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Apple Pulls Grooveshark iPhone App Following Universal Music Complaint
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Following a complaint form Universal Music Group UK, Apple pulled down the recently approved Grooveshark iPhone app. The app had been receiving rave reviews, but Grooveshark only has licencing deals with EMI and a number of indies. In fact, Universal filed suit against Grooveshark in January and the takedown demand is believed to stem from that dispute. “This comes as an absolute surprise to us, and we are not sleeping until we figure out exactly how to fix this—and get ...
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Survey: Music Streaming Decreases Filesharing, Increases Music Discovery
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A survey conducted in Norway this June for Aspiro Music concluded that streaming services lead to more music listening as well as and increased and more diverse music discovery. Of the those surveyed that use streaming music services 68% listen to more music and 72% say they often find music they didn`t know about before. The survey also concludes that streaming services reduce illegal music file sharing. 54% say that streaming led them not to stop downloading music illegally. More ...
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PayPal and Flattr: Making Micropayments Simpler
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PayPal wants to make micropayments simpler. Instead of having users purchase chunks of credit up-front, soon, they will be able to buy inexpensive items and be billed once a higher amount is reached. Since users like to purchase things one-at-time, the company thinks that this will encourage more transactions overall. Previously, the associated costs with these small purchases would've been too steep to facilitate and remain profitable. Moving forward, PayPal is hoping that by bundling these transactions together and billing ...
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epitonic.com Relaunches, Original Founders at Helm
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Music editorial site Epitonic.com is being relaunched by its original founders. Established in 1999, the company sought out the create a destination where even the most geographically challenged fans could discover new artists. At its peak, Epitonic.com had hundreds of thousands of monthly visitors. However, the beloved site fell on hard times and was bought by Palm Pictures; it then went dormant in 2004 and everyone involved moved on. “Starting Epitonic was amazing and chaotic," said Justin Sinkovich, original co-founder ...
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Billboard Names 10 Best Digital Music Startups
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Rdio Named Digital Music Startup Of The Year This week's Billboard Magazine named their 10 Best Digital Music Startups of 2010 and the list includes some surprising choices. To learn more about how the process, we turned to Billboard Senior Editorial Analyst Glenn Peoples. Many Hypebot readers remember Peoples from his now dormant blog Coolfer How these 10 were chosen? PEOPLES: Companies selected have good products and capable leadership, and tended to have products that try to solve a particular ...
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48ers: Another Realtime Social Search Tool
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Not long ago, Hyoebot covered the release of SocialMention, a new real-time search tool. Another one has hit the web since then called 48ers; the company is named after the first pioneers to seek out the California Gold Rush in 1948. The main difference that I found between the two social search tools—because it isn't the results, though SocialMention appears to be more comprehensive—is that 48ers doesn't take forever to load like SocialMention does and is a little more clean. ...
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Indaba Music: New Site, Expanded Services
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Music collaboration site Indaba Music is expanding the services that it offers to artists, as well, today they are launching a newly redesigned site. They hope to guide musicians through all stages of development with their musical ecosystem. New services to include: sales and distribution tools; a sheet music storefront; video lessons; loops and samples; and various on-site discounts and benefits for premium members. To achieve these initiatives, the company has teamed up with Alfred Music Publishing, Electronic Musician Magazine, ...
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1/5th Of American Adults Don't Use the Internet
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Likely, they don't file-share songs either. Has their music consumption decreased? According to survey results released by Pew research center, documenting broadband adoption in America, one-fifth of adults don't use the internet. If I remember right, from a survey published last year, 50% of these people, without access to the web, are country music fans. What always interested me about numbers like this isn't the disparity of living without something that I've built my life around—oddly enough, that's not my ...
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