Looks like game over for Thumbplay as a standalone entity: we have learned that the mobile content company’s last remaining asset—its ringtones, games and other casual mobile entertainment business—has been sold to SendMe Mobile for an undisclosed sum. As we revealed exclusively at the beginning of March, the music streaming…

Update: Clear Channel announced that it is the media company buying the cloud-based music subscription service Thumbplay Music—a deal that was first reported by mocoNews.net. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed, but our source says it is likely to be less than 10 percent of the company’s…

Ten years ago, three brothers in Germany founded Jamba, jumping head-first into the global fad of selling ringtones, which ultimately grew to be a billion-dollar industry. Since then, the well-known mobile content company has taken a number of twists and turns. Long story short, Jamba was acquired by News Corp…

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-track music download service for the phone and PC. Pablo Calamera, who oversaw the launch of Apple’s MobileMe cloud services, will serve as the company’s…