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Recent Headlines - Art & Entertainment: Music Downloads IPOD & MP3

1 Attachment SpiralFrog Makes Downloading Music Easier with Automatic Upgrade to Windows Media Player 11 : - Download Manager Eliminates Key Obstacle for Thousands of Music Fans - SpiralFrog™ (www.spiralfrog.com), the free and legal music experience, is adding an automatic update function in its download manager that will give hundreds of thousands of music-hungry fans faster and easier access to SpiralFrog’s huge library of free songs. - 2008-07-01

Dell Invites Bands Nationwide to Compete in the Austin City Limits Festival's "Sound and the Jury" Contest, Produced By C3 Presents : The "Sound and the Jury" Competition, Presented by the Dell Lounge, Offers Emerging Bands and Artists a Shot at New Fans and Fame Microphone, guitar, keyboards, bass, drums? Check. Now the only thing standing between you and your shot at international visibility are a few clicks of the keyboard - 2008-07-01

1 Attachment SpiralFrog Signs Licensing Agreement with Innerground Music SpiralFrog (www.spiralfrog.com), the free and legal ad-supported music experience, today announced a licensing agreement with Innerground Music. Tracks from Innerground Music founder DJ Marky and other influential artists such as DJ Patife, Bungle and Random Movement will be available on SpiralFrog. - 2008-06-24

1 Attachment SpiralFrog Signs Licensing Agreement with deeep.net/Mtunes SpiralFrog (www.spiralfrog.com), the free and legal ad-supported music experience, today announced it has signed a licensing agreement with deeep.net/Mtunes, a leading independent digital music distribution company. - 2008-06-24

AOL Launches New Services in Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Venezuela : Localized Content and Services Expand AOL's Presence in Latin America AOL today launched dedicated Web sites serving Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Venezuela, providing consumers access to localized versions of AOL’s products and services as well as local language content. Among the features are free email with unlimited storage, instant messaging, the Winamp Media Player, as well as relevant, regional content related to news, sports, celebrities, games and more. In addition, AOL will leverage its worldwide distribution partnership with HP to deliver co-branded, local language portals for these four Latin American countries. - 2008-06-24

3 Attachment Lil Wayne Sells over One Million the First Week!!! : 'THA CARTER III' is the BIGGEST RELEASE of 2008 Cash Money/Universal Motown Records multi-platinum recording artist Lil Wayne expands his dynasty with Tha Carter III. The new CD is the biggest release by far for 2008, selling over 1 Million copies it’s first week, reigning #1 on Nielsen SoundScan, besting Mariah Carey’s record-breaking release earlier this year. Not since 50 Cent’s The Massacre in 2005 has an artist sold over 1 Million albums their first week. “This is truly a proud moment for the Cash Money family, says Cash Money co-founder Ronald ‘Slim’ Williams. “Lil Wayne is truly changing the game of hip-hop.” Cash Money co-founder Bryan ‘Birdman’ Williams adds “I knew my son had it in him, and this just proves what I’ve been saying all along. Lil Wayne is the most talented rapper out there right now, and these numbers prove it.” - 2008-06-18

CORRECTING and REPLACING User Generated Multi-Genre Music Website WeMix Allows Anyone To 'Drop A Flow' From Any Phone and Broadcast It to the World Thanks to Partnership With VoodooVox Headline of release should read: User Generated Multi-Genre Music Website WeMix Allows Anyone To 'Drop A Flow' From Any Phone and Broadcast It to the World Thanks to Partnership With VoodooVox (sted User Generated Hip Hop Website WeMix Allows Anyone To 'Drop A Flow' From Any Phone and Broadcast It To The World Thanks to Partnership with VoodooVox). - 2008-06-17

4 Attachment AMD Delivers the Ultimate HD Visual Performance on the Go with Next-Generation Notebook Platform : Balanced Notebook Platform Achieves Superior 3D Performance and HD-Image Quality with Increased Energy Efficiency AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the availability of its next-generation notebook platform, delivering the ultimate HD visual performance and increased energy efficiency on the go. The platform features new AMD Turion™ X2 Ultra Dual-Core Mobile Processors with ATI Radeon™ HD 3000 Series Graphics for superior 3D performance and HD image quality, with industry-leading wireless for greater throughput and range. AMD customers overwhelmingly embrace the new platform, as evidenced by more than double the number of design wins compared to the last major AMD Turion processor introduction. These new notebook designs come from leading OEMs including Acer, Asus, Clevo, Fujitsu, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, HP, MSI, NEC and Toshiba. - 2008-06-03

MXTabs.net Partners with Sony/ATV, Alfred Publishing and EMI Christian Music Group : Official Launch Date Set for First Free, Legal Tablature Social Network Musicnotes, Inc. announced today it has recently reached new agreements with music publishers Alfred Publishing, EMI Christian Music Group (EMI CMG), Sony/ATV and several additional publishers and administrators to make guitar, bass and drum tablature for songs in their catalogs available on MXTabs.net. - 2008-05-28

Rock the Vote Survey on TouchTunes Interactive Network Garners Over 72,000 Responses and Drives Voter Registration : Survey Reveals Jobs and Economy Top Issue in Upcoming Election TouchTunes Corporation, the largest out-of-home interactive entertainment network, announced today the results of its Rock the Vote survey that ran on TouchTunes jukeboxes in bars nationwide from April 28 through May 11. The interactive survey asked bar patrons about the presidential candidates, current social issues, and also offered the opportunity to enter their email address to receive a voter registration form from Rock the Vote. Nearly 10,000 people requested voter registration information as a result of this campaign. - 2008-05-22

Yangaroo's U.S. Patent Progress Continues YANGAROO Inc., (TSX-V: YOO, OTC: YOOIF) the industry's leading secure digital media distribution company, continues to make progress with its United Stated Patent Application #10/431,854 titled “Content Distribution System and Method”. - 2008-05-16

Musicnotes' Digital Sales Growth Exceeds 30% Thus Far in 2008 Despite a challenging economic environment, Musicnotes, Inc. the market leader in downloadable sheet music and guitar tablature, indicates its year-to-date sales growth remains robust. Musicnotes.com has sold nearly 500,000 downloads thus far in 2008 and generated sales of approximately $3 million. Digital sales growth has exceeded 30% through early May. - 2008-05-05

''Hey There Delilah'' Songwriter and Publishers Receive 2007 Musicnotes Song of the Year Award Musicnotes, Inc., the market leader in downloadable sheet music, announced today Plain White T's lead singer and songwriter, Tom Higgenson, WB Music Corp. and Alfred Publishing are the recipients of the sixth annual Musicnotes Song of the Year Award for the song "Hey There Delilah." - 2008-05-01

M Concepts and YES Launch Widget Designed to Enhance Listener Experience and Promote Station Loyalty: New Technology Looks to Revive Radio Industry with Unique Social Media-Inspired Features M Concepts, a boutique product design consultancy, and YES, a leading radio community, today announced the launch of the YES widget, geared to renew radio listenership by promoting listener loyalty and time spent with the station. The YES widget, which can be embedded into any radio station's Web site, offers an interactive experience for listeners, creating a community through one-of-a-kind chat features and exciting prizes. In support of the Free Radio Alliance, the YES team hopes to keep open air programming free by increasing digital music sales and permitting improved listener involvement. - 2008-04-16

BitGravity Arms Media Companies with the Industry's First Integrated Security Suite Designed to Eliminate Content Piracy: BG Secure Provides Dynamic Stream Protection without Hampering User Experience or Requiring Client Download BitGravity, Inc., the pioneer in Content Delivery Networks (CDN) for interactive broadcasting, today announced BG Secure, a suite of products that offers Internet media properties the ability to protect their copyrighted content from the growing number of pirating technologies without disruption to the customer experience. - 2008-04-14

SpiralFrog(TM) Signs Licensing Deal With IRIS Distribution: - Catalogue Additions Include Tracks from Legendary, Award-Winning Artists and Emerging Artists - SpiralFrog (www.spiralfrog.com), the free and legal ad-supported music experience, today announced it signed an agreement with IRIS Distribution, a leading independent music digital distribution and marketing company. - 2008-03-28

3RD CULTURE Joins Grammy Award Winning Producer Thom Russo for a Remix of the New Single ``Heartbreak City'' Releasing on March 28: Thom Russo (Audioslave, Jay Z, Johnny Cash, Eric Clapton, Juanes and Moneybrother) has remixed 3RD CULTURE's new single "Heartbreak City" Live performance and webcast show at Arlene's Grocery, New York City on March 28, 2008 Pop Rock group 3RD CULTURE, http://www.myspace.com/3rdcultureband, celebrates the release of their new single "Heartbreak City" on Friday, March 28, 2008 with a live performance from Arlene's Grocery in NYC at 10:00 p.m. EDT. The show will also be available via a live webcast at http://www.youtube.com/user/3RDCULTURE. - 2008-03-27

SanDisk Introduces the Stylish Sansa(R) Fuze(TM) MP3 Player: Multi-Faceted Music Player Rounds out the Sansa Product Line SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK), a leading seller of MP3 players in the United States, today unveiled the multi-faceted Sansa(R) Fuze(TM) MP3 player. The stylish music player is loaded with capabilities and features to keep consumers well entertained while on the go. Not only is it easy on the eye, it's easy on the pocketbook. With availability planned for early April in the United States, the Sansa Fuze player comes in a wide array of colors (pink, red, blue, black and silver) and capacities (2, 4 and 8 gigabyte(1) (GB)) with an expected starting price of only $79.99 MSRP. - 2008-03-11

Billy Bob Thornton & the Boxmasters Release a Custom Preview of Their Upcoming Debut Album at the Dell Lounge: Download music and check out videos of Billy Bob Thornton & the Boxmasters at the Dell Lounge Fans of Billy Bob Thornton can now download a 10-song preview of the hillbilly rocker's upcoming album with his latest musical incarnation - The Boxmasters - exclusively at the Dell Lounge. - 2008-03-11

State of the Record Industry to Be Discussed During SXSW Legal Panels; Lommen Abdo Firm Helps Drive Legal Stars and New Bands to Annual Austin Summit While the buzz bands will be buzzin' at the annual SXSW (South by Southwest) confab March 13-15 in Austin, Texas, many of the most pressing issues facing established and emerging recording artists and the troubled music industry will be generating their own buzz during the event's timely CLE (Continuing Legal Education) panels. The panels will feature superstar attorneys such as Don Passman (All Your Need to Know About the Music Business), record executives from Universal Music Group and other labels, major management companies and others. Attendance is open to all SXSW Music Conference registrants. - 2008-03-07

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