PassAlong Networks debuts music download service; Launches first digital music store on eBay offering major label catalogs; Consumers rewarded for legally sharing music
FRANKLIN, TN. (A&R Partners/ www.arpartners.com) - PassAlong Networks, a new company launching today, announced the debut of its digital music download service and sharing network, marked by the company's launch of the first digital music store on eBay to feature music catalogs from the major labels. ...
| New PC-software supports consumers of music downloads in disadvantages of music industry
KARLSRUHE, Germany (Rapid Solution Software/ www.tunebite.com) - German company RapidSolution Software has released the Windows software Tunebite. Music tracks purchased from the Internet are copy-protected and involve important restrictions for many users when they are played back. With the option ...
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RealNetworks announces record 3 million songs sold in three-week music sale; Top tracks to remain 49 cents
SEATTLE, WA. (Real Networks) - RealNetworks, Inc. announced today that music fans purchased more than 3 million songs during the three-week promotion celebrating the company's new Harmony Technology, and said it would continue to offer some of the most popular downloadable tunes for just 49 cents per ...
| Download royalty free music at CD quality with Q-Disc
LOS ANGELES (CSS Music/ www.cssmusic.com) - Now, users who can't wait for CD quality royalty free music to be shipped overnight don't have to. CSS Music offers a new download option called Q-Disc. With Q-Disc, film and television producers, as well as the average user, can download MP4 (AAC) 128kbs ...
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The Orchard's innovative distribution strategy helps Fierce Panda's Coldplay become the second most downloaded album on iTunes
LONDON, UK (www.orchard.com/ Fierce Panda Records) - Only weeks after Fierce Panda signs its first-ever digital distribution agreement with The Orchard, Coldplay hits the top of the charts. The Orchard, the world's leading distributor and marketer of independent music, and Fierce Panda Records, the ...
| HolyHipHop.com announces 58,862 digital downloads through the date ending August 31, 2004, as a part of its strategic alliance with the leading subscription-based digital music provider of independent trax: eMusic.com
ATLANTA, GA. (Holy Hip Hop/ www.holyhiphop.com) - HolyHipHop.com announced today that 58,862 digital downloads of Holy Hip Hop trax, via the eMusic.com subscription-based service, through the date ending August 31, 2004. In 2003, HolyHipHop.com implemented a multi-year Agreement with eMusic.com, in ...
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Ian Eskelin and Inpop Records offer free music downloads
NEW YORK (www.IanEskelin.com) - Inpop Records' pop singer/songwriter Ian Eskelin is offering consumers the opportunity to download two free songs from his upcoming project, SAVE THE HUMANS, by visiting www.IanEskelin.com. The songs, "Taboo" and "Shout," are the first two radio singles from the CD which ...
| Final availability of Windows Media Player 10 brings more music and more choices to music fans
REDMOND, WA. (Microsoft press reelase) - Microsoft Corp. today announced the final version of Windows Media Player 10 will be available for download at 6 a.m. PDT on Sept. 2, 2004. The new player is designed to make it faster and easier for consumers to discover, download, play and transport their digital ...
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Napster previews first Portable Digital Music Subscription Service
LOS ANGELES (Napster press release) - Napster, a division of Roxio, announced today that a preview version of its upcoming Napster To Go, the world's first and only fully portable digital music subscription service, is available through the Napster link within the Microsoft Windows Media Player 10's ...
| Microsoft drives a new category of Digital Entertainment by announcing availability of the first portable media centers
REDMOND, WA. (Microsoft PR) - Microsoft Corp. today announced that the first Windows Mobile-based Portable Media Centers from Creative Labs Inc. will be available to the public tomorrow at Best Buy and Creative.com and in the coming weeks from Amazon.com Inc., CompUSA Inc., Fry's Electronics, Good Guys ...
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RealNetworks celebrates bringing Harmony to music fans - sells more than 1 million songs in a week
SEATTLE, WA. (Real Networks press release) - RealNetworks, Inc. today announced that more than one million songs were sold in the first week of the Freedom of Choice campaign. The combination of the ongoing 49-cent-per-song RealPlayer Music Store promotion and a simultaneous promotion of Rhapsody resulted ...
| RealNetworks offers half price music downloads: For a limited time, song downloads now cost just 49 cents!
SEATTLE, WA. (Real Networks press release) - RealNetworks, Inc, the leading creator of digital media services and software, today announced the biggest music sale in history to kick off the Freedom of Choice campaign. For a limited time only, every song in the RealPlayer Music Store - from a-ha to ZZ ...
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iTunes Music Store Catalog Tops One Million Songs
CUPERTINO, CA. (Apple Inc) - Apple today announced that the iTunes Music Store now has over one million songs available for download in the US, becoming the first and only online digital music service to offer consumers a million song catalog. The iTunes Music Store features music from all five major ...
| Ericsson selected by TeliaSonera to provide and host the Mobile Music Service M-USE
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (www.ericsson.com/press) - Ericsson's mobile music service M-USE has been chosen and launched by TeliaSonera Sweden. This enables TeliaSonera Sweden to offer its customers a unique mobile music service filled with international and local mobile music content. The M-USE service, developed ...
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Open source musician 'Another Dreamer' releases debut album, 'The World Outside'
NEW YORK (www.anotherdreamer.net) - He's been compared to Pulp, Blur, and Badly Drawn Boy, but Another Dreamer's new debut, The World Outside, is unique in its brand of troubled optimism. A reviewer from the blog 1stepahead wrote, "The songs are a good mix of deadpan singing that explore the heights ...
| Stiffff Kitties announces free download of its new remix track 'Bela Lugosi's Dead'
NEW YORK (www.undergroundvisionsinc.com) - UNDERGROUND VISIONS, INC announces FREE DOWNLOAD of the STIFFFF KITTIES cover remix of BAUHAUS's legendary "BELA LUGOSI'S DEAD" to DJ'S WORLDWIDE!!! Dianne D Meinke, the creator of Internationally charting & Grammy Nominated entities SERA DE MORTE' & the STIFFFF ...
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MixMeister tries to help the world count beats properly: BPM Analyzer released as freeware
SEATTLE, WA (MixMeister) - Citing frustration with the lack of correct BPM (beats per minute) information in today's digital music files, MixMeister Technology today announced the release of a free product to fix incorrect or incomplete tempo information within MP3 files. Accurate BPM counts are essential ...
| RealNetworks says files can play on IPod
SEATTLE (RealNetworks Press Release) - RealNetworks Inc., the leading creator of digital media services and software, today announced Harmony Technology, the world's first DRM translation system to enable consumers to securely transfer purchased music to every popular secure music device. Harmony Technology ...
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The Sun and Napster announce first ever online music promotion in a UK national daily newspaper
LONDON, UK (Napster UK, Ltd press release) - Napster UK, Ltd., a subsidiary of Roxio, Inc, is to run a series of major consumer promotions in conjunction with The Sun, the UK's biggest selling national daily newspaper (a News Group Newspapers Limited property). On Saturday, and for eight Saturdays throughout ...
| 1500 downloads in 2 weeks for The Sun Brothers
LONDON, UK (Shattered Songs Records/ www.thesunbrothers.com) - London prog-pop auteurs The Sun Brothers have seen their debut release cause an instant reaction on the audioscrobbler website. They have risen 300 positions on the most listened to artists chart on the site, that unites music fans with ...
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