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Redhookfest: Citizen Cope, Soulive, Robert Randolph
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JamBase
TICKETS ON SALE NOW AT WWW.REDHOOK.COM Join Redhook Brewery in Portsmouth, New Hampshire for the 30th birthday bash and the 15th annual RedhookFest. The monumental birthday will be headlined by indie rocker Citizen Cope and is expected to attract thousands of craft beer and music lovers from across New England for a summertime bash in the brewery's backyard. For this year's birthday celebration, Redhook has partnered with 100.3 the ROCK Station to offer live music, food, and Redhook beer. RedhookFest ...
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Apple Shuts Down Online-Music Service Lala
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Michael Ricci
Apple quietly shut down Lala on Tuesday. It acquired the online-music service last year. Gives no indication of plans.
When visitors and members attempted to access Lala on Tuesday, they found a placeholder page, saying, “The Lala service has been discontinued as of May 31st, 2010." It didn't provide any other information on the page. Speculation abounds over what Apple has planned for Lala. Since the site streamed tracks through the user's browser, some are wondering if it will become ...
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Bye Bye Lala. Hello iTunes in the Cloud?
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HypeBot
The Lala service has been discontinued as of May 31st, 2010.
Lala members, click here for more information on any applicable credits or refundsThat's the simple message that lala.com visitors find on the home page since yesterday when Apple, as promised, closed the music service it bought several months ago. But is a new iTune's music service poised to replace it?
Some are speculating that Steve Jobs will share his plans or at least hint ...
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A Riff Between Google and Lala? Maybe Not...
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HypeBot
On Monday, Digital Music News lead with an investigative piece, “Suddenly, Google Focusing Music Results On MySpace". DMN content partner paidContent also featured the post.
A sample of Google music searches had apparently shown many more results pointing to MySpace Music than towards Lala, which was recently purchased by Apple. The reason for the emphasis on MySpace, DMN declared, was that that Google “was hardly thrilled to find its marquee music search partner acquired by Apple". As proof, editor Paul ...
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Jason Yates - L.A. CD Party Jan 9 - Citizen Cope Tour Feb 2 - Apr 16
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1888 Media
Jason Yates is lending his keyboard skills to Citizen Cope for a two- month tour starting in February - while promoting his own self-titled solo disc along the way. It marks familiar territory for Jason, who previously appeared on Citizen Cope's 2004 disc The Clarence Greenwood Recordings. The tour commences February 2 at Cat's Cradle in Carrboro, NC, and continues late into April.
Meanwhile, Jason celebrates his self-titled solo CD (out now on Vapor Records) with a special free performance ...
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Why Apple Really Bought Lala
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HypeBot
Apple's Lala Purchase Creates New Minefield For Labels & Fans
As the dust settles on the recent deals and launches in the digital music space, the motivations behind each is becoming clearer. But none of the shifts are more dramatic than the changes that appear ahead at Apple and iTunes as signaled by its purchase of Lala.
Next year, iTunes will undergo an overhaul aimed at extending its influence from the iPod to the cloud. It's a natural shift for ...
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Apple Buys Lala
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HypeBot
(UPDATE 2) An Apple spokesperson confirmed on Sunday that Apple has bought Lala.com.
Apple is reportedly close to acquiring Lala. “Talks are very advanced." according to CNet. “One of the sources said that the sides have already agreed on terms and have only to sign a final agreement."
Exactly what Apple's plans are for Lala remain unclear, but its an indication that the the tech giant finally understands that music consumption is moving to more than the buy ...
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Analysis from Around the Net on Lala + Apple
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HypeBot
ars technica: “...for the
moment, there's nothing about the purchase that seems to provide the
company with any key technologies it was missing in terms of diving
into markets. Until another company demonstrates that there's money to
be made (or iPods to be sold) through streaming, there's no reason to
think that a move of this sort is immanent.
Billboard: Glen Peoples writes, “With its acquisition of online music start-up Lala, Apple appears to have bet on a ...
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