SpiralFrog Inks Free Download Deal With Universal
SpiralFrog, a New York concern, stated it reached an agreement with Universal Music Group to offer free downloads of its songs on its new ad-supported online music service. The service, to be launched in December, experiments with a new business model that offers free Windows Media downloads, as opposed to the pay-per-song model of Apple’s market-leading iTunes music store. SpiralFrog is now actively trying to reach similar...
Google Debuts Music Trends
Google has introduced Music Trends, a new service that utilizes the Google Talk IM client to track global music tastes and patterns. Talk users must opt-in to the service and “share” their music playlists from one of several players, including Windows Media Player, iTunes, Winamp, and the Yahoo Music Engine. Google then archives listening habits and presents the ranked results in a searchable database that is updated every...






