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Is Facebook Interested in Music, at All? No, They're Not...

Source: Digital Music News
December 8, 2010

From a Monday morning, SF MusicTech Summit panel discussion:

Brenden Mulligan, Moderator: So there's no Facebook Music coming anytime soon?

Meredith Chin, Facebook: No.

Once upon a time, Facebook was absolutely interested in music. And, according to sources, discussing licensing possibilities with the majors and other potential partners. Facebook Music was afoot.

Well, those days are definitely no more, and now, the company is saying it out loud. At SF MusicTech on Monday, Facebook manager of Corporate Communications Meredith Chin ...

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Online Music Label Clears 1M in Sales in 2 Years

Source: HypeBot
December 8, 2010

After two years in operation, DFTBA Records has now sold a total of $1,000,000 in music and merch. Two YouTubers founded the company in 2008 who wanted to make being a full-time musician an attainable dream for their fellow video bloggers and performers. Hank and Alan, the founders of the label, ran the numbers and soon figured out that if they “could dramatically increase the amount of money artists make per CD they sell," and let their 'artists' authenticity increase the ...

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Google Says It Can Do Music 10x Better Than iTunes

Source: HypeBot
December 8, 2010

Google publicly promised an ambitious music service including subscriptions and a cloud music locker months ago, but talks with the labels appear to have stalled. Google Vice President Andy Rubin says the company isn't about to give up, though they aren't interested in just creating another iTunes. “We could build that 10 times over," Rubin told Peter Kaftka of All Things Digital, but iTunes is just “not the right experience." Memories of browsing record store bins as a 15 year ...

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How to Spend 15% Less Time Reading E-Mail

Source: HypeBot
December 8, 2010

Whether you're an artist or a manager, this statistic is very important to know. Just by turning on Gmail's latest Priority Inbox function, users now spend 15% less time reading e-mail. Additionally, they spend 43% more time reading “important" emails vs. “unimportant" ones. If you go through a high volume of e-mail like us, spending less time reading email is critical. Since the update, Google has made it so Priority Inbox learns faster and now tells users why they've marked ...

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viinyl.com: Quick Interactive Single Song Sites

Source: HypeBot
December 8, 2010

Canadian start-up Viinyl turns single songs into a quick but robust interactive website. Curently in beta, think of it as a digital version of the 45rpm single with artwork, lyrics and videos. Viinyl mini-sites come optimized with links to the social web. If you have any eye for graphics, it appears simple to create an engaging mini-site. Viinyl creates a unique url for each song site which they say makes the song more SEO friendly. How well that works might ...

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Limewire is Officially F*ked. Long Live Limewire...

Source: Digital Music News
December 6, 2010

What happens when high-flying P2Ps finally get fried? The real fun begins! But for now, there's nothing amusing for founder Mark Gorton, CEO George Searle, and the other remaining crew members. This pirate ship is sinking fast, and even the rats are scrambling.The LimeWire Store is getting phased out, and ahead of the weekend, the Wall Street Journal sniffed a similar fate for the long-planned, legitimate relaunch. That was subsequently confirmed to Digital Music News by the company. But it's ...

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How to Get a Free Tubeify Account

Source: HypeBot
December 6, 2010

If blog buzz is any measure, in the last few days music fans can't get enough of free music service Tubeify. This mashup of Last.fm and YouTube allows for unrestricted music discovery and playlisting. It's not Spotify or MOG, but it is free and available everywhere.  Is Tubefy legal? The creators are obviously hoping to take advantage of the licences that YouTube and Last.fm already pay for. In the past rightsholders have responded inconsistently to similar services. How to get ...

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Let's Face It: Google's Still a Piracy Whorehouse. It's Just Getting Cleaned up a Little...

Source: Digital Music News
December 4, 2010

Good news: Google is now responding to takedown requests within 24 hours. But what was it before? 48 hours? 72? 24 days? It's always nice when a multi-billionaire reaches out to the little guy, but let's not pretend this is a huge sea-change. It's still the same hassle to get content removed, just a little bit less of a migraine. Are you a significant content owner? Then unauthorized links to your catalog are probably on Google results right now, and ...

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