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iTunes: Coldplay, Leona Lewis topped sales in 2008
(AP)
AP - Coldplay was the hottest iTunes album download this year: Its "Viva la Vida" was crowned the best-selling album of 2008, while Leona Lewis's "Bleeding Love" was named the top-selling single.
Courtney Holt named MySpace Music's new leader
(CNET)
CNET - MySpace Music, the digital music service for the News Corp's social network, has finally named a leader.
Red House: Little label that just keeps spinning
(AP)
AP - Digital music downloads, both legal and illegal. Declining record sales. The fickle tastes of the music-buying public. All make it tough enough to keep a small independent label afloat.
Gemini Announces iTrax iPod DJ Mixer
The iTrax joins the Numark iDJ, to allow users to mix the output of two iPods, with basic dj functionality.
CBS to run Yahoo's Internet radio service
(Reuters)
Reuters - Chalk up another Internet radio casualty of significantly increased royalty fees for airing music online. Yahoo Music, once the top music destination on the Web, is handing over the bulk of its Launchcast Internet radio operations to CBS Radio.
iTunes Hits Two Billion Sold Milestone
Apple today announced that more than two billion songs, 50 million television episodes and over 1.3 million feature-length films have been purchased and downloaded from the iTunes Store.
MP3 Tech Commentary
New Tunebite Guarantees 'Perfect Audio'
RapidSolution Software AG has released a new version of its popular Tunebite software program that they say, guarantees perfect audio reproduction. The new quality control feature introduced for the first...
Skullcandy Skullcrusher Headphones Thump Your Head with Bass
The typical bass sound headphones put out can be disappointing for some because there just isn't enough thump to satisfy the demand. Skullcandy is trying to meet the needs of...
OurStage Music Service Lets You Be The Judge
If you've ever felt the urge to become a music judge after watching an episode of American Idol, then visiting the free OurStage music service might just be worth it....
Pirates Plunder the Amazon Store
A Firefox plug-in that has been developed by two students studying at the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam, Holland, enables visitors to the Amazon.com Web site to download music, movies,...
Kid-Friendly MP3 Player Gets Award
According to an article by the CanWest News Service, the Canadian Toy Testing Council has voted that the SweetPea3 Digital Music Player is the best battery-operated toy for 2009. This...
Are Your MP3s Normalized?
How many times have you been listening to your favorite MP3 songs and been irritated by having to adjust the volume every time a new track starts to play? I've...
Is The slotMusic Card The Future of Digital Music?
SanDisk's new portable device, the Sansa slotMusic Player, uses a new physical format that it hopes will prove to be a hit with music fans. Instead of using one of...
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