Viacom Enters Licensing Deal With Joost

Viacom has announced a licensing deal with Joost, a new Internet service that specializes in commercial video content. The announcement comes just two weeks after the concern ordered Google to pull its content off of YouTube. The deal, which comes right on the heels of the recent collapse of similar talks between Viacom and YouTube, involves licensing content from MTV, Paramount studios, Comedy Central and Spike. Financial details...

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Beatport Announces The Beatport Player

Beatport, a concern from Denver, Colorado, has announced the Beatport Player, a device for dance music oriented websites to put a Flash-based player on their site. The Player can be programmed to showcase Beatport’s Top Downloads of the Day, Releases from a specific genre, artist, or label, a DJ blessed Chart, or their entire catalog. This is a great way for dance music fans to incorporate the latest tracks onto their blogs,...

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