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April 29, 2014
Sprint To Offer Spotify To 'Framily' Customers
SPRINT and SPOTIFY turned rumors into reality TODAY (4/29), enteriing into a partnership that will give SPRINT subscribers discounted access to the streaming music service. BUSINESS INSIDER reports, "SPRINT customers on the 'Framily Plan' … more »
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July 10, 2013
New Wall Street Analyst Remark Sends Pandora Stock Down
Once again, it seems that PANDORA's stock is significantly impacted by the whims of WALL STREET analysts. A little over a week after MORGAN STANLEY's endorsement sent its stock price to year-high levels (NET NEWS, 7/1), BUSINESS INSIDER reports … more »
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July 20, 2012
Colorado Shooting Claims Former Radio Intern's Life
One of the victims of the senseless tragedy in AURORA, COLORADO, was a fledgling journalist with radio experience. Twenty-four-year-old JESSICA REDFIELD (real last name: GHAWI) was one of 13 people killed by a shooter at a midnight showing of The Dark … more »
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June 27, 2012
Report: Spotify Now The #2 Digital Revenue Source For Labels
BUSINESSINSIDER.COM reports the on-demand music service SPOTIFY "is now the #2 revenue source for the major music labels", with APPLE's iTUNES remaining #1. "iTUNES paid approximately $3.2 billion to record labels in 2011, BUSINESS INSIDER … more »
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January 27, 2012
Lady Gaga Set To Launch Social Network Site
What's LADY GAGA planning? Apparently, something bigger than FACEBOOK and GOOGLE. The new offering is called "BACKPLANE," with a website of www.littlemonsters.com, and it's expected to file its IPO soon. BUSINESSINSIDER reports "The LADY … more »
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December 29, 2011
iPad 3 Rumors Now In Overdrive ... And Some Of Them May Be True!
While most of AMERICA is still throwing away the ripped-up gift wrapping and about to take down the CHRISTMAS lights, tech heads -- especially those of the APPLE ilk -- are salivating over a bevy of APPLE rumors about the next generation of iPADS. The … more »
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December 7, 2011
VEVO's Rio Caraeff Talks Profit, Expansion In Interview
In a an interview with BUSINESS INSIDER's MATT ROSOFF, VEVO CEO RIO CARAEFF said that his company is on track to be profitable in the first half of 2012, although he said that "(i)t's not our intention" to spin the online music video site, a … more »
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November 29, 2011
Will Royalties Keep Pandora From Being Profitable?
It seems everyone is talking about PANDORA this week. YESTERDAY (NET NEWS 11/28), PANDORA once again topped TRITON DIGITAL's monthly Internet audio Top 20 Ranker for OCTOBER. Last TUESDAY (NET NEWS 11/22), ALL ACCESS reported PANDORA virtually doubled … more »
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June 16, 2011
Pandora Stock Falls After Analyst Posts 'Sell' Rating
What a difference a day makes. Just 24 hours after PANDORA raised almost $235 million on the first day of its IPO, its stock price dropped as a WALL STREET analysis tagged a "sell" rating on it and suggested a target price of $5.50 a share. … more »
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February 16, 2011
New Apple App Store Rules Anger Rhapsody
RHAPSODY is complaining that APPLE has instituted new rules for iPHONE and iPAD app subscriptions that are "economically untenable," "and it has teamed up with other music services to consider options, possibly including legal … more »