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'Bonnaroo 365' Launches with Raconteurs Set
The Raconteurs' feverish Bonnaroo 2008 set, which is now streaming on Bonnaroo.com, will be the first of a host of content to go live on the site in the weeks to come under the mantle Bonnaroo 365. “The vision of where we can take the template and application I think is going to be 10 times ...
House Approves $6 Billion Broadband Plan
The House Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday approved a $6 billion broadband plan that would provide grants for those who build out high-speed Internet networks and require the government to maintain a public, online broadband inventory map. The plan is part of an $825 billion overall economic stimulus package unveiled last week by the House ...
EMI's New Music Services Unit Takes Shape
EMI has made a number of key appointments to its new Music Services' division. Merchandising and packaged goods veteran Peter Palmer will lead EMI's global Merchandising group. Dominic Pandiscia will head a global Label Services unit and Violet Gonzalez, who joins EMI from Live Nation, will establish a new sponsorship department. “Music Services is all about ...
Jogli Aims Straight for Project Playlist with 500m Songs and Widgets
The record label's nightmare continues with startups and new technologies popping up faster than ever. This time an Israeli venture is up at bat with almost $1 million in funding and offering free access to 12 million albums, half a billion tracks and playlists spreadable via widget, as well as, the usual music community features. Jogli ...
Map Your Mobile Strategy Now
One of the most prevalent trends at this week's MidemNet and Midem conferences was the growing importance of mobile music. Whether we're talking ringtones, Comes With Music or ditching your iPod for an all in one portable phone, web device, music and video player, camera and dishwasher, it's clear that more music discovery and enjoyment is ...
Indie Music Discovery Site fuzz.com to Shutter
Independent music promotion and discovery site Fuzz.com is shutting down in mid-February due to “increasing operating costs and flat revenues". Sister site Blip.fm will remain open. A letter sent to users reads in part: Dear Fuzz User: Sadly, we are contacting you to announce that Fuzz.com is shutting down on February 13, 2009. Between now ...
Midem Attendance Slide 12%
It was a difficult year for the music business as well as for the world economy; so predictions form some quarters for this year's Midem were dire. In the end, the Cannes mega-conference appears to have dodged the bullet with figures released by organizer Reed Midem showing a 12% drop in attendance to 8000 from 9100 ...
Network Neutrality Fans Hold Their Breath
A last-minute bid by the outgoing chief federal communications regulator to deepen a probe of Comcast Corp is fueling the hopes of those pushing for unfettered access to the Internet. The Federal Communications Commission said this week that Comcast's attempt to revise the practices it uses to manage Internet traffic unfairly favors its own voice Internet ...
change.gov Takes Office as White House Site
It's fitting--Change.gov has made a major metamorphosis. At 12:01 PM EST, as Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th President of the United States, the site became Whitehouse.gov. Like Change.gov before it, the newly revved White House site is expected to maintain many of the Web 2.0 user-generated elements that Obama used in his online ...
Facebook, CNN, Twitter See Inauguration Surges
The inauguration has prompted more than one million status updates on Facebook, the social networking site revealed Tuesday. Meanwhile, other social-networking sites and tools also reported surges. Facebook averaged over 4,000 status updates per hour Tuesday morning--a number that peaked at 8,500 updates every minute while President Barack Obama was giving his inaugural speech. “We've never ...
