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Warner Bros Records Sued for Tracking Web Users
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Last week, a lawsuit filed in federal court contended that Warner Bros Records website, among other well-known media properties, including Disney and their music site Playlist.com, have been secretly tracking online users, as well as children, by installing 'Flash cookies' on their computers, which quicky respawn after their deletion. The suit filed by attorneys representing a group of minors and their parents alleges that Clearspring Technologies, a creator of widgets that distribute targeted advertising to a number of sites, has ...
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Twitter Introduces Tweet Button for Web Sites
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Watch A Video Demo On Thursday, Twitter added a feature called a Tweet Button designed to encourage sharing links through Twitter. Web developers can add a few lines of code and a tweet icon will appear below each article. When Twitter users click the tweet button they see pop pre-populated with the url and ready to share. Some platforms like Wordpress and Typepad also offer similar features such as the tweet button below each Hypebot post. ...
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Net Neutrality Groups Plan Protest at Google HQ
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PC Magazine
Several consumer groups are planning a Friday rally in protest of Google's recent net neutrality proposal with Verizon. The event—organized by MoveOn.org Civic Action, ColorofChange.org, Credo Action, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee and Free Press—is intended to “urge the search-engine giant to live up to its corporate motto: 'Don't Be Evil,'" according to a statement distributed by Free Press. The rally will start at noon on Friday, Aug. 13 at Google Headquarters, located at Amphitheatre Parkway and Charleston Road in ...
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New This Week on Music Think Tank
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Artist 2.0 Manifesto & An Email Newsletter Template In his latest blog at Music Think Tank, digital marketer Chris Bracco gives artists a free, simple to use HTML e-mail newsletter template. Considering the number of fans that check their e-mail via cell phone, Bracco warns that those all flashy newsletters that artists send out may end up not looking as imagined. Hence, the need for a clean, back to basics, e-mail newsletter format. Next up, Michael Johnson gives his perspective in ...
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Michael Robertson: Surveying Crowded Music Subscription Sector
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Plus A Chart Comparing Music Subscription Services This guest post by Michael Roberston looks at the subscription music sector and how the addition of Apple and Google services may or may not change the sector. Robertson founded MP3.com and is currently the CEO of cloud music locker service MP3Tunes. Press speculation abounds about forthcoming Apple or Google music subscriptions services. If and when they materialize they'll join a crowded field of alternatives big and small. Competitors range from ten year ...
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What Makes Social Media Trustworthy?
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Not surprisingly, we trust content from the people we know the most. But, the venue greatly impacts the degree to which we're willing to trust that content. If my friend writes a blog post—not very skeptical. If a brand posts onto their blog, my BS detector goes into overtime. What if, instead, they took that same message and published it onto their Facebook page? As it turns out, research shows that people would trust the same content less, simply do ...
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Shuffler: Turn Music Blogs into Streaming Stations
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Next Tuesday, a new crowdsourced music service is launching called Shuffler; it takes blog content and turns the songs into streaming radio stations. Also, the service queues-up the most-recently listed music first and it displays the entire post of origin below the playback controls. As compared to other sites, those that make a song's origins nearly invisible to users, this should make bloggers happy. “Shuffler will be free to use for up to 20 songs per channel per month, and ...
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