After an arduous selection process, social networking giant MySpace Inc. has finally found a leader for its MySpace Music joint venture with the four major record labels. Former MTV Networks...
Music-focused social network operator and blog publisher Buzznet Inc. has grown aggressively through acquisitions during 2008, but just elected to lay off just over 10% of its staff, according to...
Although rival personalized radio provider Last.fm Ltd. has been decking out its site with social networking features for years, Pandora Media Inc. has largely stuck to its core strength of...
"Payola" has been a dirty word in the music industry at least since the late 1950s, when the discovery that certain disk jockeys accepted money to play specific records led...
Still in the clutches of Guy Hands' Terra Firma Capital Partners Ltd., EMI Music Ltd. is beginning to show signs of a long-awaited turnaround. Although it recorded a large loss...
CBS Inc. and CNET have apparently killed Juke, an editorially driven music site, before its anticipated launch, and dismissed at least five employees, including four music journalists, in the process....
The grapevine suggests that MySpace Music is preparing to name MTV Networks Inc. digital music exec Courtney Holt as its new CEO, an announcement that could come as early as...
Freshly-funded playlisting site Blip.fm is preparing to launch a Facebook application, if one of its employees' music posts is to be believed. The so-called "Twitter-for-music" site has become visibly more...
Two months after its official launch, collaborative music platform developer MixMatchMusic Ltd. is seeking a first round of venture funding of up to $3 million. According to founding CEO Charles...
Private equity-owned eMusic Inc. has dismissed about 10 employees, or roughly 10% of its staff, according to a report this morning. The cuts come a month after eMusic announced CEO...
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