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June 18, 2012
Report: Amazon Has Four Major Label Deals For Their Cloud-Based Service
Last week (NET NEWS 6/13), ALL ACCESS reported AMAZON is rumored to be closing in on licensing deals with major labels for the company's Cloud Player, Now, CNET confims this, and reports "AMAZON's cloud music service is fully licensed by the … more »
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June 4, 2012
Xbox Music Debuts
MICROSOFT has unveiled the XBOX MUSIC service to better compete against the likes of APPLE's iTUNES, PANDORA and SPOTIFY, CNET reports. The service will include 30 million tracks available on the XBOX, as well as WINDOWS 8 devices such as PCs and … more »
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May 8, 2012
Did Dijaz1.com Suffer A 'Digital Guantanamo?'
The government's anti-piracy efforts have come under increased inspection recently, and now CNET reports critics of the policy have "new ammunition to support claims that authorities are too eager to do the bidding of copyright owners. Authorities … more »
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April 13, 2012
Tunecore To Artists: Boycott Grooveshark
A week after EMI decided to join UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP in its lawsuit against GROOVESHARK (NET NEWS 4/4), TUNECORE Founder/CEO JEFF PRICE unloaded YESTERDAY on the controversial music streaming service GROOVESHARK, calling for a boycott and describing it … more »
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April 4, 2012
EMI Cuts Ties With Grooveshark
The relationship between GROOVESHARK and EMI MUSIC has finally hit rock bottom, with the music label terminating its agreement with GROOVESHARK. CNET reports "court documents filed in NEW YORK state court reveal that the recorded-music division of … more »
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March 16, 2012
RIAA: ISP Anti-Piracy Programs Set To Launch July 1st
At a panel discussion before American publishers, RIAA honcho CARY SHERMAN revealed that "most of the participating ISPs -- which could include COMCAST, CABLEVISION, VERIZON and TIME WARNER CABLE -- will begin implementation of anti-piracy programs … more »
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March 8, 2012
Pandora EVP Jessica Steel To Exit
PANDORA EVP/Business and Corporate Development JESSICA STEEL is stepping down after eight years with the company. CNET reports "STEEL is retiring from PANDORA to spend more time with her two-year-old son before he starts school. Over the next couple … more »
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March 6, 2012
VEVO Product Returns To MTV Networks
VEVO, whose library includes product from three of the four major label groups, has reached an agreement to have its music videos aired on all of MTV's channels and outlets, CNET reports. The UMG/SONY-backed music video hub pulled off all of its … more »
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February 27, 2012
CNET: Google Music's 'A Loser'
CNET's GREG SANDOVAL has some harsh words for GOOGLE MUSIC, writing the service "was supposed to have an inside track marketing music to the 200 million ANDROID users, but performance so far is not what was expected. Three months after launching, … more »
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January 27, 2012
Slacker Goes Old School
SLACKER has launched "Old School R&B," a DJ-curated station of classics from the MOTOWN era to the early ‘90s, reports CNET.COM. The curated and socially programmed station is available free to all SLACKER users, through both the Web … more »