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- CEO: Vevo made $150 million in revenue last year
(AP)
AP - Vevo, the online music video service launched by Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment in late 2009, pulled in $150 million in revenue last year, chief executive Rio Caraeff revealed on Tuesday.
- Ukraine shutters top file-sharing site
(Digital Trends)
Digital Trends - In the wake of the takedown of file-sharing site MegaUpload (and the ripple effect to sites like FileSonic and Uploaded.to), another popular file-sharing site has gone dark. Ukrainian police today shut down the countryâs most popular file sharing site, Ex.ua, on grounds that it was illegally distributing copyrighted material, including music, videos, and movies.
- Bronfman: UMG, Sony purchase of EMI 'dangerous'
(AP)
AP - Outgoing Warner Music chairman Edgar Bronfman Jr. says the proposed purchase of British recording company EMI by recording rivals Universal Music Group and Sony/ATV is "dangerous" and must be stopped by regulators.
- Neil Young building digital music device for downloading
(Reuters)
Reuters - Neil Young said Tuesday that he is picking up where Steve Jobs left off, working on a device that can offer digital music without sacrificing quality as iTunes, Amazon and others have done.
- Vevo Made $150 Million Last Year
(Mashable)
Mashable - Vevo generated $150 million in revenue last year, President and CEO Rio D. Caraeff revealed at AllThingsD's media conference on Tuesday.
The two-year-old music video platform, a joint venture between Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group and Abu Dhabi Media, has paid out $100 million to content owners over the past two years, he added.
- The top 10 songs and albums on the iTunes Store
(AP)
AP - iTunes' Official Music Charts for the week ending Jan. 30, 2012:
- Ukraine shuts down top file sharing website
(Reuters)
Reuters - Ukrainian police on Tuesday shut down the former Soviet republic's most popular file sharing website, Ex.ua, accusing its owners of illegally distributing copyright-protected software, music and videos.
- Paul McCartney says he's working on music for a new video game
(Digital Trends)
Digital Trends - Sir Paul McCartney is bringing his music to yet another video game, and from what we can tell, itâs not a sequel to Beatles Rock Band.
- Spielberg's The River hits UK iTunes 24-hours after US TV debut, will it curb piracy of the show?
(Digital Trends)
Digital Trends - Piracy has been in the news a lot recently, thanks to extensive coverage of both the SOPA and PIPA bills, and the ongoing saga of Megaupload.com.
- Review: Odd experimentation reveals muddled result
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AP - "Purple Naked Ladies," The Internet (Odd Future)
- Google Doodle Celebrates World's Largest Snowflake [VIDEO]
(Mashable)
Mashable - [More from Mashable: Google Music Finally Lets You Download Your Own Tunes [VIDEO]]
- Detroit Symphony offering series of free webcasts
(AP)
AP - The Detroit Symphony Orchestra has launched a webcast player that will allow music lovers to enjoy an upcoming performance of Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 4 and other concerts online for free in the comfort of their homes.
- Google Music Manager: A frustrating way to download your music library
(Digital Trends)
Digital Trends - Google Music users, you can breathe a slight sigh of relief, but donât get too excited. Google has finally enabled a way for you to retrieve the music you upload to its new music storage locker service. The announcement was made on the official Google+ page for Android and verified by a new help article on the Android Market Web site.Â
- Ex-Palm chief leaves HP after WebOS move
(Reuters)
Reuters - Jon Rubinstein, who was instrumental in crafting Apple Inc's iPod music player, has left Hewlett Packard Co after two years on the job there.
- Google Music Finally Lets You Download Your Own Tunes [VIDEO]
(Mashable)
Mashable - Google Music, Google's cloud music service, has finally introduced a feature that lets users download their music to a computer with just a click of a button.
- Google and Bing Searches Help Us Pirate Music?
(Mashable)
Mashable - Of course the public is going to pirate music when 80% of our search results for music direct us to illegal sites. That's the claim made by a coalition of entertainment industry groups in a private document sent to the U.K. government.
- HTC Sense 4.0 will bring Beats Audio to third-party apps
(Digital Trends)
Digital Trends - Following the leak of the HTC Primo earlier this week, our very own Jeffrey Van Camp commented on the presence of Beats Audio on the phone, saying he was disappointed with the feature on the HTC Rezound, as it was only compatible with the standard HTC music player.
- The 10 most anticipated PlayStation Vita games
(Digital Trends)
Digital Trends - The North American launch of the PlayStation Vita is just a few short weeks away, so for those of you considering picking up Sonyâs new uber-device, itâs time to start thinking about what you will do with it. As you might expect from a device of its sort, the Vita will have all the bells and whistles of a modern handheld media device: It will stream Netflix, have access to the PlayStation Store and all that it offers including video and music rentals, and have other neat-o things like Facebook. It would be odd if it didnât. It will also play your own video and music files, and it even has front and back cameras. And oh, hey, it can also play games! Who knew?
- These mobile apps should be music to your ears
(Appolicious)
Appolicious - There are hundreds if not thousands of high-quality music applications available to download on smartphones and tablet devices. From apps that stream Internet radio stations, to music detection and discovery tools, to concert video services, there is no shortage of apps that rock (and appeal to other genres). Also note that while some apps aren’t built specifically for iPads and Android tablets, they run perfectly well on the larger screens and if anything have better audio capabilities.
- Murdoch-backed music startup bankrupt before launch
(Reuters)
Reuters - Beyond Oblivion, a digital music startup backed by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp and investment bank Allen & Co Director Stanley Shuman has filed for bankruptcy protection after spending millions of dollars building a service that never saw the light of day.