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[Posted on July 3, 2008 - 12:17 PM]
Downloads now account for 15.4% of record album sales in the U.S., according to a mid-year industry report from Nielsen SoundScan. Sales of tracks delivered online were up 34.4% during...

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[Posted on July 2, 2008 - 5:38 PM]
Roughly a third of U.S. cell phone users find multimedia capabilities, including music and video, to be among the most important features of their mobile devices, according to a survey...

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[Posted on July 2, 2008 - 4:30 PM]
Social music and Internet radio service Last.fm Ltd. announced the addition of Radiohead's "In Rainbows" album to its on-demand streaming service, making it the latest of several key new releases...

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[Posted on July 1, 2008 - 2:18 PM]
Warner Music Group Corp. [WMG] became the third major label to join Nokia Oyg's [NOK] Comes With Music mobile initiative, agreeing to a partnership under which it will supply content...

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[Posted on June 30, 2008 - 3:38 PM]
RealNetworks Inc. [RNWK] has added a download store to its Rhapsody music subscription service, becoming the latest company to offer consumers DRM-free MP3 music downloads. Competitor Napster Inc. [NAPS] launched...

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[Posted on June 27, 2008 - 5:29 PM]
Songkick.com Inc. CEO Ian Hogarth isn't quite ready to confirm the size of his company's reported $1.1 million first round of funding, but he tells me that it has formally...

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[Posted on June 27, 2008 - 10:45 AM]
If the price of downloadable music is marching inexorably toward zero, SpiralFrog Inc. expects to lead the brigade. The company, which launched an ad-supported service offering free downloadable songs in...

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[Posted on June 25, 2008 - 5:04 PM]
While digital music retailer Amie Street Inc.'s unique flexible pricing model has always been appealing for consumers, shopping on the site has at times been a frustrating experience, as its...

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[Posted on June 24, 2008 - 5:22 PM]
Topspin Media Inc., the musicians' services company that former Yahoo! Music chief Ian Rogers joined in April while it was still in stealth mode, has announced itself with a lengthy...

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[Posted on June 23, 2008 - 12:57 PM]
Live Nation Inc. [LYV] chairman Michael Cohl has resigned from the company's board of directors and his post as CEO of its Live Nation Artists division following a protracted dispute...

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