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bits.blogs.nytimes.com - 3/3/2009
Why Imeem's Music Isn't Free on Cellphones
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Imeem lets users play any song they want on their computers, but not on cellphones. Since there is no way--yet--to pirate music on a cellphone, it hopes to sell music on the go.
Big Music Will Surrender, But Not Until At Least 2011
techcrunch.com - 3/8/2009
Big Music Will Surrender, But Not Until At Least 2011
— techcrunch.com — I had a surprisingly candid lunch conversation last week with a big music label executive, and a... good part of our talk focused on the future of music. I asked the usual question: Why are you guys so damned clueless? Your business is disintegrating ... (more) Big Music Will Surrender, But Not Until At Least 2011

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Googler goodbye e-mail: 'So long, suckers! I'm out!'
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 2/24/2009
Googler goodbye e-mail: 'So long, suckers! I'm out!'
— latimesblogs.latimes.com — When he left Google for Imeem, Jason Shugars' goodbye e-mail started, "So long, suckers." Credit: Spencer Weiner... / Los Angeles Times. It was not the most eloquent subject line for a farewell e-mail to 5,000 co-workers: "So long, suckers! I'm ... (more) Googler goodbye e-mail: 'So long, suckers! I'm out!'

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mocoNews:  Imeem's Music Experiment: Getting Users To Pay For Tracks On Mobile Offered Free On PC

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Imeem's Music Experiment: Getting Users To Pay For Tracks On Mobile Offered Free On PC
mocoNews — ... According to the Nytimes.com's Bits blog, Imeem is "caught between the storms of a capricious music industry on one side and the hard rocks of the Internet advertising market on the other." The labels have a list of do's and don't for Imeem, one of which includes not allowing streaming on mobile because they believe that users will pay to get songs on their phone. It's hard after all, to access a pirated track from a file sharing site on mobiles, and some tracks on mobiles are already selling for twice that on computers. But as Bits points out ...

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