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Behind The Music: Google Bungles Music Beta Launch, Leaves PO'd Record Labels In An Uproar

The sudden launch of Google's Music service combined with its boorish business behavior has ticked off some important folks: The record labels. Meanwhile, Apple's cloud-based music locker is said to be much better.READ»

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Palm Refunds Developer Fees, Highlights WebOS Has a Future

Developer's fees to access the tools to build webOS apps for Palm's smartphones are being dropped, according to an official email. More than any other rumor, this confirms HP is serious about Palm's smartphone future. When we learned ...READ»

Is Disney vs. Cable the New Macmillan vs. Amazon?

Some of Disney's CEO Bob Iger's words at the Disney's financial call may have cable industry execs a little nervous. Bob wants Disney to get more more in fees from them--is he following in the footsteps of Macmillan in the Amazon ...READ»

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Is Twitter Suddenly Profitable?

This may not be a sign of a potential economic upswing, but it's surprisingly positive financial info nonetheless: Twitter is profitable all of a sudden. And it's all thanks to Google. For months the way Twitter works financially ...READ»

MP3s Drive the Music Biz Into Multiple Personality Spin

Ah, the music biz--source of fun for the masses, and craziness for businesspeople. We all know about the first part of that, but the second bit's been highlighted by some odd news this week, hinging on MP3s. The American Society of ...READ»

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The Top Benefits to Selecting a Pay for Performance PR Agency

We’re Dying Out Here …one hourly rate at a time. It’s no secret that recessions, big old nasty deep ones like what we’re currently experiencing, are particularly hard on public relations budgets…which in turn is bad for the hundreds of PR firms in receipt of the shrinking largeness of those budgets…which in turn sends thousands of PR folks (often the young good ones, unfortunately) out on the street looking for new employment. But does it really have to? READ»