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SpiralFrog(TM) Signs Agreement with Warner/Chappell Music SpiralFrog, Inc., the free ad-supported, Web-based music experience, and Warner/Chappell Music (WCM), the global music publishing arm of Warner Music Group Corp. (NYSE:WMG), today announced an agreement to make the company's catalog of music compositions available to complement SpiralFrog's growing roster of audio and video content. - 2008-03-31

Sizzling Hot Female Reggae Artist Shade's New Single Release Reggae artist Shade released her new single "Hot Boys" featuring heavyweight Junior Reid. The single was released on April 11, 2008 digitally, and will be available for purchase in stores. www.myspace.com/shadeface - 2008-03-29

Boyz II Men World Tour Announces Competition to Win a Gold Disc - Exclusive Free Video Attached to This Release Boys II Men, one of the most successful R&B male vocal groups of all time, are going on a world tour. An exclusive behind the scenes video is also available to download free (attached to this release and also available to download from www.boyziimenhitsville.com ). - 2008-03-28

3RD CULTURE Joins Grammy Award Winning Producer Thom Russo for a Remix of the New Single ``Heartbreak City'' Releasing on March 28: Thom Russo (Audioslave, Jay Z, Johnny Cash, Eric Clapton, Juanes and Moneybrother) has remixed 3RD CULTURE's new single "Heartbreak City" Live performance and webcast show at Arlene's Grocery, New York City on March 28, 2008 Pop Rock group 3RD CULTURE, http://www.myspace.com/3rdcultureband, celebrates the release of their new single "Heartbreak City" on Friday, March 28, 2008 with a live performance from Arlene's Grocery in NYC at 10:00 p.m. EDT. The show will also be available via a live webcast at http://www.youtube.com/user/3RDCULTURE. - 2008-03-27

Trackbacks Available SpiralFrog(TM) Now Third Largest Legal Music Download Site: SpiralFrog Continues Growth with 850,000 Registered Users and More Than Two Million Uniques in North America SpiralFrog, Inc., (www.spiralfrog.com) the free, ad-supported Web-based music experience, today announced it crossed a major threshold with almost 850,000 registered users. Based on reported user numbers, SpiralFrog is now positioned as the third largest legal music download site in U.S. and Canada behind only iTunes and Rhapsody. The company also demonstrated further growth with traffic already surpassing two million unique monthly visitors for March. - 2008-03-27

'We Love Hip-Hop: a Celebration of Hip-Hop Music' Only On Music Choice in April -- Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, Jay Z, Jim Jones, Rick Ross, Flo Rida, and Shawty Lo all Featured in Originals Music Choice, the award winning, multi-platform video and music network, announces its slate of thematic video programming for April. "We Love Hip-Hop: A Celebration of Hip-Hop Music" will premiere on Music Choice's On Demand network and its broadband music site in April with Music Choice Originals and a music video catalog that features today's hip-hop megastars. Rapper, singer, producer and actor, Snoop Dogg, the Music Choice Artist of the Month, is featured in two Originals - "Snoop Dogg: Does Starkville" and "Snoop Dogg: Naked." Jim Jones hosts "Hip Hop Style 360;" Flo Rida is featured on Fresh Crops; and Tha Corner showcases Rick Ross. In addition, a "5 Boro Tour" video playlist highlighting Jay Z and popular hip-hop artists from each of the five boroughs of NYC joins the long list of Originals available for viewing all month long. - 2008-03-26

GiGCREATOR Brings Stars and the Best DJ's Together for One Night Dance the Night Away At WMC - a Red Carpet Event with MTV's and Miami's Hottest Celebs! - 2008-03-24

Christian Artist Griffith and Company New Single Tell It All Hits the Charts Century 2 Entertainment made the decision to conduct an Internet test market of the new single by Griffith and Company, "Tell It All", before releasing it to radio. In a matter of days Internet music tracking company SoundClick reported that of the 2,762,291 songs it was tracking, Griffith and Company, "Tell It All" was at Number 1 Country, Number 1 Christian Country, and Number 7 in all genres of music. (SoundClick 02/22/08). With the current radio release the recording has now made its way into the mainstream Christian music charts with a solid debut at number 64 in the Singing News (Singing News, March 08). - 2008-03-21

SpiralFrog Launches Free Concert Ticket Sweepstakes: Enter for Your Chance to Win $5,000 in Concert Tickets SpiralFrog (www.spiralfrog.com), the free and legal ad-supported music site, gives music fans the chance to win $5,000 in concert tickets with a new sweepstakes launching today. - 2008-03-21

SanDisk Promotes DRM-Free Music from More Than 50 Emerging and Critically Acclaimed Artists on microSD Card: Rock, Pop, and Hip-Hop Artists to Be Featured in a U.S.-Based Music Promotion Tied to the Launch of the New 8GB Sansa Fuze MP3 Player SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK), a leading seller of MP3 players in the United States, today announced the company will promote DRM-free music from more than 50 new and emerging artists on a microSD card. This U.S.-based program is the first of its kind to use microSD cards, and helps launch the new 8GB (gigabyte)(1) Sansa Fuze MP3 player. The "Sansa Sessions" microSD card is comprised of a collection of rock, pop, and hip hop songs, music videos, and photos from more than 30 labels. Featured artists include All Time Low, Ladytron, Magnet, Nada Surf, Of Montreal and The Coup. - 2008-03-19

1 Attachment Cash Money Superstar Lil Wayne Serving up Something New for the Taste Buds: The First Single "Lollipop" from his new album set to impact at Crossover and Urban Radio on March 25th THA CARTER III In-Stores May 13th Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Motown recording artist Lil Wayne is gearing up to release his highly anticipated album Tha Carter III, the final in the trilogy, on May 13th. - 2008-03-14

Join the Revolution and Get Discovered with Unicorn Media: Musicians Can Upload, Share and Profit Directly from Their Music Taking center stage in the digital entertainment revolution, Unicorn Media (www.UnicornMedia.com) today announced an open call for musical content for its highly anticipated new free entertainment service. Unicorn Media emerged from its stealth mode this week, revealing a pre-launch version of its ground-breaking entertainment site where it is accepting professionally produced, high-quality music from singers, bands and music labels all over the world. - 2008-03-12

Unicorn Media Invites Artists to Join Digital Entertainment Revolution: Entertainment Distribution Service of the Future Issues Call for Content to Music and Film Artists from South by Southwest (SXSW) 2008 Music and Media Conference Unicorn Media (www.UnicornMedia.com) announced today an open call for professional-quality film and music content for its highly anticipated new free entertainment service. Unicorn Media emerged from its stealth mode this week, revealing a pre-launch version of its groundbreaking entertainment site, where it is accepting professionally produced, high-quality music, movies and episodic video programming. - 2008-03-10

Pop Your Panties With Paris, Nicole and Lindsey Music Parody Opens NY Film Fest Music parody 'Pop Your Panties with Paris, Nicole and Lindsey' debuts at the New York Film Festival this week. 'Pop Your Panties' is produced by Itsi Atkins and Lisa Nusbaum from Parody 4 Charity Productions, who have dedicated themselves to generate public awareness for Media 4 Humanity. - 2008-02-26

Sonic Bear Music, Va. Beach, VA, releases "Follow The Mist" by Stephen Peppos, a Virginia Artist/Composer, Release Date August 1, 2008 Composer Stephen Peppos' FOLLOW THE MIST debuts at # 3 on the New Age Reporter TOP 100 Charts. Receiving high accolades from industry reviewers. - 2008-02-23

1 Attachment The CD is Dead - Flash Drive Direct Offers Strong Alternative Paradigm to Revive Limp Retail Music Sales. Bare Naked Ladies, White Stripes first to take the leap. The CD is dead and the industry is facing the prospect of a download only era. Music industry mavens know that this business strategy is not suited to the labels. The free file sharing Peer to Peer genie is out of the bottle and already in the hands of the public. The ability for the labels to stake their claim in the download arena and successfully compete with LimeWire, MySpace and other free services is doomed. Flash drive designer and manufacturer Flash Drive Direct has penned a treatise that describes a new and viable replacement for the CD that will appeal to the download demographic and offer a richer media intense delivery system. - 2008-02-14

The Tubes and The Persuasions Sign Distribution Agreements with Wolfgang's Vault Wolfgang's Vault, the online destination for live music, announced today agreement with veteran recording artists The Tubes and The Persuasions to distribute archival concert recordings for download at www.WolfgangsVault.com. - 2008-01-29

New 'Neo Eclectic' Music is Breakthrough Sound for Debut CD 'Color Purple' associate conductor Victor Simonson delivers jazz, classical, gospel, opera, smooth jazz and sacred music on one CD. - 2008-01-25

Wolfgang's Vault Adds New Concerts Wolfgang's Vault, the online destination for live concerts, added 12 exclusive concert recordings today online at www.concertvault.com, including shows by BB.King, Grateful Dead, Richie Havens, Rory Gallagher, Jerry Jeff Walker, The Bellamy Brothers, Freddie King, Golden Earring, Bonnie Raitt and more. The concerts are available for free streaming, and select concerts are available for digital download. - 2008-01-17

Yoko Ono Lennon, The Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am, Natasha Bedingfield and Pat Monahan of Train, Unveil the All New John Lennon Educational Tour Bus at CES Yoko Ono was joined by The Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am, Natasha Bedingfield and Pat Monahan of Train for the official unveiling of the new non-profit state-of-the-art John Lennon Educational Tour Bus. The launch took place at the Consumer Electronics Show today. The mission of the venture is to provide students with free hands-on opportunities to make music, produce video projects, and shoot digital photos in the mobile recording studios. The Lennon Bus also has an illustrious history as a hit maker, with chart topping singles from The Black Eyed Peas and Fergie recorded on board. - 2008-01-08

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