Social internet radio site, Last.fm, is making 800,000 lyrics on its music service searchable through a partnership with LyricFind. The initial launch covers the US and Canada, with other regions to follow shortly. London-based Last.fm, which also has offices in...
In a particularly inspired bit of sharpening up its online ad offerings, Toronto-based UpTrend Media rolled out some new features for advertisers on music social network Last.fm -- ads that move in time with the music. Via Adotas: Current advertisers, like Converse and Motorola, can incorporate ad messages that...
English singer-songwriter Billy Bragg used our EconMusic conference in London to urge the emerging wave of web services to pay artists fairly for using their songs. "Everyone's making a shitload of money, it seems, except the content providers," said the singer-songwriter, who has previously criticized MySpace and MTV on...
Business Web Site Rolls Out Summer Editorial Series, Including "The Return of the Crummy Job" and "The New Rules for Dressing for Success" SAN FRANCISCO -- BNET (www.bnet.com), a Web site that provides information and tools to help business managers succeed at work, today announced...
D-Link, the end-to-end networkingsolutions provider for consumer and business, and DivX, Inc. (NASDAQ: DIVX), a digital media company, today announced the availability of thefirst DivX Connected™ device in the U.S., with distribution in Canadianmarkets soon to follow. The D-Link® MediaLounge® DSM-330 enables theseamless streaming of music, photos, Internet...
SAN DIEGO -- DivX, Inc. (NASDAQ:DIVX), a digital media company, and D-Link, the end-to-end networking solutions provider for consumer and business, today announced the availability of the first DivX Connected([TM]) device in the U.S., with distribution in Canadian markets soon to follow. The D-Link([R]) MediaLounge([R]) DSM-330 enables...
INSIDE STORY The nominations are in for the Hospital Club's top 100 people in London's creative industries. Now it's your chance to review the candidates and vote for a winner Here it is, the long list of nominations for...
The poor start to this year's festival season was foreseen by bloggers voicing their complaints that the same big acts (The Verve and Kings of Leon, for example) are performing at more than one of the major festivals. Glastonbury had to sell its remaining 10,000 tickets...
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-17 June 2008-Last.fm to make UMG catalogue available free online supported by advertising revenueC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Universal Music Group, a global music distributor, and Last.fm, a website providing free access to music tracks and videos, have announced a partnership which will make UMG's...
INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-C1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Universal Music Group, a global music distributor, and Last.fm, a website providing free access to music tracks and videos, have announced a partnership which will make UMG's catalogue available on Last.fm's website. Artists included in UMG's catalogue...
Increases IndieClick's Reach to 50 Million Unique Visitors Consisting of the Top Youth Audiences on the Web LOS ANGELES -- IndieClick, a leading publisher network that targets the youth 'tastemaker' market, today announced that Pandora and Flixster joined its network. Pandora, a personalized radio service...
Prince, and his label NPG Records, may have made a fuss about fans' YouTube clips of his version of Radiohead's "Creep" performed at Coachella, claiming copyright infringement and asking for them to be removed, but Radiohead has no such qualms about website exposure. As Thom Yorke...
-- Membership Tops 12,000 Labels In 1st Month-- UK Members Command 75% Market Share Of The Top 75 Independent albums of 2007 Merlin, the world's first global rights body for independent music, hasseen its membership swell to over 12,000 labels...
Social Networking Software Flattens Corporate Hierarchies, Retains Generations of Knowledge IRVINE, Calif. & BOSTON -- Socialcast, a leading provider of on-demand corporate social networks, announced a major upgrade to its corporate social networking software. Socialcast 2.0 now features the ability for users to integrate with...
1983 Joins London pirate dance station Horizon Radio; forms dance station Solar Radio following year 1989 Founds London indie station Q102 1990 Works as a sound engineer for Mean Fiddler, and as a promoter 1991 Carries out...
MY LIFE IN MEDIA 'My top three artists are Elvis, Lennon and Kurt. Without them, life would have been very different for me' Sammy Jacob, 44, is managing director of NME Radio, which launches later this month, though you...
Network's Customized In-Store Programming and Ads Will Target 73 Million Monthly Game Enthusiast Shoppers and Their Families GRAPEVINE, Texas and NEW YORK -- GameStop Corporation (NYSE: GME), the world's largest video game retailer, CBS Outernet, a leading provider of customized digital video networks to retail...
Byline: ABBEY KLAASSEN A day after its companywide presentation to ad buyers, CBS Corp. acquired CNet Networks, owner of sites such as News.com, TV.com and MP3.com, for $1.8 billion. The deal values CNet at $11.50 per share,...
Increasingly, artists are offering a "try before you buy" approach to their new albums on the web. REM and Michael Stipe pictured previewed their 14th studio album Accelerate online a week before its release via the iLike application on Facebook earlier this month, and it went straight to No 1....
M2 PRESSWIRE-17 March 2008-U.S. Equity News: The Walt Disney Company Announces Redemption of 2.125% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2023 and Newly Released Third-Party Metrics Validate Last.fm is the Fastest-Growing Free Online Music Network in the U.S.C1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:17032008 ...
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