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Muxtape Takes A New Direction

thesocialnetwork — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:41:25 +0000

Rev2 writes about the social music site Muxtapes:

Having been down for the better part of a month, Muxtape’s creator, Justin Ouellette, has announced that the service is springing back to life, albeit with an entirely new direction.

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Pandora Hopes Upon Hope for Passage of Webcaster Settlement Act

thesocialnetwork — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 22:30:13 +0000

Mashable writes about the social music site Pandora:

This morning, the Web-based music service Pandora might receive uplifting news. Or it might see its hopes dashed in its effort to bring about a change to fees determined by the Copyright Royalty Board of the Library of Congress in 2007. All depends on the fate of a bill labeled H.R. 7084, or the “Webcaster Settlement Act.”

Last.fm Delivers a Much Improved iPhone Application With Version 2.0

thesocialnetwork — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 22:27:17 +0000

Mashable writes about the social music site Last.fm:

Just over two months ago, Last.fm launched its first application for iPhone and iPod touch devices. And a whole lot of people enjoyed it then. Forward to the present day, and the company is officially taking the wraps off version 2.0.

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Oh Boy, BlueTunes, This Looks Like Trouble To Me

thesocialnetwork — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:39:01 +0000

TechCrunch writes about the social music site BlueTunes:

The new service, which launches today, is trying to avoid paying streaming music fees to labels because users are uploading and then playing their own music. If this sounds familiar it’s because it’s not the first time users could upload their music to the cloud and listen to it anywhere.

Is MySpace Music An Antitrust Lawsuit Waiting To Happen?

thesocialnetwork — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 14:42:12 +0000

TechCrunchs write about social music site MySpace Music:

MySpace won’t be the first service to offer free ad-supported streams from all the major labels (imeem already does so, and even Rhapsody itself is moving towards a hybrid model that combines free-streaming, an MP3 store, and subscriptions). But it could be the first to run into serious antitrust issues.

Warner Music Group Pulls Music from Last.fm

thesocialnetwork — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:12:57 +0000

Wired writes about Warner's move to pull out of social music site Last.fm:

Warner Music Group has confirmed that its music is no longer available through Last.fm's on-demand music streaming service.

Last.fm users can still stream music from Warner's artists via their artist-based radio stations (see below), because those songs are licensed under a different deal.

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Warner Music Group pulls catalog from Last.fm

thesocialnetwork — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:47:43 +0000

CNet News.com writes about social music site Last.fm:

Warner Music would not comment on the reason for leaving Last.fm, but the label's departure is certainly a setback for the social-networking site. Warner was the first of the major labels to do a deal with Last.fm.

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Warner Music (WMG) Pulls Out Of Last.fm (CBS)

thesocialnetwork — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:07:23 +0000

Silicon Alley Insider writes about social music site Last.fm:

Warner Music Group (WMG) has pulled its catalog out of Last.fm's "on demand" free streaming service, which the CBS-owned service launched to great fanfare in January. Users can still hear Warner artists via the site's "radio" option, which doesn't allow you to select individual songs. But you can't order up individual songs from WMG artists.

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Watch Out TV: YouTube is Taking Over

thesocialnetwork — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:07:38 +0000

ReadWriteWeb writes about social tv site YouTube:

The theme for this week must be the erosion of market share for dominant technologies. Earlier, we reported on the Firefox web browser's steady march into Internet Explorer territory, and today NewTeeVee points to a recent study from Ipsos MediaCT that shows the PC continuing to encroach on the television's dominating position for eyeball time when it comes to video watching. Where are you watching video? Vote in our poll below.

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The Numbers Are In, Live Video Online Is Blowing Up

thesocialnetwork — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:03:17 +0000

ReadWriteWeb writes about social tv site UStream.TV:

Live video broadcasting service Ustream.tv will announce tomorrow that live feeds on the company's website and distributed video players got a combined 10 million unique viewers last month. If those numbers are solid, it's a major validation of live streaming video on the web.

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