TECHNOLOGY: SXSW Accelerator Names Music Tech Finalists

TECHNOLOGY: SXSW Accelerator Names Music Tech Finalists
More than four hundred companies submitted their web-based products to the third annual SXSW Accelerator presented by Microsoft BizSpark. It was the first year that SXSW created a special music tech category and I enjoyed being on the panel of judges that chose the eight finalists and two alternates.A…
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Sony Launches Subscription Internet Music Service
Sony launched a subscription streaming music service on Wednesday, furthering its plan to offer a range of content via the Internet to its consumer electronics…
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Eminem, Lil Wayne Announced Among Headliners For 2011 Bonnaroo Music Festival
Superfly Productions and A.C. Entertainment, the companies responsible for the annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, have just announced the line-up for this year’s event in early June in Manchester, Tennessee.
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Fly Or Die: Apple’s New Subscription Rules (With Rhapsody President Jon Irwin)
The media world is in a tizzy over Apple’s new subscription billing rules for iPad and iPhone apps. Basically, Apple will now take a 30 percent cut of all in-app subscription revenues and own all the customer data. As written, the rules apply to everything from iPad magazines and newspapers to subscription music services and even subscription movie services like Netflix. We’ve debated these …
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