 XpressMusic gets official for T-Mobile; $29.99 in stores, free online (Zach Epstein/Boy Genius Report):

Zach Epstein / Boy Genius Report:
Nokia 5130 XpressMusic gets official for T-Mobile; $29.99 in stores, free online — T-Mobile subscribers have a pretty solid new option…