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Twitter Use Continues to Soar
The endless stream of Twitter news appears to have paid off for the micro-blogging site. Global visits to Twitter approached 10 million in February, up 700 percent from the same time last year, according to comScore. Of that, about 4 million visitors were in the U.S.--a 1,000-percent increase. In the past two months alone, global Twitter ...
Now on YouTube: First Movie Ever Made
In the latest effort to bridge the disconnect between the government and new media, the Library of Congress officially launched its YouTube channel Tuesday. The debut includes 70 historical videos from its vast collection, such as the first-ever movie (a man sneezing), 100-year-old films from the Thomas Edison studio and industrial films from Westinghouse factories. The ...
Yahoo! Music Adds Artist Pages
Yahoo! Music has launched Artist Pages which aggregate music, services and info from across the Web for 500,000 artists. The goal is to become “the ultimate starting point for music fans" and given Yahoo's reach, some pages may soon surpass artist Wikipedia and official pages at the top of search engines. Fans have the ability ...
Yahoo Music to Include iTunes, Youtube Integration
Yahoo will launch a revamped version of its music service Tuesday, which will include artists' pages and modules from competing services like iTunes, Pandora, and Amazon. Users visiting Yahoo Music will have the option of listening to music from iTunes, Amazon, Last.fm, Rhapsody, Pandora, or YouTube while remaining on the Yahoo site. The site will also ...
Review of the Free Music Debate
Inspired by the coming release of Chris Andersen's book Free: The Future of a Radical Price, we've been exploring the importance of free music. There is no debating that free is here, but the discussion as to how to use free music, even how to monetize it, has just begun. Last week's posts sparked a lively ...
Notes from the Net: Miles' Sartorial Style, the "Purdie Shuffle" Celebrated, Bennett and Evans Re-Released, Plus News, Reviews and More
Here's the latest weekly compilation of news and links related to jazz, improvisation, and creative music in St. Louis, including news of musicians originally from the Gateway City, recent visitors, and coming attractions, plus assorted other items of interest:* As longtime StLJN readers know, whenever possible we like to start these news roundups with ...
AP to Aggregators: We Will Sue You
The Associated Press board voted Monday to “pursue legal and legislative actions" against aggregators who use content without permission, a new shot across the bow of internet news sites in the war over how little use is “fair use." The AP named no potential targets, yet speculation immediately turned to Google. While the search giant pays ...
NY State Targets Secondary Ticket Market
New York Senator Introduces Ticket Legislation After Botched Springsteen Onsale After criticizing Ticketmaster for the Bruce Springsteen ticket fiasco in February, New York Senator Chuck Schumer plans to introduce legislation today that will help curb the secondary-ticket market that frequently drives up prices, the Wall Street Journal reports. Schumers bill will propose a two-day waiting period ...
Pianist Gould Foresaw Tech Role in Music
This week marks 45 years since Glenn Gould made his last public performance. He preferred to offer recordings that someday, he wrote, could be altered by the listener in different ways. Forty-five years ago this week, the great Canadian pianist Glenn Gould stepped off the stage of the Wilshire Ebell Theatre and became the prophet of ...
Ticketmaster Seller Records Subpoenaed
Regulators look closer at Ticketmaster-Live Nation. Last month Ticketmaster Chairman Barry Diller denied wrongdoing in the handling of the Springsteen tickets. The company is being forced to identify clients who sold tickets to two Springsteen concerts in New Jersey. Fans complained about paying marked-up prices through Ticketmaster's resale unit. An investigation into how Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. ...
