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MixMatchMusic Helps Indie Artists Get Paid
Written by Sarah Perez / September 11, 2008 9:36 AM
MixMatchMusic is a new music community whose goal is to cater to the long tail of content creators. Although the concept of an online community for musicians is not new Continue reading »


Opentape: Host Your Own Muxtape Clone
Written by Frederic Lardinois / August 26, 2008 9:44 AM / 1 Comments
We were big fans of Muxtape here at ReadWriteWeb, but when the the virtual mixtape service shut its doors last week because of legal issues with the Recording Industry Association Continue reading »


RIAA Takes Down Muxtape, Will Future Solutions Please Hurry Up & Arrive?
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / August 18, 2008 6:22 PM / 20 Comments
Popular playlist sharing site Muxtape is down and says that it's because of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It might have been inevitable but the news will run Continue reading »


What Would the Perfect Streaming Music Service Look Like?
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / August 18, 2008 11:11 AM / 38 Comments
Pandora's on the ropes, Imeem is taking off, Grooveshark relaunched today with recommendations and a long list of cool features, Blip.fm threatens to make Muxtape look like old news - Continue reading »


Pandora On the Verge of Closing Shop
Written by Corvida / August 16, 2008 5:34 PM / 105 Comments
Pandora is an internet radio service that allows you to create your own radio station based on songs and artists that you like. While you can't necessarily pick and Continue reading »


Last.fm Wants to be Bigger in Japan
Written by Frederic Lardinois / August 5, 2008 9:07 AM / 1 Comments
The popular UK-based music streaming and discovery service Last.fm announced that it has expanded its on-demand listening and streaming radio services on the Japanese version of the site with content Continue reading »


Social.fm Shuts Down: Doomed by Its Client?
Written by Frederic Lardinois / August 4, 2008 9:43 AM
Mercora, which last year renamed itself to Social.fm, was one of the earliest entrants into the music discovery market and launched to generally favorable reviews in early 2005. Now, however, Continue reading »


Yahoo Music Does The Right Thing: Issues Refunds to Customers
Written by Frederic Lardinois / July 28, 2008 11:44 AM / 10 Comments
Last Thursday, we reported that Yahoo Music was going to shut down its store and DRM licensing servers on September 30, which was basically going to leave anybody who ever Continue reading »


The Final Days of DRM: Yahoo Music Store Closing, Will Eat Your Purchased Music
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / July 24, 2008 8:25 AM / 15 Comments
Digital Rights Management technology is dying, it's becoming understood that hobbling tunes to enforce scarcity isn't the best way to monetize the music business online. What about all the suckers Continue reading »


Three Hot Mixtape Services That Are Remaking the Art Form
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / July 22, 2008 1:27 PM / 15 Comments
Mixtapes just 'aint what they used to be. One of the most democratic forms of art collecting is being made even easier by a handful of fun new websites. Is Continue reading »


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