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Apple’s App Store

Over 1.5 billion applications (apps) have now been downloaded for the Apple iPhone & iTouch. All that in about a year. And it was just about a month ago when that number was 1 billion apps. The rapid sales of the new 3GS phone have played a large part in this amazing increase. Over 40 [...]

Vevo Music Service

The much awaited online video channel for Universal Music has taken further steps forward. This video channel will be a partnership between YouTube and Universal Music and will live at vevo.com. Universal Music currently has the highest numbers of viewers for a particular YouTube channel. That’s great for Universal, but also a bit of a [...]

Facebook’s Foray

The NY Post reported that Facebook may be looking into making a stronger presence in the digital music business. Just recently, MySpace improved their presence with MySpace Music. They did this by releasing equity in MySpace Music to the major labels in exchange for the licenses to the songs. Should Facebook make a stronger push, [...]

Melting Pot or Silo?

What is the future of music social networking sites? Will they truly reach the ideal of the melting pot where everyone comes to consume all types of music and everyone shares their thoughts in user-generated utopia? Or will fans generate to silos of rap and silos of country depending on their tastes in music? It [...]