Apple’s rumored cloud-based music service allows users to post their music to a cloud server where their songs will be available to play from their phones, computers, and any other devices they may have.
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Google Music is the long awaited music service now available in the Beta stage. It allows you to upload your music to a cloud so that you can listen to it anywhere. It also is available on Androids and has the ability to create playlists for you.
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We Are Hunted is a cool web app used for discovering new music and recently they launched a new app for the iPad called, Music Hunter.
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In this infographic showing the present and future state of music, we find that music streaming is on the rise, radio is still popular, Katy Perry is the #1 act in the US and oh so much more.
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On May 2nd, Sony Corp.’s Arista Records and Warner Music Group Corp.’s Atlantic Records will begin their trial against LimeWire. A New York federal judge, Kimba Wood, is allowing them to seek statutory damages on a per-song rather than a per-album basis.
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As you should remember, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp bought out MySpace for $580 million in July 2005. It should also come as no surprise that MySpace has been struggling to survive against its competitor Facebook — which is valued at more than $65 billion. With MySpace’s layoffs, falling traffic, and reported $156 million loss last quarter, it is no surprise that News Corp is now trying to abandon ship by selling to internet music video titan, Vevo.
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If you’re not familiar with the song “Friday” by Rebecca Black, then you’ve been living under a rock. With over a million dislikes, it may be the most hated song on the internet. Its simple lyrics and autotuned singing have made it a laughing stock. But just how did something like this ever make it past the gatekeepers? The answer as reported in the Collegiate Times is that fame-hungry parents are now paying to have their children become stars.
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