Google will begin manufacturing its own home music system, according to the New York Times. It's part of a broader move to create move beyond the desktop and create a closed eco-system much like Apple (iTunes, iPod, iPhone, iPad, Mac) and Amazon (Kindle).
- MegaUpload takedown didn't slow pirateD downloads, IT just moved them offshore. (IT World) Downloads to U.S. users coming across longer distances, more expensive link.
- Slacker has added Steve Wadsworth, a former senior executive at Walt Disney, to it's Board of Directors.
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- SiriusXM Crosses $3 Billion In 2011 Revenue (FMQB) And I wanted to write them off as dead…
- If The RIAA Wants To Talk About Misinformation Campaigns, Let's Start With The RIAA's Misinformation Campaign (techdirt)
- Digital distributor INgrooves has integrated SoundCloud directly into their ONE Digital platform. The move enables INgrooves clients to post tracks to SoundCloud and manage them directly from their Client Console.
- Mophonics Turns Jingles Into Singles With Mark Foster’s Grammy Nominations. (Bloomberg)
- Do you Bing? It's now the #2 search engine. Do you even know what search results for your band or project look like on Bing?
