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Listening to Streaming Music Services
Written by Costbuys Spotify and Apple Music are battling it out for the streaming music market. Apple Music is only a recent entrant but has already amassed around 16 million subscribers. Spotify, on the other hand, has been around and is well ahead at 40 million subscribers. The question is, what are the best ways…
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THE BILLBOARD Q&A: ANSSI VANJOKI
HIGHLIGHT: The mind behind the mobile phone manufacturer’s Internet moves spells out Nokia’s latest music initiative, and how the U.S. and record labels fit into its plans. Anssi Vanjoki, executive VP/GM of multimedia at Nokia, is the visionary force behind the company’s efforts to converge mobile phones with the Internet, including Nokia’s N series of…
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‘IDOLS’ BATTLE GROWS SHRILL
HIGHLIGHT: Lawyers for the TV hit and a Tampa software firm take their show to court. One contest features crooners ages 16 to 28 in a glitzy battle for fame and record contracts. Its season finale last month drew 31-million TV viewers…
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Getting Your Music Into A Movie Soundtrack
Music and movies have shared a symbiotic partnership for a very long time. If you think back to the days of silent movies, music was the only thing that created the ambience in cinema. Since then music in the movies has evolved a great deal. From music score that underlines a particular mood to popular…