Topic: imeem Inc.

Media: imeem's Triple Play

Social media network imeem recently announced its partnership with EMI Music, which means that EMI's catalog of music and video is available for streaming on the media sharing service. With this latest announcement, imeem now offers ...READ»

Update: imeem's Final Label Match

I posted a few weeks back at length about imeem's success in securing the rights to stream from three of the four major labels' catalogs. (You can read the post here.) Earlier Monday, imeem announced that it had made a deal with the ...READ»

New G1 App Brings Free Streaming Music and Personalized Radio to Users

Available in stores today, Google's new phone, the G1, has already spawned a slew of new applications. Among these is a creation from social music site, imeem, that makes life just a little bit easier for G1 users.READ»

Did MySpace Botch Handling of Imeem Acquisition?

Imagine yourself sitting in front of a computer, happily listening to music from your favorite online streaming service. All of a sudden, the music stops, and the page refreshes to something you’ve never seen before, with an announcement that your favorite service is no longer available. Sound far-fetched? It shouldn’t. Earlier this week...READ»

MySpace Buying iMeem: A Plan to Beat Spotify?

There are rumors abounding that MySpace is in advanced stages of trying to social-network music system iMeem, and they set us thinking. Looking at Facebook's tie-up with Lala, and even MySpace's with iLike, is this all to outsmart ...READ»

Most Popular Android Applications For November 2008

Here are the 10 most popular Android Apps for November 2008, based on number of downloads, number of comments, and average rating (compiled by Medialets).READ»

Media: MTV Content to Bolster imeem's Business

Now that imeem has secured rights to music from all the major labels, as I reported earlier on this blog, the social media network is looking to expand its offerings in the video department. Its announcement today indicates that it ...READ»

Top 5 Acquisition Strategies

Mergers and acquisitions often dominate headlines: “Apple Acquires Quattro Wireless for $250 M” or “Bank of America Acquires Merrill Lynch for $50B.” Acquisitions consolidate financial and physical resources within a...READ»

The Most Innovative Companies in Music

Apple may be the top music retailer in the U.S., but the company isn't alone when it comes to keeping the industry afloat. Here are the top 10 companies--and a band--innovating the business of music.READ»

Now, <em>That's</em> Entertainment Technology

When media and tech collide, the consumer wins. Prepare for a media world of unimaginable freedom and endless choices.READ»

Is a Push Strategy On The Web Better Than a Pull Strategy?

Today I happened to be thinking about my last few presentations at conferences, especially at the Global Reggae Conference in Jamaica in February where I was invited to speak about leveraging the web to promote Reggae ...READ»

Realvibez Signs Partnership Agreement Television Channel

This is our first major content distribution deal for someone else's content. We have done deals with Imeem and Vuze involving our own content but this deal is more akin to Hulu signing a network like MTV, with Realvibez being Hulu. ...READ»

Dotcom Debutantes

Momentum Growth Conference October 4 Mountain View, California The annual Momentum Growth Conference gives 15 private companies poised for an IPO or big-money acquisition the chance to strut their stuff for investors. ...READ»

Tech Watch: Music on Facebook; Bill Gates's Rumored Think Tank; Amazon's Q3 Earnings Bad, But Good

Facebook may launch music service to rival MySpace's; Bill Gates working on a Think Tank; and Amazon posts earnings just short of Q3 targets.READ»

fBook Joins Social Media Lineup on Android Market

When it comes to mobile computing, all anyone really wants is access to their email and the Web. But more and more, people want access to social media tools, and developers are making that happen on Android both smoothly and quickly. Here are my top seven, including a long-awaited Facebook app.READ»

The Selling of An Album: Jay-Z's American Gangster

When Jay-Z (née Shawn Carter), the rapper turned music mogul and top Forbes hip-hop money maker (banking an estimated $34 million in 2006), first announced that he was inspired by the film American Gangster and was coming out of ...READ»

Halloween 2.0: How Web Companies Trick and Treat

No longer just for kids, this multi-billion dollar holiday lends itself to creativity on the Web. Check out what these innovative tech companies have in store for October 31, both online and off.READ»

How Social Media Got Out the Vote

There was a lot of coverage about how the candidates used — or didn't use — social media to garner supporters. But what about how social media sites galvanized their members to go out and vote? From imeem to Facebook, here are a few examples.READ»

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Visible.net Video/Media Profiles

Visible.net Video/Media Profiles - Get Visible, Be Visible! Here's a list of Visible.net video and media profiles across the Web... YouTube MySpace Yahoo Video Jumpcut MetaCafe AOL Uncut Google ...READ»

Citizen Media: The High School Years

A yearbook portrait of the citizen-journalist upstarts trying to rule the media school. READ»

How Warner Music and Its Musicians Are Combating Declining Album Sales

Up-and-coming bands like Shinedown are helping Warner Music Group pull off the hardest trick in the music biz: redefining the record label for the digital age.READ»

• Keeping It on the Download

Myspace, the Sequel

With Facebook surging, cofounders Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson have gone back to their roots -- music, pop culture, and a proven cash-flow ad model -- to spur a next phase of growth. Will that be enough for boss Rupert Murdoch?READ»

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• These Brands Are Made for Myspace

Is Motorola's Android Phone for Kids?

Today Motorola released its first Android device: the Cliq for T-Mobile. And while most Android comparisons run right to the iPhone, this thing looks more poised to steal teen approval from the Sidekick. Inside, it sports the same ...READ»

MySpace is Starting to Suck

The fun thing about MySpace was the ability to customize your profile page with widgets from other (smaller) services such as media-sharing service Imeem or social content-sharing site esnips or slideshow-generating service Slide, or ...READ»

Widgets: From Hype to Hits

Last year, Newsweek predicted that 2007 would be "the year of the widget." This July, developers gathered in New York for Widgetcon, a conference devoted exclusively to widgets. Whether or not Widgetcon fulfilled Newsweek's prediction, it signaled that widgets were more than a passing fad on the Web.READ»