LyricsEMI Music Publishing, TuneWiki Expand Lyrics License DealAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on March 8, 2010 - 9:35am.
Los Angeles
- EMI Music Publishing has reached an out-of-court agreement with lyrics
provider TuneWiki, heading off a possible court battle over licensing terms,
Digital Music News reported, citing sources.
NTT DoCoMo Backs Social Media Player TuneWikiAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 16, 2010 - 7:32am.
Los Angeles
- TuneWiki, the developer of a social online media player, has received an
investment from Japanese mobile carrier NTT DoCoMo's NoCoMo Capital arm,
TechCrunch reported.
tags: Deals | Mobile | VC | Social Networking | Music | NTT DoCoMo | Lyrics | TuneWiki | NoCoMo Capital |
Motorola Leads Investment in Social Music Player TuneWikiAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 8, 2010 - 9:13am.
Schaumberg,
Ill. - Motorola (NYSE: MOT) Ventures
announced on Monday that it has led a new investment round in TuneWiki, a
provider of social media music players and related applications.
tags: Deals | VC | Social Networking | Music | Lyrics | Motorola Ventures | Novel TMT | Hillsven Capital | Intellect Capital Ventures | TuneWiki | Benchmark Israel |
Music Publishers Settle Suit Against Unlicensed Lyrics SiteAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on January 5, 2010 - 10:41am.
Washington
- The National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) announced on Tuesday that it
has successfully settled its copyright infringement suit against Motive Force
and Sean Colombo, operators of the unlicensed LyricWiki database of song
lyrics.
tags: Law | Lawsuits | Music | Copyright | NMPA | Lyrics | LiveUniverse | Brad Greenspan | Motive Force |
Gracenote Inks Lyrics Licensing Deal with Harry Fox AgencyAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 9, 2009 - 11:52am.
New York - The Harry Fox
Agency, which handles U.S.
music licensing rights, announced on Monday that it has signed a lyrics
licensing deal with Sony's (NYSE: SNE) Gracenote. The terms provide Gracenote the rights to
deliver digital lyrics with permanent downloads, CD playback, online
subscription services, lyrics search, mobile devices and consumer devices. The
Gracenote Lyrics service is currently used by customers including Pandora,
MetroLyrics, MTV and Yahoo Music.
MP3Lyrics.org Licenses Gracenote's Lyrics DatabaseAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 20, 2009 - 12:09pm.
Emeryville,
Calif. - Sony-owned (NYSE: SNE) Gracenote
announced on Tuesday that lyrics website MP3Lyrics.org has signed a deal to
license Gracenote's Lyrics service, which will in turn provide authorized song
lyrics from all four major music publishers and hundreds of indie publishers on
the site. North American users of the Norway-based site will also be able to
submit new lyrics directly into Gracenote's lyrics database.
Music Publishers Sue Unlicensed Lyrics Sites, Brad GreenspanAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 27, 2009 - 9:00am.
Washington
- The National Music Publishers Association (NMPA), which represents the
interests of songwriters and music publishers, announced that it has filed
copyright infringement lawsuits against two websites offering song lyrics
without permission.
tags: Law | Lawsuits | Music | Copyright | NMPA | Lyrics | LiveUniverse | Brad Greenspan | Motive Force | LyricWiki |
Pandora Expects Profit in 2010; Adds Song Lyrics via GracenoteAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 19, 2009 - 1:20pm.
San Francisco
- Personalized radio and music discovery service Pandora expects to be
profitable next year, after earning as much as $40 million in revenue this
year, founder Tim Westergren told Bloomberg. The company's iPhone application
is attracting 20,000 new users each day, according to Westergren. In related
news, Pandora today announced that its service will now offer song lyrics,
having reached a licensing deal with Gracenote. The deal includes hundreds of
thousands of tracks from more than 20,000 music publishing catalogs.
Sony Adds Gracenote-Supplied Lyrics, Streaming to Artist SitesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 6, 2009 - 12:38pm.
New York
- Sony Music (NYSE: SNE) has announced that it is integrating song lyrics licensed by
Gracenote into all of its label group and artist websites, which draw a
combined over 18 million unique monthly visitors. The company will also add
on-demand audio streaming and personalized playlist creation features to the
sites.
Last.fm Adds Lyrics to Over 800,000 Songs via LyricFindAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 8, 2008 - 12:55pm.
London - Last.fm, the social music discovery service owned by CBS (NYSE: CBS), announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with LyricFind to add the lyrics to over 800,000 songs to the free site. LyricFind has licensing deals with nearly 2,000 music publishers, including Warner/Chappell, Sony/ATV and EMI Music Publishing. ArtistDirect to Launch Lyrics Section; Licenses EMI, UniversalAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 18, 2008 - 7:05am.
*A correction has been made to this story. tags: Music | EMI Music Publishing | Gracenote | ArtistDirect | Lyrics | Universal Music Publishing |
MTV Taps Gracenote to Incorporate Song Lyrics on WebsitesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 29, 2007 - 9:31am.
New York - Viacom's MTV Networks announced on Monday that it has partnered with Gracenote to incorporate music lyrics into its on-air, online and mobile platforms. On sites like MTV.com, VH1.com and CMT.com, users will be able to search for full song lyrics, while mobile users will be able to text an artist's name, song title or a portion of the lyrics and be sent to a mobile Internet page displaying the full lyrics. Yahoo Music Licenses Gracenote Song Lyrics DatabaseAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on April 24, 2007 - 12:45pm.
Santa Monica, Calif. - Yahoo's music unit announced on Tuesday that it has partnered with Gracenote, a provider of CD and digital track identification services, to offer its users access to Gracenote's new database of song lyrics. Gracenote to Launch Lyrics Database in Europe in 2008Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 22, 2007 - 1:58pm.
Cannes, France - Gracenote, a provider of CD identification and other database services, announced on Monday that it has expanded its Lyrics program into Europe, having initiated licensing discussions with European music publishers and artists. California-based Gracenote signed over 80 publishers to add titles to its Lyrics database in the U.S., including the five major publishers. The company said that its database contains more than 600,000 uniquely European albums, and has been searched more than 100 million times by European consumers. Gracenote plans to launch its Lyrics program in Europe in 2008. All Media Guide Teams With LyricFind to Add Lyrics to Music DatabaseAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on January 17, 2007 - 1:26pm.
Ann Arbor, Mich. - All Media Guide, a provider of informational databases on music, movies and games, announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with LyricFind to offer lyric search and display capabilities. LyricFind has licensed lyrics from over 1,700 publishers, which will be available to retailers and device manufacturers using All Media Guide's database. The deal also enables AMG to resell LyricFind services to its customers, while LyricFind may provide basic AMG data to its clients. Gracenote Signs Publishers Warner/Chappell, EMI for Web Lyrics DatabaseAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on December 6, 2006 - 2:24pm.
Emeryville, Calif. - Gracenote, a provider of CD identification technology and related services, announced on Wednesday that it has signed agreements with Warner/Chappell Music and EMI Music Publishing, to add hundreds of thousands of new song lyrics to its Gracenote Lyrics online database.
Harry Fox Agency Licenses LyricFind to Post Song Lyrics OnlineAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 5, 2006 - 3:20pm.
New York - The Harry Fox Agency (HFA), a U.S. music rights licensing organization, announced that it has signed a lyrics licensing agreement with LyricFind, a website that publishes song lyrics. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Under the terms, music publishers can participate on an opt-in basis and will be able to add, review and edit lyrics on LyricFind's database. HFA said the service will be offered to publishers on a commission-free basis, waiving its usual 6.75% cut of royalties.
tags: Licensing | Law | Online Publishing | Music | Harry Fox Agency | Royalties | Lyrics | HFA | LyricFind |
Korean MP3 Player Software Adds Synchronized LyricsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 16, 2006 - 4:01pm.
Seoul -- Korean software developer ESTsoft on Wednesday introduced its ALSong live lyrics MP3 player PC software. The application allows users to view synchronized lyrics to over 1 million songs as they listen.
Gracenote, Music Publishers to Bring Song Lyrics to Online StoresAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 14, 2006 - 12:22pm.
tags: Deals | Music Deals | Internet | Marketing | Online Publishing | Music | Commerce | Gracenote | Lyrics |
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