-- The BBC has apologised after an independent audit found that 106,000 pounds (US$206,500) intended for charity was retained by the arm of the broadcaster responsible for its premium rate…

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-- NAVTEQ (NYSE: NVT) Powers Revamped VZ Navigator: Digital map provider NAVTEQ has signed a deal with Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ), to use its NAVTEQ Traffic Mobile to power the…

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Mobile music remains a challenging business for Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG), which reported today in its second quarter earnings ending March 31 that mobile remains “soft” as ringtone sales…

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MBeat Media, which runs the Hip Hop social network site Urbmob.com, has raised $1.5 million in its first round of funding from Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Grosvenor Funds and New Atlantic…

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With all the talk that they’re getting a pasting over their upcoming Comes With Music service, it’s understandable that Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is getting a little miffed with all the…

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The market for rich media advertising on mobile—in the form of TV, video, games, user-generated content (UGC) and music—will reach $2.79 billion by 2012 predicts Screen Digest. The bulk of…

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-- Pelago Adds Events to Whrrl: Pelago, which has a social networking site called Whrrl that provides restaurant information and reviews, said it is adding news about local events. Whrrl…

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As Nokia (NYSE: NOK) prepares to launch one of the more innovative ways to sell music on a mobile phone—by including free and unlimited downloads for a year—the company will…

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Ringtones and wallpapers are on the wane with British mobile users, as consumers move to more sophisticated, multimedia handsets with cameras, according to the latest Orange Digitial Media Index, a…

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Sony (NYSE: SNE) Corp of America has bought Gracenote, the media metadata and tech firm which has been around since 1998, for about $260 million and more based on contingencies.…

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Sony (NYSE: SNE) BMG is the second record label to join Nokia’s (NYSE: NOK) Comes With Music pre-bundled music initiative. At a London joint press conference, the pair said Nokia…

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There was a time when operators wanted to lock in people to their own content portals, but for Vodafone (NYSE: VOD), that’s the past. Since last year, the UK operator…

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Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is denying reports—including ours—of a deal to pay Universal Music Group $33-35 per handset for access to its music on the handset maker’s upcoming Comes With Music.…

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Radio Disney has launched a mobile offering, unsurprisingly developed with mDisney (NYSE: DIS). The Radio Disney Mobile Web Site lets people with web-enabled mobile phones receive Radio Disney information and…

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Mobile music is again the shining light in Japan, making up for the decline in CD sales. “Total music sales for 2007 in Japan came to JPY 466 billion (US…

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More unconfirmed rumors as to how much Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is paying Universal Music Group for its music to be a part of Nokia’s “Comes With Music” service, from THR:…

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The Island Def Jam music group has continued its advance into mobile content and launched a mobile portal at idjmobile.com, available to any internet-capable phone. The site will include updated…

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Last week Sony Ericsson and Def Jam announced a limited edition Def Jam W910i phone with some exclusive videos and music tracks from Def Jam artists (covered here). Reuters has…

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A survey from JupiterResearch has found that 66 percent of respondents of the more 1,800 respondents to a survey on mobile music said that “nothing is likely to spur them…

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French operator SFR will launch an MTV-branded phone next week, the MTV3.3, along with limited-time and fixed-cost plans designed to appeal to the young people most likely to want the…

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Madonna is certainly working mobile with her upcoming album “Hard Candy.” So far, she has a deal with Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) to deliver tracks to its subscribers a week before…

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Are ringbacks just not marketed properly? According to a slew of analysts ringbacks are poised to pick up the slack in the declining ringtone market, but they’ve got to be…

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Now that Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has made the plunge and has reorganized its business to focus on mobile content through its Ovi portal, it appears others are working up the…

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When is this mobile music business really going to take off? Not any time soon, a new Jupiter research report reckons. Just five percent of US mobile subscribers sideload tunes…

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Another handset manufacturer makes a content play. This time Sony (NYSE: SNE) Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) has partnered with hip hop and R ‘n B label Def Jam Records to preload…

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