Media — paidContent

Updated: iCloud: Just A Lot Of Hot Air When It Comes To Streaming?

By Ingrid Lunden Jun. 7, 2011, 2:07pm Comments Off

In the stream of announcements made today at the WWDC, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) may have dismantled more than one business model in its wake. “Sh*… Read More »

Thumbplay Sells Its Ringtone Business To SendMe Mobile

By Ingrid Lunden Mar. 25, 2011, 8:09pm Comments Off

Looks like game over for Thumbplay as a standalone entity: we have learned that the mobile content company’s last remaining asset — its rin… Read More »

Update: Thumbplay Music Sold To Clear Channel; Fate Of Ringtone Ops Unknown

By Ingrid Lunden Mar. 1, 2011, 4:27pm 1 Comment

Update: Clear Channel announced that it is the media company buying the cloud-based music subscription service Thumbplay Music — a deal tha… Read More »

How Two Former Ringtone Giants Are Faring As That Market Crumbles

By Tricia Duryee Aug. 10, 2010, 3:04am 4 Comments

Ten years ago, three brothers in Germany founded Jamba, jumping head-first into the global fad of selling ringtones, which ultimately grew t… Read More »

Thumbplay Hires Apple Exec To Lead Music Subscription Ambitions

By Tricia Duryee Mar. 2, 2010, 1:55am Comments Off

Thumbplay has hired an exec away from Apple’s iPhone ranks to bulk up its team as it attempts to transform the ringtone company to a full-tr… Read More »

CES Mobile Wrap: HTC Brew Phones; Thumbplay Subscription Music; Nutsie’s Effin Genius; Boost Mobile

By Tricia Duryee Jan. 7, 2010, 11:33pm 2 Comments

– HTC Announces Brew Phones: HTC, the Taiwanese handset-maker known for Windows Mobile and Android phones, has jumped into making mid-range… Read More »

Thumbplay Raises Another $2 Million in Sixth Round; $61 Million Total Raised

By Rafat Ali Aug. 19, 2009, 1:13am 2 Comments

Thumbplay, the NYC-based mobile content company that raised a $6 million sixth round earlier this year, has added $2 million more to it, acc… Read More »

Industry Moves: Thumbplay Loses Two C-Level Execs, Bilman And Thorsvelt

By Tricia Duryee Mar. 3, 2009, 3:37am Comments Off

Thumbplay, the New York-based mobile content company, confirmed today that two c-level executives are leaving the company. This closely foll… Read More »

Updated: Billboard.com Changes Ringtone Provider Over To Thumbplay

By Tricia Duryee Dec. 12, 2008, 5:33am 2 Comments

Mobile content company Thumbplay said today that it is now handling the sales of all ringtones for Billboard.com. The ringtones are availabl… Read More »

Thumbplay Trims Headcount To Prepare For Prolonged Economic Downturn

By Tricia Duryee Nov. 13, 2008, 1:08am Comments Off

Thumbplay, a New York-based mobile entertainment company, said today it is trimming its workforce for what they are expecting to be a prolon… Read More »

Thumbplay Launches Full-Track Music Store

By Matt Kapko Oct. 29, 2008, 3:29am 1 Comment

Thumbplay has launched a full-track music store for mobile phones with a catalog of 1.5 million songs. With DRM-free tracks from Universal,… Read More »

Sony Computer Entertainment Takes Games Mobile With Player X; Thumbplay Nabs Off-Deck Deal

By Matt Kapko Aug. 20, 2008, 11:23pm Comments Off

*Sony* Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios has, for the first time ever, licensed some of its PlayStation titles to be published by a t… Read More »

Updated: MTV Mobile Picks Thumbplay To Manage Mobile Content Storefront; Drops Motricity

Update: Thumbplay Sued Over Billing Practices; Thumbplay Responds

Industry Moves: Thumbplay Promotes Mitch Rotter To SVP Of Content Acquisition And Strategy

Thumbplay Partners With Warner Music To Mark Its Fourth Music Label Deal

Thumbplay Launches Text-Based Search For Mobile Content