Music News
Google Music – Hit Or Miss?
18th November 2011
On Wednesday, Google launched an update to a service called ‘Google Music’ that was previously in beta. The service is now available to everyone in the United States and will allow users to upload, purchase, store, share and listen to music in digital form from any device. More »
YouTube Settles Deal With Music Publishers
23rd August 2011
YouTube has recently arrived at a deal with songwriters and music publishers to pay them royalty for the songs streamed on the site. More »
Facebook To Join Music Business
20th June 2011
Facebook has gradually been broadening their horizons to include diverse sources of revenue ranging from display advertising to social gaming and everything in between. They have now decided to enter the music business. More »
Lady Gaga Album Offer Crashes Amazon Servers
27th May 2011
Lady Gaga seems to be far more popular then Amazon had expected. Amazon learnt this the hard way when they launched an offer that was irresistible to the singer’s millions of fans. More »
Over 50% Of Music Recommendations Deemed Inaccurate
25th March 2011
With the constant burgeoning of new music bands and music sites, it is not easy for users to find the music which they want. A recent study has attempted to measure how successful music recommendation sites are at helping users discover good new tunes. More »
Mobile Music Industry Hits The Right Notes
25th February 2011
A study conducted by Juniper Research has indicated that by 2015, the mobile music industry will be worth $55.5 billion. More »
eBooks Finally Feature On NY Times Bestseller List
16th February 2011
The NY Times has finally decided to go ahead and do what their competitors started doing long ago – including electronic books in their ranking of the best selling books in the U.S.A. More »
Black Eyed Peas First To Reach 1 Million Downloads
24th June 2010
Over the last year, the song “I Gotta Feeling” by the R&B group, The Black Eyed Peas has been immensely popular. The song has now created a new milestone by being the first ever single to be downloaded over 1 million times in the U.K. More »
Snoop Dogg Launches Album On Mobile
23rd April 2010
Rapper Snoop Dogg has tied up with the entertainment company Myxer to promote and release his latest album, titled ‘More Malice’, on mobile. More »
Radiohead: A Study In Music Download Behaviour
21st November 2007
Radiohead, a famous English alternative rock band, reached the height of their popularity in 19992 with their single “Creep”. They recently made the news when they released an album titled “In Rainbows”. The album was only available to fans for download direct from their site: More »
Yahoo! Sheds Weight, Attempts To Streamline Operations
4th October 2007
Last month Yahoo! announced the demise of their Podcast search directory, marking the beginning of a company-wide restructuring effort. This week the streamlining continues as they have stopped development in the entertainment group and are reportedly thinking of selling Kelkoo. More »
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