Dada Entertainment and Sony BMG have signed a deal which will see full-length DRM-free MP3s made available to Dada’s subscribers. The service charges $9.99 a month for 15 tokens, each…

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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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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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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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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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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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Samsung’s foray into mobile content continues: the handset maker has struck a deal with Warner Music that will see Madonna’s upcoming album “Hard Candy” and the video for her single…

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In the morning keynote at Billboard’s Mobile Entertainment Live the day before CTIA, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) Tero Ojanpera, EVP of entertainment and communities, took the stage to discuss a number…

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UK mobile network 3 has signed a deal with Sony (NYSE: SNE) BMG to provide the operator’s subscribers with ad-funded music videos. The Guardian reports that a year following 3’s…

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This sounds similar to what Nokia, Omnifone and some others are working on in Europe: giving away music for free to users, and the handset/service providers pay the premium, only…

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Puretracks, a Toronto-based digital music provider, is launching a music service for BlackBerrys that could help make RIM’s (NSDQ: RIMM) enterprise-focused devices more consumer-friendly. RIM will be under increasing pressure…

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New York-based Thumbplay said it now has distribution agreements with three of the top four record labels with today’s addition of Sony (NYSE: SNE) BMG. The new partnership adds about…

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EMI has licensed Jamba to provide what the News Corp (NYSE: NWS). and Verisign-owned mobile entertainment outfit says is the label’s first DRM-free repertoire in Europe to cross both mobile…

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More detail on yesterday’s preview. Universal Music Group has licensed its tunes to Omnifone’s new out-of-the-box all-you-can-eat download service, meaning Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has company in the pre-licensed music market.…

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Warner Music saw ringtone sales fall in the US and remain “flat” internationally in the first quarter, according to CFO Michael D. Fleisher speaking during the company’s earnings call Wednesday.…

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Nokia (NYSE: NOK) will share revenue from Comes with Music service with operators that are cooperative, reports Bloomberg. “In those cases where we cooperate with operators, there will be an…

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-- EMI, SendMe Sign Deal: Mobile media company SendMe has signed a deal with EMI Music, which will see SendMe offering EMI’s full catalog of mobile content from its portal,…

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The Songwriters’ Association of Canada is proposing a CA$5 surcharge to every mobile and internet account in Canada, with the proceeds to be distributed to artists, labels and publishers reports…

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Digital music had a big year in Latin America in 2007 if Billboard is to be believed. There’s no “overall digital music increased this much” figure, but there are some…

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Nokia (NYSE: NOK) wants to re-take its lead in the US market, and mobile telephone services are at the heart of its strategy to boost its share. As recently as…

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When Nokia (NYSE: NOK) announced its one-year free music offer “Comes with Music” with Universal yesterday, details were sparse. There was no word on which handset the service would be…

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