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Nimbit and JSR Merchandising Create New Partnership

Source: HypeBot
June 16, 2010

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MP3tunes to Offer Free 10g Music Lockers

Source: HypeBot
June 16, 2010

Rumors are flying about an Apple and other music in the cloud services. No one knows exactly what they have in mind, but several companies have been offering their own versions of music in the cloud for months. For example, 7Digital let's users store music they've purchased for playback anywhere. But few, if any, have the depth of experience with cloud music storage as Michael Robertson and his MP3tunes.com. Their open locker lets users stream and ...

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Wireless Oligopoly is Smother of Invention

Source: All About Jazz
June 16, 2010

If the people who brought us television had played by the same rules that today's wireless carriers impose wed probably all be listening to the radio.

Which is a nice way of saying the wireless industry AT&T, Sprint, Verizon and T-Mobile needs some ground rules that make clear they are common carriers that get the right to rent the airwaves by abiding by fair rules.

Right now, they play by their own rules.

Imagine if the wireless carriers controlled your ...

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ArtistData, Nearly Four Million Updates In, Opens Development Platform

Source: We All Make Music
June 15, 2010

ArtistData, a direct-to-fan services and marketing platform thats helped dozens of labels and artist managers disseminate information about their artists, is poised for some major expansion.

The core idea behind ArtistData is synchronization. Instead of having to manually log into Facebook, MySpace, Purevolume, Sonicbids and so on to add relevant information about gigs or releases, ArtistData allows its 25,000+ users to log into a dashboard, enter the information once, and have it automatically added to any of the 28 sites ...

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Free NARM Webinar: Topspin in Action on June 24

Source: HypeBot
June 15, 2010

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Sonicbids Acquires ArtistData

Source: HypeBot
June 15, 2010

Exclusive Interview With Sonicbids CEO Panos Panay

Sonicbids has acquired ArtistData, a popular platform that many musicians and labels use to simultaneously update their content across the web. The move signals an expansion for Sonicbids beyond its popular electronic press kits and gig opportunities to also helping artists promote their shows after they've been booked. ArtistData founder Brenden Mulligan has been named Vice President of Strategic Development for Sonicbids. According to the company, more than ...

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Reblog This at Your Own Legal Risk

Source: Michael Ricci
June 15, 2010

Bloggers rip, reuse and rehash text and media from the entrails of the Internet all the time, but the legality of doing so remain contentious. Legal questions aside, the major blogging platforms have come to facilitate the reproduction of content from other websites.

Last week, WordPress, the top host of blogs, added a “reblog" feature. Clicking that button composes a new post housed on your blog suffixed with the headline, description, thumbnail and link to the source material -- a ...

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Starbucks Announces Free Wi-Fi

Source: All About Jazz
June 15, 2010

Starbucks Coffee Company CEO Howard Schultz announces free Wi-Fi in all Starbucks locations at the Wired Disruptive by Design conference in New York City during a conversation with Wired magazine editor-in-chief Chris Anderson.

Starbucks coffee drinks have become synonymous with the high costs consumers are cutting back on these days, but at least the Wi-Fi connections in its stores will no longer require a credit card. Free Wi-Fi is in my mind just the price of admission. Starting ...

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