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MySpace Says Wait a Little Longer for Your imeem Playlists

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December 24, 2009

This email went out to imeem users earlier this week:

The MySpace Music team is working around the clock to duplicate your imeem playlists and make them available to you on myspacemusic.com as soon as possible.

In the coming weeks, we will be emailing you with instructions on how to claim your playlists on MySpace Music, using your MySpace login. If you don't have a MySpace account you can sign up for one here.

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FreeAllMusic Launches in Private Beta

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December 23, 2009

FreeAllMusic, a new site that will offer mp3's in exchange for watching a single video commercial enters private beta today, December 22nd.

There is no software required and once a user chooses a brand to sponsor their download, that brand owns every part of the download process, which includes video advertising, through to the download into their offline music library.

During the private beta, the company is testing offers of 15 to 20 free downloads per month, five per user ...

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TweetDeck to Get More Music Friendly

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December 23, 2009

Many musicians and music marketers already use TweetDeck to manage their Twitter traffic, as well as, to post simultaneously to multiple social networks. But Twitter is about to get a lot more music friendly, if only for a select group of artists.

“Alongside the development of our core products we've also been partnering up with a select group of bands, record labels, movie studios and media companies to develop themed TweetDecks. These special TweetDecks not only offer a potentially radical ...

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MidemNet Chooses Top 15 Digital Music Startups

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December 23, 2009

MidemNet Lab, a new showcase for cutting-edge digital music initiatives, has named 15 start-ups to present in a dedicated area during the Midem convention this January in Cannes.

The 15 start-ups chosen by Music Ally and a jury of entrepreneurs cover a range of digital fields that offer opportunities for the music industry including live applications (Awdio, Songkick, Streamjam), digital licensing of sheet music and lyrics (DigiClef, TuneWiki), artist management (BandCentral), managing key data for artists (Band Metrics), digital distribution ...

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Youtube Gets More Social, Adds Facebook Feeds

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December 23, 2009

YouTube has been adding a lot more social features in recent months. In addition to linking YouTube accounts to social networks like Twitter and Facebook via AutoShare, friend suggestions and easier private sharing options, users can now find the YouTube accounts of their friends on Facebook, Yahoo! and Gmail.

Last week YouTube added another “social feature" list: a feed that pushes the YouTube videos your friends are embedding on Facebook back to your YouTube homepage. This feature is in test ...

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#Musicmonday Tops Twitter Trends

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December 19, 2009

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Bad News for Spotify: No Illegal Download Drop

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December 19, 2009

Perhaps the most persuasive argument for labels and artists taking smaller payments from Spotify and other ad supported music services, was the belief that it was a substitute for illegal downloading. But a new study suggests that might not be the case.

A survey by The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) showed that 1 in 3 people are using illegal sites. More than 3,000 consumers between 16 to 54 years old took part in the online poll. When questioned about the ...

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Music Ally's 2009 Guide to Digital Music Startups

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December 18, 2009

Music Ally's 200 Digital Music Startups Of 2008 got so much attention last year, that they decided to do it again. This A-Z list is based on companies that they covered in 2009, so its not 100% complete. If you or someone you know and love failed to make the list, please add it to the comments section below and I'll make sure that the fine folks at Music Ally see it.

A to Z of Digital Music Startups in ...

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