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MogoTXT has launched a new promotion with Amie Street, a DRM-free music download site, to offer free music to MogoTXT members.
New MogoTXT members will receive $2 of free music they can instantly download to their computers and then load into the music players of their choice (such as Apple iPods and Microsoft Zunes). MogoTXT has created some text groups for bands and also allows anyone to easily set up text messaging groups of unlimited size on its website at www.mogotxt.com. MogoTXT is tying featured Amie Street artists and renowned jazz and blues musicians into its new group chat features.
Now that MogoTXT members can organize free text messaging groups of unlimited size, MogoTXT will help start new fan groups based around upcoming indie artists including Cat Power, Vampire Weekend, Thom Yorke, and many others.
Samsung Mobile launched the second annual Samsung AT&T
Summer Krush with a free Mariah Carey concert, last night in Los Angeles.
Samsung AT&T Summer Krush will present six more one-night only
private music events. Lasting through mid-September, Samsung AT&T Summer
Krush gives consumers a chance to hear some of their favorite bands performing
exclusive concerts in some of the most intimate locations, with tickets only
available via radio promotions, street teams, and online registration.
Samsung AT&T Summer Krush will conclude with a rocking concert
from multi-platinum selling band, Good Charlotte, open to the public, in
- LeAnn Rimes in
- Nelly in
- Smashing
Pumpkins in
- Nas in
- Good
SendMe, and Moderati have partnered to provide SendMeMobile.com members
access to Moderati's premium catalog of indie music. Members who sign up for
SendMe's mobile content offering will be able to select and download ringtones
from Moderati's vast catalog, including songs from well-known labels such as
Beggars Group, TVT Records, Silva Screen and others.
As part of the deal, SendMe will include popular and niche music from TV
shows and movies, including James Bond, Charlie's Angels, Ghostbusters, Rocky
and more. Among the top indie labels from Moderati that will now be available
at SendMeMobile.com are
"SendMe's innovative platform is a natural way to extend the
reach of our catalog, and we're excited to provide SendMe Mobile members with a
direct and personalized connection to the music from our favorite label
partners," said Cindy Mesaros, SVP
Muze Inc., will now provide track-level data as a part of its forthcoming release of MuzeMusic 2.0 media information solutions portfolio for music product sales, audience development, and social networking applications.Having track and song-level metadata and descriptors is essential for enabling search, discovery, recommendation, and consumption of music and other forms of digital entertainment.
MuzeMusic 2.0 is a comprehensive music database that contains normalized commercial metadata, expert editorial content including reviews and biographies, artist images, and music samples that enable companies to increase their sales of entertainment products -- such as tracks and albums -- and to attract and retain subscribers to Internet, mobile, and social networking sites.
Muze Tracks Plus, along with MuzeMusic 2.0, will be generally available at the end of July.
SendMe Mobile will offer content from Warner Music Group through SendMeMobile.com
and its mobile sweepstakes site SoLow.com. Together, SendMe and WMG are
creating a series of custom premium SMS subscription products that will enable
fans to connect with their favorite artists directly over multiple platforms.
As part of the agreement, SendMe will offer thousands of WMG artist
ringtones, video ringers and wallpaper images at SendMeMobile.com, for
subscribers to download directly to their mobile phones. In the coming months,
WMG and SendMe will debut a series of additional mobile products available exclusively
at SendMeMobile.com and SoLow.com.
WMG and SendMe will work together to further engage fans with their favorite
WMG artists by offering artist-related experiential prizes and content on
SoLow.com, SendMe's mobile game and contest site where the lowest unique bidder
wins. Soon, fans can visit SoLow.com to bid on one-of-a-kind artist giveaways,
some of which will include opportunities to meet and hang out with today's
hottest artists.
erizon Wireless customers who download Jonas
Brothers' songs, purchase ringtones or ringback tones from their V
CAST-capable phones will be entered to win a pair of mobile tickets to
see Jonas Brothers in concert.
Verizon Wireless provides fans with access to the Jonas Brothers
during the "Burning Up" tour, including exclusive music and video on V
CAST, mobile tickets and a chance to meet the Jonas Brothers.
Verizon Wireless customers can download exclusive songs and video from the Jonas Brothers through V CAST Music and Video. With V CAST Music, fans can now download the live versions of the previously unreleased songs from the Jonas Brothers' anxiously awaited album, "A Little Bit Longer," including "Shelf," "Burnin' Up," "A Little Bit Longer" and "Pushing Me Away." The songs can be downloaded over-the-air directly to fans' mobile phones with V CAST Music.
Olympic sponsor AT&T will produce AT&T Team USA Soundtrack to inspire and support U.S. Olympic Teams with music by 3 Doors Down, Army of Me, Colbie Caillat, Clique Girlz, Sheryl Crow, Flipsyde, Lady Antebellum, Mere, Nelly and Kate Voegele.
These songs will be played during broadcasts of the Olympic Games and will be available for download only during the Olympic Games in August through AT&T MEdiaNet. The proceeds from the tracks will benefit Team USA. Other artists who will participate in the AT&T Team USA Soundtrack will be announced later.
AT&T will also serve as the official telecommunications services partner of the U.S. Olympic Team for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Additional information about AT&T’s sponsorship of the U.S. Olympic Team is available at http://www.att.com/teamusa2008
Physical music spending is down as online and mobile formats gain momentum. eMarketer estimates that online and mobile will grab about 40% of the total music spend in 2009.
Current developments such as Vodafone's deal with MySpace to launch
"Vodafone Music Reporter" help substantiate the notion that the music landscape
is changing rapidly. Music fans are longing for communities that offer a unique
music experience and a mobile music platform that gives fans of its music
events the opportunity to be involved online, says the eMarketer report,
"Recorded MusicMarketers should be looking to enhance the customer experience by bringing
together online, mobile and user-generated platforms such as blogs where fellow
users can interact.
Nokia announced that Warner Music Group will make its diverse catalog of new stars and legendary artists available through Nokia Music Stores around the world as well as through Comes With Music,
Comes With Music is expected to launch in the second half of 2008 on a range of Nokia devices in selected territories. With a single purchase, consumers will have access to a year of exploring and downloading the music that they love, and be able to keep all their selections in their permanent library.
Warner Music Group content will also now be available through the Nokia Music Store. With millions of tracks from major artists and independent labels, the Nokia Music Store lets people enjoy music directly on their Nokia device or personal computer. The Nokia store, with its compelling combination of download and streaming services, empowers fans to connect to music they want, in the way they want.
Consumers can browse for new music, get recommendations or search for favorite artists, songs or albums all from the palm of their hand. Songs can be added to a wish list for future purchase or purchased immediately and downloaded directly to the mobile device. Purchased songs can also be transferred between a PC and a compatible Nokia device, regardless of which device was used to buy them.
Verizon Wireless and Rhapsody, the digital music service from RealNetworks and MTV Networks, launch V CAST Music with Rhapsody. Combining Verizon Wireless' over-the-air mobile music service with Rhapsody's desktop solution, V CAST Music with Rhapsody delivers unlimited monthly access to music on up to three Rhapsody-compatible mobile phones and players and online on multiple PCs and seb browsers
Customers who purchase music over-the-air are able to download the master copy of the songs or albums to their PCs free of digital rights management (DRM) software that restricts how and where music can be played.
When customers download the V CAST Music with Rhapsody Software to their PCs and sign up for the monthly subscription, they have the ultimate music management service, including:
- Unlimited subscription syncing with access to more than 5 million songs
- Creating and accessing playlists, viewing playlists of other users, including celebrities
- Burning, importing and converting CDs to play anywhere
- Managing an existing digital music collection for free and syncing it to their mobile phones
- Buying non-protected MP3s of songs on the PC for 99 cents per song
- Buying songs on the phone, over-the-air - get two copies of the song for just $1.99 (one is over-the-air, the second master copy is the file customers download onto their PCs)
Oxy Systems, Inc. (www.oxysys.com), a leader in the development of advanced platforms for mobile applications and services, today announced the Beta launch of the phling! MusicLounge Mobile Web App. This joins the phling! Phone App, a Java midlet application, in Oxy Systems' range of MusicLounge applications.
The phling! Mobile Web App lets a phling! subscriber stream music they already own to their mobile phone from their home PC as well as joining the global phling! community of mobile music lovers. phling! is the only mobile service that connects subscribers to the music they already own as well as to their circle of friends.
The phling! Mobile Web App is available free of charge for a limited time - register for the Beta at www.phling.com. To use the phling! Mobile Web App, users should sign up for an unlimited data plan from their mobile service provider.
Apple announced that music fans have purchased and downloaded over five billion songs from the iTunes Store (www.itunes.com). iTunes is the number one music retailer in the US* and features the largest music catalog with over eight million songs. Also, iTunes customers are now renting and purchasing over 50,000 movies every day, making iTunes the world's most popular online movie store.
iTunes features movies from all of the major movie studios including 20th Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros., Paramount, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Lionsgate and New Line Cinema. Users can rent movies and watch them on their Macs or PCs, all current generation iPods**, iPhoneTM and on a widescreen TV with Apple TV®. iTunes Store customers can also purchase new movie releases from major film studios and premier independent studios on the same day as their DVD release
Sony Ericsson announced that five-time
Grammy Award-winning artist Usher will headline Sony Ericsson’s Walkman
music phone campaigns in North America. The partnership covers the
United States and Canada, in addition to more than twenty countries in
Europe and will include title sponsorship rights for Usher’s North
American tour later in the year.
Sony Ericsson will engage in joint marketing activities with exclusive wireless operator, AT&T in the United States.
“This partnership with Usher is the ideal campaign for us to build on the leadership that we’ve established in the mobile music arena,” said Karen Morris, Sony Ericsson vice president of marketing in North America. “Consumers will be able to get the ultimate mobile music experience, thanks to Sony Ericsson and Usher.”
Napster announced the launch of the world’s largest and most comprehensive MP3 store at www.napster.com/store.
Napster’s download store is more than 50% larger than any other MP3 store and boasts not only the largest major label MP3 catalog in the industry, but also the largest library of independent music available anywhere. All Napster download sales in the U.S. will now be in the user-friendly, DRM-free MP3 format, which is compatible with virtually any MP3 player or music phone including the iPod and the iPhone. Napster is the first music subscription service featuring major label content to offer 100% of its catalog in the MP3 format for download sales.
Pricing for download sales will remain at 99 cents for single MP3 tracks and $9.95 for most MP3 albums, Napster confirmed. The vast majority of the MP3 catalog, including all major label content, is available at a high-quality 256kbps bitrate, and downloaded tracks include high-resolution album art. Consumers can visit and browse the download store with no obligation or commitment, and can also choose to subscribe to Napster’s on-demand streaming service, which is web-based and can be accessed from any Internet-connected computer without downloading software.
Napster gives music fans the freedom of choice to discover, experience, and buy music on their own terms. With its web-based, open, innovative products and services, Napster gives consumers the ability to enjoy music across their desktop, living room, portable music player, and mobile phone.
Dada Entertainment (www.dada.net), the joint venture between Dada USA, Inc. and SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, announced the addition of DRM-free MP3s to its product suite. The new offering complements the full range of mobile products that Dada already makes available to its members through mobile and Web storefronts, including ringtones, mobile wallpapers and games.
Music fans who sign up for Dada are given 15 tokens per month for only $9.99. Each token can be redeemed for one download of a ringtone, or other mobile content including wallpapers and games. In addition, and as an alternative to downloading only mobile content, Dada members now have the option to download full songs in the MP3 format to their computer. These MP3 tracks can subsequently be transferred to any mobile phone, iPod or digital music player. Dada expects to be able to offer users over-the-air MP3 downloads to mobile devices in the coming months.
SONY BMG’s catalog is currently available through the network, and the joint venture expects to add content from other labels in the near future. Dada users are billed for the service through their phone bill via Premium SMS.
The service is currently available to users from AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Alltel, Virgin, Cellular One, Boost, Cricket, and Nextel.
Verizon
Wireless and Vodafone announced they are teaming up to deliver the first ever
live global mobile simulcast, with performances from Madonna’s exclusive
up-close and personal show at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City where she
will debut songs from her new “HARD CANDY” CD. On April 30 (morning of May 1
in the UK).
Verizon Wireless and Vodafone will broadcast four songs live from
Madonna’s historic performance. Available exclusively in the U.S. to Verizon
Wireless V CAST Music customers.
This mobile broadcast
will reach hundreds of millions of Madonna fans via their mobile phones,
celebrating the release of Madonna’s 11th studio album for Warner Bros.
Records, “HARD CANDY.” The mobile broadcast is currently scheduled to begin
at 10 p.m. EST via Verizon Wireless V CAST Performances and 3 a.m. GMT on May
1 on Vodafone Live. The four songs will be archived on the V CAST Performances
channel so fans that are unable to join live can enjoy this exclusive
performance for 30 days.
