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Rock Band Crowdsources Song Creation
At a private event in New York, MTV’s Harmonix division recently demonstrated Rock Band Network, an addition to the popular videogame series that will soon let artists and labels of any stripe convert...
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Rhapsody iPhone App Underwhelms, for Now
Rhapsody, which started a streaming music revolution in 2001 as the first company to offer songs from a big catalog for a monthly fee — only to see its first-mover lead eaten up by the likes of...
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Vevo Adds Videos from CBS Radio, Last.fm, Still Lacks Two Majors
Vevo, the upcoming video site founded by Universal Music Group and also owned by Sony Music and Abu Dhabi, will include music and music-related video archives from CBS’s Last.fm and 90 CBS Radio...
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Label-Backed Vevo Video Site Launches, But MTV Has ‘No Fear’
Universal Music Group dreamed it up, Sony Music and Abu Dhabi invested, and now, the on-demand music-video service Vevo has finally launched. The main inspiration for the service was the...
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MTV Could Break the Live Online Music Deadlock
Live music and the internet are not natural bedfellows. The former is all about where you are, who you’re with and what you see, smell and hear; the other is about surmounting those natural limitations...
View ArticleTwitter Convert Kanye West Changes His Rap
One of the most notorious holdouts against the Twitter short messaging network, Kanye West is now on board, celebrating his new Twitter account with a live appearance at Twitter's San Francisco...
View ArticleWorld’s Biggest Record Label Pulls Videos from MTV.com
Negotiations between Vevo and MTV, the two heavyweights of the music video, have broken down with dire results for visitors to MTV’s websites where music videos from Universal Music Group, the largest...
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MTV’s O Digital Music Awards Target ‘Echo Boomers’
MTV is down with digital music — as long as it’s “legal.” On Tuesday, the network that popularized the music video will announce a new awards show designed to celebrate the wild and woolly world of...
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Amazon Streaming Adds Staples From MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon
The agreement brings Amazon's subscription video service closer to parity with streaming competitors Netflix and Hulu Plus, both of which have agreements with Viacom. It also gives Amazon Prime content...
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