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Music News From Around the Web – June 4, 2010

Posted on 04. Jun, 2010 by refe.

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I’ve compiled a selection of some of the most important music industry news and commentary the past week, along with a few of my own thoughts. Let me know in the comments section if you think I’ve missed anything notable. Public Enemy Cut Their Sellaband Target to $75k Hip-hop legends Public Enemy burst onto the [...]

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Music and Tech Recap – May 2010 Edition

Posted on 03. Jun, 2010 by Gabriel Nijmeh.

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Google held their annual I/O developer conference over two days in May where they (and their partners) announced a number of new initiatives including Google TV, mSpot, a music streaming/syncing service for the Android and their acquisition of Simplify Media, which allows streaming of locally-stored media to Android devices. Next up is Apple’s annual developer’s [...]

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Mother of All Music Tech Recaps – October Edition

Posted on 02. Nov, 2009 by refe.

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This is a guest post by Gabriel Nijmeh, a business analyst and music technology enthusiast. What a month of news and announcements coming from the digital music and tech world. The big Internet guns (Google, MySpace, Facebook) and a pack of known and new startups were battling for the top digital music business headlines. Funding, [...]

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YouTube Blocks Music Videos in Germany

Posted on 01. Apr, 2009 by refe.

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Google recently blocked all music videos from YouTube users in the UK, and now it looks like it has done the same in Germany. In both cases the deal breaker was royalty fees that Google deemed unacceptably high. Google’s contract with GEMA – the German royalty collection agency - expired last Thursday and GEMA is requiring royalty [...]

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Google Launches MP3 Search Engine in China

Posted on 31. Mar, 2009 by refe.

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Google officially launched its ad supported MP3 search engine in China yesterday. Similar services have existed in China for some time, including the most popular and widely used, Baidu. Google is the first to offer the service legally, after cutting a deal with all four major record labels that entitles them to a cut of [...]