Nokia Taps David Bowie For Mobile Music Download Service

Nokia plans to launch a music download service in November and has recruited David Bowie to helm the endeavor. Nokia definitely has its sights on the mobile music arena, and will be offering more sophisticated music phones in the near future to combat Motorola’s partnership with Apple and their iTunes software. Unfortunately, they’ve had a difficult time reaching licensing deals with the major labels. So what do they do?...

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MSN To Broadcast Live Concerts

Microsoft’s MSN will webcast live concerts to its users after signing an exclusive global partnership with Control Room, the company behind the web broadcast of last year’s Live 8 event. The move to offer major live performances online is the latest strategy by Microsoft to drive both consumer and advertiser growth on its sites with a range of new entertainment and media features to challenge rivals including Yahoo,...

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