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- @ Google's Discover Music: MySpace Will Power Google's Music Search Results
- At the famed Capitol Records building in Hollywood, Google officially unveiled its OneBox music search service. First news tidbit to emerge is that MySpace will be powering the streaming music, videos and track purchases—not it’s new acquisition iLike. Google’s Marissa Mayer demoed what the new music search results would...
- External links 2009-10-28
- MySpace's iLike buy raises questions about Facebook
- News items 2009-08-18
- MySpace to acquire social music service iLike for $20 million
- Posted by Andrew Nusca @ 7:33 am Categories: Facebook, MySpace, Social networking Tags: Last.fm, TechCrunch, MySpace, iLike, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Andrew Nusca News Corp.-owned social networking site MySpace is expected to close a deal to acquire social music service iLike this week, according to reports....
- News items 2009-08-17
- It's Official: MySpace Aquires Music Rec Service iLike
- The speculation—and negotiations—are over. MySpace just announced the acquisition of iLike. More to come as MySpace CEO Owen Van Natta holds a press call but you can see the press release below. The acquisition was made by MySpace Inc. and does not include the MySpace Music joint venture. The...
- External links 2009-08-19
- MySpace in Advanced Talks To Buy Music Recommender iLike
- MySpace is in advanced talks to buy music service iLike for about $20 million, according to Techcrunch, which cites unidentified sources. We have confirmed the talks, and that the deal is separate from its MySpace music venture. Our source says the price is likely to be higher than $20...
- External links 2009-08-17
- iLike looks for buyers - Rumour
- Social music site iLike is trying to sell itself and is soliciting bids from RealNetworks and Ticketmaster, reports AllThingsDigital quoting unnamed sources. The media blog adds iLike is also considering raising venture capital as an alternative to a sale. iLike...
- Articles 2008-11-25
- Music Service iLike In Search Of A Buyer: Report
- Social music service iLike is on the block, MediaMemo reports—with existing stakeholder Ticketmaster and online music pioneer *RealNetworks* at the top of the potential buyers list. ILike has raised about $16 million in funding since its launch in 2006, with Ticketmaster and Bob Pittman's Pilot Group as its investors....
- External links 2008-11-25
- Microsoft and China Telecom sign IM agreement
- Microsoft is set to expand its reach in China after signing a deal to develop instant messaging IM software with China Telecom. Under the terms of the deal, Microsoft's MSN China division will work with the Chinese telco to develop...
- Articles 2008-11-14
- Windows Live gets Facebook features
- Microsoft is reinventing Windows Live as a social network by adding many of the features already found in sites such as Facebook. Photo and music-sharing features are supplied through partnerships with Photobucket, Flickr, iLike and Pandora. Windows Live also embeds and provides access to LinkedIn and WordPress. Microsoft says...
- Articles 2008-11-14
- Google enters music market with MySpace, Lala and others
- Google is set to become a powerful presence in the online music space with a music search tool that will let users listen to and buy music through the firm’s search portal. Entering a band name, song or even lyrics into Google search will now generate a pop-up box...
- Articles 2009-10-28
- MySpace Buys iLike for Its Discovery Engine
- Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but it is rumored to be in the $20 million range. The purchase will be made by MySpace Inc., not MySpace Music, so that the social networking site can distribute iLike capabilities throughout all its properties, MySpace chief executive Owen Van Natta...
- News items 2009-08-19
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- Sale of iLike to MySpace–$13.5 Million in Cash, $6 Million for Talent Retention–Delayed Over Tax Issues (Really!)…Plus, the List of Other Suitors! [BoomTown]
- The board of iLike planned a meeting earlier tonight to go over a buyout offer by MySpace, several sources close to the situation said. But it was suddenly cancelled, because of some thorny tax implications related to the talent retention part of the deal to purchase the social music start-up....
- News items 2009-08-18
- MySpace Finishes Its AcqHire of iLike: Don't Think Music, Think "Socialization of Content". Plus! The Internal Memo [MediaMemo]
- Now that MySpace has finished its acquisition of iLike, what it's going to do with it? Don't think music, MySpace CEO Owen Van Natta stressed in a press conference today — think about "socialization of content". What does that mean? Pretty vague, which I gather is Van Natta's intention. But...
- News items 2009-08-19
- MySpace Buys ILike, Thwarting Facebook
- MySpace buys Facebook friend iLike, a social music service that lets people make music recommendations, share playlists and receive personalized concert alerts. The iLike team, which helped the service extend to 55 million users and 1.5 billion impressions per month, will join MySpace, working from the iLike headquarters. MySpace August...
- News items 2009-08-19
- ILike CEO: Twitter and iPhone are the platforms of the future. (What about MySpace?)
- The most surprising thing about MySpace's acquisition of iLike today isn't that the social music site wasn't getting hitched with Facebook, the platform where the iLike app is most popular. It's that iLike married a social network that's quickly losing relevance. To quote a Death Cab for Cutie song, it's...
- News items 2009-08-19
- MySpace looks to regain momentum with iLike purchase
- Computerworld - In an apparent attempt to tinker with its dimming image and regain some of its old glory, MySpace Inc. today announced that it has agreed to acquire iLike, a social music startup. Financial terms were not disclosed. "The iLike acquisition advances our relentless pursuit of innovation and the...
- News items 2009-08-19
- MySpace confirms purchase of Facebook-friend iLike
- MySpace CEO Owen Van Natta has confirmed in a conference call on Wednesday that the News Corp-owned social network has "entered into an agreement to acquire iLike". iLike's co-founders will remain at the company and stay headquartered in Seattle; the service will be "unaffected by the acquisition" in the short...
- News items 2009-08-20
- MySpace acquires social music service iLike
- Social networking service MySpace confirmed its rumored acquisition of social music discovery solution iLike--terms of the transaction were not disclosed, but scuttlebutt suggests the deal is valued at $20 million. iLike, which enables users to download and share music, was founded in 2006, and now boasts more than 55 million...
- News items 2009-08-20
- MySpace Confirms iLike Acquisition
- As reported earlier this week, MySpace officially announced Wednesday that it acquired social music service iLike. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The two parties said the entire iLike team will remain intact, including CEO Ali Partovi, president Hadi Partovi and chief technology officer Nat Brown, and iLike will...
- News items 2009-08-19
- MySpace to Buy Web Music Service ILike
- By Yinka Adegoke NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp's MySpace said on Thursday it has agreed to buy music recommendation service iLike, as the once-hot social networking site tries to reinvent itself as an entertainment portal. MySpace declined to disclose financial terms of an acquisition that brings iLike's twin brother...
- News items 2009-08-19
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