iTunes music store downloads Top 100 million songs
CUPERTINO, CA. (Apple ) - Apple today announced that music fans have purchased and downloaded more than 100 million songs from the iTunes Music Store, marking a major milestone for the emerging online music business. The 100 millionth song, "Somersault (Dangermouse remix)" by Zero7 was purchased by ...
| Apple iPod mini international availability set for July 24
CUPERTINO, CA. (Apple press release) Apple today announced that iPod mini, the smallest portable music player ever to hold up to 1,000 CD-quality songs, will be available internationally on July 24. iPod mini offers music lovers the ideal combination of ultra-portable design, style, song capacity, ease-of-use ...
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Projekt Revolution Tour to offer free download samplers to concert-goers
BURBANK, CA (Warner Bros./ Reprise Records/ Machine Shop Marketing) - Proving once again that it's all for the fans, organizers for the third annual PROJEKT REVOLUTION TOUR are offering everyone who purchases a ticket to any of the 32 tour dates this summer a free sampler download. Because the PROJEKT ...
| iFanz Records announces online distribution agreement with iTunes
LOS ANGELES (iFanz Records) - iFanz.com's iFanz Records (a subsidiary of McCartney Multimedia Inc.) announced today that it is teaming up with Apple and its revolutionary iTunes Music Store to offer music fans the ability to browse and purchase a wide selection of music from a range of iFanz artists. ...
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Majority of US people oppose RIAA lawsuits against P2P file-sharing
NEW YORK (Find Law newsletter) - A majority of Americans say the music industry should not sue people who illegally download music off the Internet, according to a new poll by the legal Web site FindLaw (https://www.findlaw.com). Still, legal experts say the industry's suits have legal merit and urge ...
| Wasp Factory Records releases its music digitally on Mperia for 50 cents a track!
PALO ALTO, CA. (BitPass Inc/Mperia) -Wasp Factory Records and BitPass are helping to change music distribution with the digital release of almost 100 tracks of music on Mperia.com. Mperia lets Wasp Factory release music quickly and reach its international fans that don't always have easy access to CDs. ...
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eMusic installs world's first digital download kiosk at Maxwell's
NEW YORK (www.emusic.com) - The world's most popular MP3 music subscription service supplying more than one million downloads to its members each month-will debut its highly anticipated digital download kiosk at a special show on Monday, June 28th at Maxwell's in Hoboken, New Jersey. Southern Culture ...
| Rolling Stone announces the launch of Rolling Stone Ringtones service
NEW YORK (Rolling Stone magazine/Dwango North America press release) - Dwango North America, a leading developer and distributor of entertainment content and applications for mobile phones, today announced the launch of Rolling Stone Ringtones, a new mobile entertainment service that makes it easy for ...
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Apple and BMW introduce iPod adapter!
CUPERTINO, Calif. & WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. (Apple & BMW press release) - Apple and BMW Group today announced the BMW iPod Adapter, the first seamless integration between iPod and a car audio system. The new system developed by Apple and BMW enables drivers to seamlessly use their iPod in BMW's 3 Series, ...
| Napster offers new subscribers free MP3 players
LOS ANGELES (Roxio/Napster press release) - Napster, a division of Roxio, today announced a distinctive new promotional campaign that will put a free MP3 player in the hands of every new annual Napster subscriber. The unique promotion will launch with a series of commercials during the June 22nd CBS-TV ...
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Apple launches iTunes music store in the UK, France & Germany
LONDON, UK (Apple press release) - Apple today launched its revolutionary iTunes Music Store in the UK, France and Germany giving music fans there the same large online catalogue, a la carte pricing, free previews, one-click purchasing and downloading, and groundbreaking personal use rights that have ...
| Super Vinyl People hails free track download!
LONDON (Red91) – Red91 can confirm that its latest free track download offer was a great success. Super Vinyl People's popular track Semi Swinger was downloaded more than 600 times in the four weeks it was available for free. For a limited time only, anyone interested in sampling the delights ...
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Independent atists and record labels tap US audience through broadband jukeboxes
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (Ecast Inc.) - Ecast, which owns, licenses and enables the proprietary technology on which thousands of broadband-enabled, commercial jukeboxes run, has secured the rights to sell plays of more than 10,000 songs from hundreds of independent bands ranging from rock and underground hip-hop ...
| Internet to gain Beatles' magic!
NEW YORK (CNET/Beatles Fans Website) - It seems that after years of refusing to authorise the sale of their songs online, The Beatles (what's left of them, anyway) are now talking with technology companies about doing that very thing. "According to sources familiar with the situation," negotiators for ...
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Apple iTunes will launch in Europe on June 15
LONDON, UK (Apple announcement) - After much anticipation and media speculation, Apple Computer Inc. will launch the European version of its iTunes Music Store on June 15, the company confirmed. Apple sent a press invitation on Monday to a news conference it is hosting in London on June 15, which the ...
| McDonald's, Sony link up on free song downloads
OAK BROOK, Ill. (McDonald's Press release/www.connect.com) - McDonald's marks another milestone in its leadership marketing efforts today with the announcement of a new marketing relationship with Sony Connect to launch an unprecedented multi-national restaurant promotion for customers. McDonald's Big ...
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Napster launches in Canada
TORONTO, Canada (Napster.ca press release) - Napster, a division of Roxio, Inc.), today announced that the award-winning Napster 2.0 legal online digital music service went live at https://www.napster.ca for millions of music fans across Canada. The world's most recognized brand in online music provides ...
| Napster 2.0 goes live in the UK
LONDON, UK (Napster.co.uk announcement) - Music fans across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland can now access the UK's largest digital music catalogue by downloading Napster 2.0 (www.napster.co.uk). Roxio Inc. has announced that the highly anticipated Napster 2.0 legal online music service ...
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CNET Networks launches MP3.com
NEW YORK (CNET announcement) - CNET Networks, Inc., a premier global interactive content company, today launched the MP3.com Web site, a comprehensive, next-generation digital music discovery and content resource that caters to the way people learn about and listen to music today. Digital music and ...
| Sony launches online music service
NEW YORK (Sony announcement) - Sony launched its on-line music store on Tuesday, throwing its hat into a ring that has been dominated for a year by Apple Computer's iTunes. As a competitor with significant resources — and a long list of music devices with which it hopes to rival the iPod - Sony's ...
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