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Category Archives: Music
Napster’s Final Days Drive Visits to the Website
December 16, 2011
Napster, the free peer-to-peer file sharing service which launched in 1999 and largely created the peer-to-peer music file sharing craze of the last decade, was recently acquired by online music subscription service Rhapsody. The acquisition was announced in early October... Continue reading...
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Google’s rumored Music service launch today
October 28, 2009
Google is expected to launch their music service this afternoon, so we decided to look at some of Google’s history with the Music category. Of course we all know that the majority of people start with Google for search -... Continue reading...
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Posted by Heather Dougherty at 03:54 PM
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Top Michael Jackson Song Searches
July 01, 2009
Immediately after Michael Jackson's death, sales surged as fans purchased music and DVDs from the King of Pop in both physical and digital formats. Jackson's music quickly topped the sales charts on retailers like iTunes and Amazon. Last week, the... Continue reading...
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Posted by Heather Dougherty at 09:56 PM
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Ticketmaster to compensate Springsteen fans
February 24, 2009
Ticketmaster agreed to pay $350,000 to Springsteen fans after redirecting potential ticket buyers to their subsidiary website, TicketsNow, offering tickets at a substantially higher price during a sale for two upcoming concerts in May. Over 2,000 fans filed complaints with... Continue reading...
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Posted by Heather Dougherty at 01:12 PM
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In Categories Entertainment | Music | Ticketing
YouTube surpasses MySpace as Music Destination
January 30, 2009
Yesterday my colleague Heather wrote a blog post about the top searches on YouTube; which are dominated by music-related searches. Along those same lines, I have been monitoring the top websites receiving traffic from a portfolio of 1300 band &... Continue reading...
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Posted by Heather Dougherty at 04:09 PM
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Coachella traffic turning to Ticketmaster as festival draws near
April 11, 2008
On Wednesday, everyone that is heading out to the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in two weeks received the news of a surprise addition to the line-up – Prince. Coachella is always surrounded by rumors about the line-up and... Continue reading...
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Posted by Heather Dougherty at 03:56 PM
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Wikipedia - a music portal?
April 04, 2008
A recent Reuters article discussed the missed opportunity by the music industry to capitalize upon searches for bands & artists that result in a visit to Wikipedia. A typical search result on a band or musician will display their own... Continue reading...
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