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Shazam Wants You to Hold the Phone Up to the TV

Posted by: Rachael King on December 06

By Adam Satariano Shazam Entertainment Inc., maker of that nifty tool that lets people identify songs they can't recognize, wants TV viewers to start using the service, too. The startup...

INQ Says Is Working With Spotify on Phones

Posted by: Olga Kharif on October 07

British cell-phone maker INQ is developing phones that make it easy for owners to use Spotify, an online music service that's amassed millions of users in Europe, said INQ...

Is Rhapsody As Good As It Used To Be?

Posted by: Peter Burrows on February 09

Real Networks is cutting its Rhapsody music business free to pursue an IPO (just as Arik suggestedin this prescient story many months ago. How does he do it?). The news...

Congress to Commission A Study on Performance Rights

Posted by: Olga Kharif on March 10

On March 10, House Committee on the Judiciary held yet another hearing to discuss whether AM/FM radio stations should be required to pay royalties to musicians for playing their songs. The hearing resulted in one important step forward in the long-standing impasse between radio and music industries: Both sides have agreed for Congress to commission an independent study on the impact a new royalty could have on the industries involved.

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