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Shawn Amos: WATCH: 60 Seconds of Social Media

Source: The Huffington Post, Jun 22 2012, 4:42pm CDT

It wasn't that long ago that wherever the music industry looked online it saw trouble, as file-sharing sites like Napster and Kazaa exploded in popularity. What a difference a decade makes! It seems the industry is co ...

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14 hours ago

Me, myself and I

Source: Bangkok Post  |   Jun 18 2013, 3:00pm CDT

The summer has rolled in with a quiet tremor. I have yet to adjust my alarm clock. Slothing through my morning routine, I quickly scrolled through the recent uploads on Instagram. Alright, there's my friend taking a selfie on the Alps. Oh, another s ...

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17 hours ago

An Interesting Point About Music Released Between 1999 and 2004

Source: AlanCross.ca  |   Jun 18 2013, 12:01pm CDT

Andrew Dubber is a Professor of Music Industries Innovation at Birmingham City University. He brings up an interesting point about all the music that was released from between mid-1999 (when Napster was released int ...

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20 hours ago

Exclusive: Shawn Fanning Talks The Rise Of Napster & File Sharing In Clip From 'Downloaded'

Source: Indie Wire  |   Jun 18 2013, 9:27am CDT

For anyone in their 30s (or beyond), they've lived through a tremendous change in how music is consumed and shared in a third of a lifetime. From vinyl to cassettes to CDs to mp3s, from mixed tapes to mixed CDs to Sp ...

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23 hours ago

Tuesday's YP Tip: 4 ways to use social media for your event

Source: Des Moines Register  |   Jun 18 2013, 6:18am CDT

Whether youre a marketing professional or a committee leader trying to gain attendees, social media is one way to reach an intended group of people for your upcoming event. Jill Haverkamp, 30, owner of the marketing agency OnPitch, works with clients fro ...

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1 day ago

Let's Recover The Lost Half Decade Of Music Recorded After Napster [ANDREW DUBBER]

Source: Hypebot.com  |   Jun 17 2013, 12:14pm CDT

While it took time and persistence (because of dialup speeds), it became possible to transmit these compressed files to other computer users around the world over networks such as IRC and USENET. In June 1999, Shawn Fa ...

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1 day ago

Downloaded Screening

Source: Phoenix New Times  |   Jun 17 2013, 11:08am CDT

Maybe it's 'cause we're Millennials and all, but we sure as shit didn't sympathize with Metallica's Lars Ulrich when he decided to take on/down Napster. We don't want to be force-fed your MTV; give us the music. And, in case you hadn't heard, that sta ...

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1 day ago

Pandora, Late to Facebook Music Party, Looks for Social Boost

Source: evolver.fm  |   Jun 17 2013, 11:06am CDT

You can toggle Facebook sharing on and off using prominent buttons in Pandora’s apps as of May 22, when Pandora joined Facebook Music – 20 months to the day after much of its competition did the same. Appare ...

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4 days ago

Neil Gaiman prepares for social media 'sabbatical'

Source: Guardian Unlimited  |   Jun 14 2013, 1:27pm CDT

Fans of Neil Gaiman can anticipate an empty January 2014, when the writer is set to take a "sabbatical" from social media. Speaking at the Guardian, where the author spent a day editing the books website, Gaiman announced that he would take a break fr ...

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4 days ago

Poll: How many social networks do you belong to?

Source: Nokia Conversations  |   Jun 14 2013, 10:38am CDT

Groucho Marx famously said that he would refuse to join any club that would have him as a member. This, of course, was well before Facebook and Twitter came along. It’s difficult now to imagine how we coped wit ...

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4 days ago

$11 Million Later, Songbird Shuts Down

Source: Hypebot.com  |   Jun 14 2013, 6:53am CDT

By leveraging Facebook's Social Graph and social media content made available by artists, Songbird.me created a simple platform for music discovery. But as larger competitors from Apple to Spotify and Facebook to Twitte ...

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