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Facebook 6% of All U.S. Net Traffic, Twitter Stumbles

Source: HypeBot
November 1, 2009

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Live Nation Opens Web Platform to Artists and Fans

Source: HypeBot
November 1, 2009

Concert promoters Live Nation have made changes to their web site that places more of the site's content int the hands fans and artists. LiveNation.com is a top 50 ecommerce site and a top 5 online music network.

Some of the new features include:

The ability for artists and fans to upload their own concerts enabling these events to be searched alongside Live nation events. Some competing venues and promoters have balked at having a competitor display their shows, ...

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Gail Zappa on the Future of Music: "You'l Never Work on This Planet Again".

Source: HypeBot
November 1, 2009

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Realnetworks Reports Profit but Subscribers Down

Source: HypeBot
November 1, 2009

RealNetworks has reported a $1.5 million Third Quarter profit or less than 1 cent per share. It marks the first time that Real has turned a profit in more than a year. Music revenue declined 7% to $38.8 million, technology products fell 8% to $47.4 million and games dropped 14% to $29.5 million.

Subscribers to Real's Rhapsody music service were down 50,000 to 700,000 in the quarter. The company said that a recently released iPhone app will be primarily used ...

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Your Front Row Seat to Today's Google Music Announcement with Lala and iLike

Source: HypeBot
October 29, 2009

Listen To Google's Discover Music Announcement Online

This afternoon's announcement of Google's new enhanced music search service that includes play and purchase functionality courtesy of lala and iLike has been an open secret for more than a week. (see details) But that doesn't mean that today's press conference won't include a few surprises.

In case you didn't get an invite or don't happen to be in L.A. today, you can still join a webacast of Google LaLa ILike announcement live ...

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Pandora Adds Sharing Features

Source: PC Magazine
October 29, 2009

Internet radio station Pandora has added a sharing toolbar to its player that lets users share songs or stations via Facebook and Twitter. “Here at Pandora... it's been frustrating to use Pandora to share the music you're encountering with your friends," the company wrote in a blog post. “You could send an email or embed a widget on MySpace, but in the age of Twitter and Facebook our offering has been pretty spartan. That all changed tonight." The first time ...

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Understanding Facebook Artist Pages vs. Profiles

Source: HypeBot
October 29, 2009

CEO Patrick Faucher and his team at artist services provider Nimbit have been creating the tools and infrastructure for indie and d.i.y. artists to build and monetize their fanbases for more than 5 years. Most recently, their Nimbit MyStore direct to fan Facebook sales widget surpassed 2800 artist users including the Mighty Mighty Bosstones and London Symphony Orchestra.

Alongside the technology, Nimbit is adding a series of tutorials; and with their permission, Hypebot is publishing this useful overview of Facebook ...

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Facebook and Myspace in Talks to Connect

Source: HypeBot
October 28, 2009

If You Can't Beat Them, Connect With Them

Executives of both companies have confirmed that Facebook and MySpace are in talks to share some content via its Connect platform, which allows people to log into third party sites using a Facebook ID. The talks come at a time when some measurements show Facebook with twice the traffic of MySpace

Thus the urge to merge content. “Facebook is focusing on building the best technology which helps people share content, while at ...

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