Turntable.fm Adds A Slick iPhone App (And $7 Million) – Forbes

If 2010 was the year of social media, 2011 belongs to digital music. Not since Napster’s heyday has there been so much buzz about the space. Pandora went public, then slumped as Clear Channel unveiled iHeartRadio.com, Spotify debuted

5 Key Features Missing From Facebook Music – Wired News
Yes, Facebook will facilitate legal music sharing — something the industry has been trying to do ever since Napster electrified (some would say “electrocuted”) the music business over 10 years ago. We’re not saying it would be easy

Boyz II Men’s Nathan Morris On New App And Record Industry’s Future – Huffingtonpost.com

It’s a stunning statement from a musician whose group’s popularity peaked around the time of Metallica, Dr. Dre and Napster, and whose musical fortunes largely followed the demise of the industry-disrupting music-swapping free-for-all.

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Spotify could change world of online music – HometownLife.com
More than a decade ago, a peer-to-peer file sharing network named Napster revolutionized the way Internet users received and shared their music. For about two years, between the summer of 1999 and the summer of 2001, users who installed the

Tower Records to iTunes, NARM seeks revival – CNET News
Most traditional music merchants were hit hard by Internet distribution and online piracy. A decade after Napster, the sector remains in shambles. CD sales are dying. Web retailers haven’t fared much better. Apple’s iTunes is the No. 1 music store in the

Sean Parker Denies Facebook Post Was an Attack on Steve Jobs – Hollywood Reporter
Parker, who founded Napster and served as Facebook’s president, is now an investor and board member at Spotify, an online music service that is in the same space as Apple’s iTunes. STORY: Apple Stock Dips, Company Loses $5.5 Billion Morning After Steve

Teen spirit, Gen X and expensive shoes – ABC Online
Nowadays everybody ascribes the collapse of the recording industry to illegal downloading. But as Bob Dylan recently observed: Remember when that Napster guy came up across, it was like, ‘Everybody’s gettin’ music for free.’ I was like, ‘Well, why not?

Bill of ‘Bill And Ted’ to direct film about Napster – NME
It became an expression of youth revolt, and contributed to a complete shift in how information, media and governments work. And it is a fascinating human story, where this 18-year-old kid invents a peer-to-peer filesharing system and brings it to the

Business Matters: Why Spotify Shouldn’t Worry About Turning A Profit Right Now – Billboard Business News
Napster’s last quarterly filing as a public company shows a net loss of $4.4 million. Rhapsody had gained about 100,000 subscribers since spinning off from RealNetworks in January 2010 but had yet to turn a profit in June 2011, an executive told paidContent.

Zabar’s New Non-Lobster Z-Food – New York Times Blogs
And instead of the word ‘salad,’ we put a Z in there.” For the record, he pronounced “zabster” to rhyme with Napster, the music-sharing service, not the ingredient that his lobster salad never had. This tempest in a lobster pot boiled

Music videos the hottest channels on YouTube – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Music videos are generating the most clicks on YouTube, according to ComScore, which starts publishing data on the website’s channel partners today. Still, ComScore’s data suggests that online video doesn’t generate the viewing gravity well of television

Lady Gaga premieres ‘You and I’ music video – The Celebrity Cafe.com
Lady Gaga doesn’t go by the rules, especially when it comes to video premieres. Expected to premiere on Thursday, Lady Gaga premiered her new music video for “You and I” two days early. “You must love all + every part of me, as must I, for this

Outside Lands fest about more than music – AZCentral.com

The Outside Lands festival has acts like the Grammy-winning Arcade Fire and Muse as headliners, but co-promoter Rick Farman is just as excited about another attraction at the three-day event – its culinary delights. “People (are) talking about what they’re

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Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides is Available on Special Pre-Order on DVD and Blu-ray from Tesco Entertainment – PR Newswire

Tesco Entertainment has a huge array of DVDs , Games, CDs, MP3s, and Blu-rays providing a fabulous choice of entertainment for people of all ages at great prices. The Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides DVD is due for release on 12 th September

Baidu Signs Label Deal For Ting Music But Still Links To Pirated MP3s – Yahoo Finance
While everyone’s attention was focused on Spotify finally launching services in the U.S., another online music milestone has been reached on the other side of the world. China’s search giant Baidu (NSDQ: BIDU – News ), long accused of aiding and

MusicKong.com Makes Internet History with Launch of Web’s First Music Search and Price Comparison Site – YAHOO!
Groundbreaking website launches and ushers in a new era where music fans can easily search, find and buy all of the MP3s they want at the best price available. Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) August 03, 2011 The wait is over, and music fans around the world who

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Tech Talk: The Death of Physical Media? – KWCH.com
People stopped buying CDs. They were downloading MP3s. Record stores across the country and the world started closing. The music industry completely panicked! In recent days, attention turned to downloads. Sales of MP3 players are through the roof and are

Genius SP-i400 Magnetic Portable Music Speaker Review–Ultraportable But Underpowered – MobileWhack.com
Also, it offers up an SD card slot, so that if you have MP3s on an SD card, you can play them directly on the speaker itself. It displays its level of battery charge by a series of colored lights, which is a help, and offers a set of controls for the SD card users.

Top 10 mp3s of the Week (7/29) – Consequence of Sound
Every Thursday, Winston and I meet in some internet alcove and briefly narrow down our selections for this feature and it’s like rehashing the good times we’ve had with these tracks over the week. I’ve had that Mikal Cronin song on infinite repeat

Emile Pandolfi, America’s Most-Loved Pianist, Offers Free MP3s! – 24-7PressRelease.com
Emile Pandolfi is America’s most-loved piano player. You’ll love him even more as he gives back to his fans in a huge way. Read on to know more. NEW ROCKFORD, ND, August 01, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ — Emile Pandolfi is America’s most-loved pianist. He’s

MUSIC INTERVIEW: Last Note – Rochester City Newspaper
It doesn’t; principal songwriter LeDuc writes at home and then fires off MP3s to the rest of the band. But that’s not the band’s only non-convention. Last Note’s debut, self-titled album was recorded live. Still with no rehearsals and no studio output

Apple’s new rules might kill in-app shopping – MobileMag
The scheme, which came into effect this month, deducts 30 per cent of each in-app sale – say, ebooks, mp3s or extra levels in game apps.  The decision has led Amazon , Kobo, Rhapsody and various other companies to remove the ability to shop from within

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