Tameka Kee
May 19, 2009 3:35 PM
Looks like an ongoing RIAA lawsuit (not to mention bans from MySpace and Facebook) isn’t stopping Project Playlist from continuing to carve out its niche in digital music. The music search and sharing site has acquired TotalMusic, the UMG and Sony (NYSE: SNE) Music Entertainment JV that shut down in…
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Staci D. Kramer
Mar 25, 2009 4:13 PM
Music social net Project Playlist is still barred by Facebook and MySpace but a deal with EMI Music adds considerably to the startup’s legit music firepower—and drops the number of majors still suing the startup to two. EMI Music is the second major to sign on, following a December deal…
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Tameka Kee
Dec 22, 2008 3:28 PM
—Project Playlist seals deal with *Sony* BMG: So what can you do with a double-digit round of funding? You can use some of it to pay record labels’ licensing fees for legal access to their tracks—at least that’s what Project Playlist seems to have done. The music streaming service has…
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