Faded Youth Blog:
Who is tuning into Sunday night’s American Music Awards? All eyes will be on Jennifer Lopez, shown in rehearsal here yesterday at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles. The 40-year-old diva will be singing her first new single Louboutins – from her upcoming new album called Love? - and she’ll be wearing a pair of red-soled hee (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Frustrated with the fact that Pandora does not provide its streaming service in Canada, Vancouver-based Jeff Anderson set out to build a community-driven Internet radio service of his own along with other music fanatics, and dubbed the project Listen.fm. Currently still in private beta, Listen.fm is not going to be a ‘revol (Read More)
TechCrunch:
On Monday we broke the news that MySpace was in late stage negotiations to acquire music service iMeem. Those negotiations are now concluded, we’ve heard from multiple sources, and an agreement has been signed. MySpace will acquire most of the assets of iMeem for a purchase price of around $1 million in cash.$1 million isn’ (Read More)
TechCrunch:
MOG continues to tease us with short videos showing parts of the upcoming MOG All Access music service. Last week they showed a video on playlist creation – the best part was seeing how search works. Now they’ve uploaded a new video that shows robust music discovery through playlist searching. Type in any number of artists (Read More)
TechCrunch:
A month ago we were criticizing MOG for over promising and under delivering with their new All Access music service. Our chief complaint was that the service wasn’t free, which was the original vision. Today though, we reported that the odds are against Spotify launching for free in the U.S., and MySpace Music may move to a (Read More)
Faded Youth Blog:
Beyonce and music legend Paul McCartney are set to star in back-to-back one-hour specials on ABC on Thanksgiving night.The evening will start with Beyonce’s concert (which was taped over the summer in Las Vegas) and then will be followed by a McCartney special that includes highlights from his July concert at Citi Field in (Read More)
Faded Youth Blog:
Since giving birth to daughter Sunday Rose last year, Nicole Kidman has remained largely out of the spotlight. The 42-year-old actress was back with a bang this last night (November 10) though, showcasing a brand new ‘do as she arrived on the arm of husband Keith Urban at the BMI Country Music Awards in Nashville, Tennessee (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Now that they got what they wanted – a renewed stake and board representation in the Skype that will be spun off eBay soon – the Scandinavian duo Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis can divert more of their attention again to the latest Internet venture they’re putting their weight behind: Rdio. The yet-to-launch digital music (Read More)
Faded Youth Blog:
Beyonce took pop music’s latest trend of starlets dancing in their underwear to new heights during this evening’s 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards in Berlin, Germany.Starting off her performance of Sweet Dreams on top of a giant heart-shaped bed, Beyonce showed off her shape in a red corset and garters. That get-up certainly ca (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Last week Google launched the Music Onebox — a special new music search product that lets users stream songs in their entirety for free. Today, Yahoo Video is answering by improving its music video search offering. When you search for a song or artists, Yahoo will extract music videos of the most popular songs and albums f (Read More)
Faded Youth Blog:
Mariah Carey was spotted carefully posing on the stairs in Malibu, CA yesterday (November 4) while on set of a new music video. Known for her curvy physique, the 39-year-old songbird has come under heavy media scrutiny in the past few weeks for her not so trim tummy. Could Mariah be the next new Hollywood mommy or is she ju (Read More)
Faded Youth Blog:
Blake Lively and Diane Kruger cohosted Chanel’s ‘Fete d’Hiver’ benefit for the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City last night (November 4).Named after the renowned French winter festival, the high-spirited and glamorous evening was attended by 300 guests who enjoy music by The Misshapes and décor by the (Read More)
Faded Youth Blog:
Check out a new promo of Taylor Swift and Saturday Night Live cast member Bill Hader poking fun of Kanye West and the VMA drama. The 19-year-old country music darling announces she will be on the sketch show this weekend while Hader stands by her side on the phone. He gets off his cell and says, “Whoops, Kanye West just ca (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Two years ago, a bunch of labels affiliated to music giant EMI Group sued both MP3tunes and its infamous founder Michael Robertson – former founder and CEO of MP3.com and currently running VoIP startup Gizmo5 – over alleged copyright infringement. A year ago, a judge did the sensible thing and tossed out the part of the cas (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Last week Google launched the Music Onebox — a special new search result that lets users stream songs in their entirety for free. The feature is being powered through partnerships with MySpace and Lala, who are providing the song streams, with contributions from a host of other partners like Pandora and imeem. Millions of (Read More)