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Shazam Encore Pretty Much Nails 'Name That Tune' May 04, 2012 
I think I may have asked Shazam Encore to do the impossible. I had downloaded the app just before a planned lunch that included a sojourn to my neighborhood car wash -- which conveniently features a simple Mexican eatery. Sitting on the bench in the shade after the nosh, I detected the faint yet unmistakable tinkling sound of elevator music above the roar of the blowing drier. "Aha," I thought, wits about me, "Shazam reckons it can identify songs instantly?"
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EU Greenlights Sony's Lane in Complex EMI Deal April 20, 2012 
The European Commission's competition authority has given an investment group led by Sony the go-ahead to acquire EMI Group's music-publishing division for US$2.2 billion. The commission's approval is conditioned on Sony, which is partnering with ATV in this transaction, selling certain music assets and changing some business practices.
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UK, US Play Piracy Tug-of-War April 19, 2012 
There is cross-party pressure in the UK to stay the extradition of 23-year-old Richard O'Dwyer, who founded a website that shared links to TV shows. Last month Theresa May, the UK home secretary, approved the extradition request to send O'Dwyer to the U.S., where he faces up to 10 years in prison for copyright violations.
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Pandora's Popularity - Too Much of a Good Thing? March 08, 2012 
Pandora reported a 62 percent increase year-over-year in active users for its fiscal fourth-quarter, which ended Jan. 31, along with a 74 percent increase in advertising revenue and a 99 percent rise in listening hours. However, those gains were accompanied by increases in royalty payments the online radio provider had to pay to content owners, and its overall performance fell short of analyst expectations.
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Google Play Tears Page From Apple Playbook March 07, 2012 
Google tore down the silos around its app, music, movie and ebook stores Tuesday and melded them into a single outlet called "Google Play." The move emulates Apple's highly successful iTunes model. "It was arguably an inevitable move," said IDC Analyst Bob O'Donnell.
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European Court Rejects Plea to Turn Social Nets Into Copyright Police February 16, 2012 
The European Union Court of Justice has rejected a call for Internet platforms to filter and block unauthorized copyrighted material. The suit was brought by music industry group SABAM against Netlog, an online social networking platform that lets users share content through profiles. SABAM objected to Netlog users sharing copyrighted material without permission.
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How MySpace Got Its Groove Back February 14, 2012 
On Monday, Myspace announced startling news: 1 million new members have joined in the past month, and the rate of signups has risen to 40,000 per day. Myspace was considered all but dead when Specific Media and singer and actor Justin Timberlake took it off News Corp.'s hands last year.
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New FB Feature Lets Friends Rock Out to the Same Tune January 13, 2012 
Facebook is enhancing its music listening options by launching Listening With Friends, a feature that will let Facebook friends listen to music together via chat. As the feature rolls out to all of Facebook's 800 million users over the next few weeks, a music note will appear next to a user's name in the chat list if he or she is listening to a song.
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Spotify Cranks Up the Volume With New App Platform November 30, 2011 
Online music service Spotify on Wednesday announced that it's launching a series of integrated apps from various partners. These include apps from entities like Rolling Stone and Billboard and Songkick. "We've turned Spotify into this platform," company CEO and founder Daniel Ek told an audience in New York.
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Hundreds of Indie Labels Cross Themselves Off Spotify's Playlist November 21, 2011
More than 200 labels held by content distributor ST Holdings have decamped Spotify, Simfy, Rdio and Napster recently over concerns the digital music streaming services' business models are detrimental to sales. Most of the labels involved are relatively small.
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Google Sets Up Another Stage in a Crowded Web Music Fest November 17, 2011 
In an effort to compete in the digital music market against giants Apple and Amazon, Google debuted its online music store Wednesday, where users can purchase and stream songs through the search giant's Android market. It also opened its free online music locker service to all users.
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Google Takes Aim at iTunes but Only Hits the Haters November 17, 2011 
I've been following Google Music with a bit of interest, starting with the beta. I must admit, though, that my interest is pretty much just academic, on the off chance that Google might actually announce a new service that's not only easy to use and ubiquitous, but also so compelling that I had to jump on board. The Google Music shown Wednesday is not it.
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Apple Strikes Up Match November 15, 2011 
Apple has released a new edition of iTunes, version 10.5.1, which includes its belated iTunes Match service. iTunes Match scans a user's library to form a comprehensive list of the user's songs, including music that was not purchased from the Apple iTunes store. If it finds a match in iTunes, Apple then provides the with a cloud-based version of the same song from iTunes.
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And Then There Were 3: Sale Splits EMI Assets Between Sony and Universal November 11, 2011 
Citigroup has reached an agreement to sell its music label, EMI Group, in two parts for a total of $4.1 billion. Universal Music Group has announced it is buying EMI's recorded music division for $1.9 billion. Sony/ATV, according to news reports, has nabbed -- or is poised to nab shortly -- EMI's publishing line of business, the copyrights for the songs.
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Soundtrack Service Lets Video Makers Add Music Without Sweating Legal Noise November 10, 2011 
Rumblefish and APM Music are teaming up to offer an online catalog of popular music and soundtracks to consumers looking to legally add sound to personal video content such as YouTube videos, slideshows or presentations. The partnership, announced Thursday, combines Rumblefish's experience with social media users and APM's vast online catalog of popular music.
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How to Get the Internet on Your Car Stereo November 10, 2011 
Unless you're driving a tricked-out late model BMW or Mini, you're unlikely to have Internet-based media streaming options built into your vehicle. However, there are ways to replicate that Internet media experience -- just without the integrated controls. The basic premise is to use your smartphone.
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What's the Holdup on iTunes Match? November 04, 2011
When Apple announced its new subscription music service iTunes Match in June, it vowed the offering would be online by the end of October. Well, Halloween has come and gone, and Apple fans still haven't seen the service. What's the holdup?
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RIM's BBM Music Fails to Silence Critics November 02, 2011 
Research In Motion is launching a music app for BlackBerry users that it hopes will spread via its incentives for users to share songs by BlackBerry Messenger. Called "BBM Music," the service is rolling out in Canada, the U.S. and Australia, with more countries expected to go online later.
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