http://digital.venturebeat.com/2008/03/12/widgets-are-great-for-musicians-and-not-so-bad-for-businesses-either/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:46:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://digital.venturebeat.com/2008/03/12/widgets-are-great-for-musicians-and-not-so-bad-for-businesses-either/comment-page-1/#comment-821826 ILike launches music concert promotion ads, targeting social network users » VentureBeat Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:09:20 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2008/03/12/widgets-are-great-for-musicians-and-not-so-bad-for-businesses-either/#comment-821826 [...] rule out focusing on MySpace in the future, the company doesn’t seem to need to do so. It has already been proving itself to the music industry, recently streaming entire new albums for bands like R.E.M. and Lady Antebellum, helping those [...] [...] rule out focusing on MySpace in the future, the company doesn’t seem to need to do so. It has already been proving itself to the music industry, recently streaming entire new albums for bands like R.E.M. and Lady Antebellum, helping those [...]

]]> http://digital.venturebeat.com/2008/03/12/widgets-are-great-for-musicians-and-not-so-bad-for-businesses-either/comment-page-1/#comment-806761 ILike (and its apps) show results: It really is helping musicians reach fans across the web » VentureBeat Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:00:21 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2008/03/12/widgets-are-great-for-musicians-and-not-so-bad-for-businesses-either/#comment-806761 [...] Apple and Amazon, sending its users to those services. Ticket sales are another revenue stream. iLike is already one of the top sources of tickets for Ticketmaster, an investor. Of course, there are other music discovery services, like Last.fm, Pandora and [...] [...] Apple and Amazon, sending its users to those services. Ticket sales are another revenue stream. iLike is already one of the top sources of tickets for Ticketmaster, an investor. Of course, there are other music discovery services, like Last.fm, Pandora and [...]

]]> http://digital.venturebeat.com/2008/03/12/widgets-are-great-for-musicians-and-not-so-bad-for-businesses-either/comment-page-1/#comment-802792 More music startups get funding: OurStage and mTrak » VentureBeat Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:23:36 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2008/03/12/widgets-are-great-for-musicians-and-not-so-bad-for-businesses-either/#comment-802792 [...] that are experimenting with new forms of giving music away for free including iLike (see its launch of R.E.M.’s latest album ), Imeem, Last.fm and others. Three months ago, Last.fm began letting users preview some entire [...] [...] that are experimenting with new forms of giving music away for free including iLike (see its launch of R.E.M.’s latest album ), Imeem, Last.fm and others. Three months ago, Last.fm began letting users preview some entire [...]

]]> http://digital.venturebeat.com/2008/03/12/widgets-are-great-for-musicians-and-not-so-bad-for-businesses-either/comment-page-1/#comment-799815 Facebook ad network Lookery hits its billion-impression target; Social networking doomed? » VentureBeat Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:15:55 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2008/03/12/widgets-are-great-for-musicians-and-not-so-bad-for-businesses-either/#comment-799815 [...] networks and widgets are powerful ways to promote themselves, as music application creator iLike is finding. Interactive widget-maker Splashcast, which also creates widgets for many musicians, says even [...] [...] networks and widgets are powerful ways to promote themselves, as music application creator iLike is finding. Interactive widget-maker Splashcast, which also creates widgets for many musicians, says even [...]

]]> http://digital.venturebeat.com/2008/03/12/widgets-are-great-for-musicians-and-not-so-bad-for-businesses-either/comment-page-1/#comment-799616 SplashCast gets $4 million for interactive video widgets » VentureBeat Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:47:42 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2008/03/12/widgets-are-great-for-musicians-and-not-so-bad-for-businesses-either/#comment-799616 [...] Chief executive Michael Berkley describes SplashCast’s widget as a “programmable television set” to which clients can stream multiple channels of content (see screenshot below). The Portland, Ore.-based company has some major media players on its client list, including Sony/BMG, Universal Music and MTV. It stands out from other widget makers because of the interaction it allows with users — not only can fans submit their own videos to be broadcast on the widget’s “fan channel”, they can also chat with other fans viewing the widget across different sites. (Read our thoughts on how widgets are affecting the music industry here.) [...] [...] Chief executive Michael Berkley describes SplashCast’s widget as a “programmable television set” to which clients can stream multiple channels of content (see screenshot below). The Portland, Ore.-based company has some major media players on its client list, including Sony/BMG, Universal Music and MTV. It stands out from other widget makers because of the interaction it allows with users — not only can fans submit their own videos to be broadcast on the widget’s “fan channel”, they can also chat with other fans viewing the widget across different sites. (Read our thoughts on how widgets are affecting the music industry here.) [...]

]]> http://digital.venturebeat.com/2008/03/12/widgets-are-great-for-musicians-and-not-so-bad-for-businesses-either/comment-page-1/#comment-799138 News from SxSW « grab it! - the gydget blog Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:22:29 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2008/03/12/widgets-are-great-for-musicians-and-not-so-bad-for-businesses-either/#comment-799138 [...] social networking sites. That’s 10,000 new clients! The news was picked up by Billboard, VentureBeat and many other news outlets. Posted in [...] [...] social networking sites. That’s 10,000 new clients! The news was picked up by Billboard, VentureBeat and many other news outlets. Posted in [...]

]]> http://digital.venturebeat.com/2008/03/12/widgets-are-great-for-musicians-and-not-so-bad-for-businesses-either/comment-page-1/#comment-798843 MySpace platform goes live, with issues, developers staying optimistic » VentureBeat Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:08:36 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2008/03/12/widgets-are-great-for-musicians-and-not-so-bad-for-businesses-either/#comment-798843 [...] So there are no apps that have really taken off, yet. A quick look at the gallery shows that since yesterday, by far the largest application is the Project Playlist app created by the music-sharing site of the same name. Around 10,000 MySpace users have installed it. The next largest application, a poker game, has a third as many users. This is not surprising, since MySpace has been music-centric since it first became popular with indie rock bands and their fans in LA, and has become a staple part of most musicians’ promotions efforts (our coverage). [...] [...] So there are no apps that have really taken off, yet. A quick look at the gallery shows that since yesterday, by far the largest application is the Project Playlist app created by the music-sharing site of the same name. Around 10,000 MySpace users have installed it. The next largest application, a poker game, has a third as many users. This is not surprising, since MySpace has been music-centric since it first became popular with indie rock bands and their fans in LA, and has become a staple part of most musicians’ promotions efforts (our coverage). [...]

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