BUSINESS MANAGEMENT: IS SONY SLOWLY DIVORCING MUSIC?
Sony Corp. wants to revitalize its electronics business, but how will it use music to get there? The company announced a transformation plan Thursday that includes shedding 10,000 jobs, or 6% of its global workforce. Music was mentioned only
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BUSINESS INNOVATION: IS SPOTIFY CREATING A NEW APP?
An image of a Spotify iPad app captured in the wild has exploded across the Internet this week, raising expectations the company will finally launch its first app created specifically for the iPad device. The picture was reportedly taken by
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BUSINESS INNOVATION: MOTOACTV KNOWS THE TRACKS THAT MAXIMIZES YOUR WORKOUT
If you ever wondered if one of your favorite pump-it-up songs can make you clock a better time running, well Motorola has introduced a new device that can. It
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BUSINESS TRENDS: JAY-Z PARTNERS WITH DURACELL POWERMAT
The father of newborn, Blue Ivy Carter, has signed a multi-year agreement with Duracall to be the face of their latest product, the Duracell Powermat JV. Furthermore, he also became an investment partner with the company that specializes in
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BUSINESS MANAGEMENT: NEW ROUND OF FUNDING FOR SOUNDCLOUD
SoundCloud has recently announced that Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), a venture capital firm, will be leading a funding campaign for the music-streaming company with the assistance of GGV Capital. According to TechCrunch, the funding
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BUSINESS TRENDS: PITBULL'S CAMPAIGN WITH SHEETS ENERGY STRIPS
Pitbull is now the voice and creative-mind behind Sheets Brand Energy Strips’ Hispanic marketing campaign. If you are not familiar with the company, Sheets is an alternative method to get an energy boost via paper thin, strips that dissolve in your
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BUSINESS LEGALITY: UMG'S COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT CASE AGAINST VEOH FAILS
In the Universal Recordings vs. Shelter Capital Partners, the online video service provider, Veoh, has been safeguarded by the appeals court from UMG’s accusation after they confirmed a lower court’s ruling insisting that the company is protected
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BUSINESS TRENDS: CLEAR CHANNEL HAS A NEW NAME
Clear Channel Communications has changed its name to Clear Channel Media & Entertainment, according to sources. The media giant stated that the name change was needed to better reflect the diverse ways the company delivered content to its
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BUSINESS INNOVATION: INTELLITIX IS SET TO REVOLUTIONIZE THE TICKET INDUSTRY
Intellitix, the self-proclaimed leading global provider of radio frequency identification (RFID), is set to revolutionize the ticketing industry for live events by making ticket fraud, the secondary ticket business, and long lines obsolete. How is the
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BUSINESS INNOVATION: A STOCK MARKET FOR MUSIC?
Can you imagine having the opportunity to purchase a percentage of the rights to one of your favorite band’s hit songs just as if you were buying stocks in Apple? Well, Tunerights has made that scenario possible! They have incorporated the
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