Mashable writes about social music site Pandora:

Internet radio service Pandora doesn?t have any good news for international users yet, five months after being forced to shut off the site to non-US members. According to the company, the royalties that are required to be paid to artists and their labels in the UK and elsewhere make providing an ad-support web radio service infeasible.

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Rev2 writes about social music site Grooveshark:

The way that Grooveshark works is that, in typical P2P manner, you download their software and specify the folder where your existing music collection exists (i.e. iTunes? My Music folder). Your music is made available to other Grooveshark users to purchase through their website for $0.99, from which you get purchase credits for sharing based on a unique contribution-ranking system of theirs, and the record label and artists get a cut out of.

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Mashable writes about social music site MOG:

MOG is gearing up for a complete site redesign, which will include better page load time, a new color scheme, and easier ways to consume music. More importantly however, there will be full-length tracks available on MOG, which will also be available for your music widgets and playlists. Instead of the 30-second samples that currently on MOG, full-length tracks give you better ways to enjoy your music.

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GigaOm writes about alot of deals in the social music space:

As Apple (APPL) and Amazon (AMZN) duke it out in the MP3 price war, music publishers are still trying to figure out how to cash in on a crowd that will go to great lengths to get its music for free.

Imeem, a San Francisco-based music discovery startup, said it has signed a content agreement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment that gives users access to the Sony(SNE)-Bertelsmann joint venture?s digital catalog of music and video for ad-supported, ?free? streaming of these files.

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Tags: social music, imeem, spiral frog, qtrax

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Venture Beat writes about a deal between Sony and social music site Imeem:

Sony BMG has become the latest music label to offer its entire music and video catalog for free streaming on imeem, a Web site focused on letting users share music playlists.

Warner Music Group did the same in July (our coverage). The deal is significant because it represents one more fissure in the once united stance among music labels to stick with a paid model and digital rights management. Increasingly, music is being streamed for free, supported by ads.

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Mashable writes about social music site Last.fm:

Last.fm is launching a new program designed to help independent musicians use the Internet to jump start their careers. The campaign will focus on teaching up-and-coming artists how to produce, promote, and distribute their music on the Web.

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Mashable writes about social music site Imeem:

Imeem, an online community that aims to connect artists and fans, has reached a deal with Sony BMG to legally offer their music to users. In exchange for allowing Imeem users to stream Sony BMG music on the site and in their widgets, the record label will get a cut of the advertising revenue.

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Go2Web2 writes about social music site meTracks:

meTracks is an innovative web based audio player, allowing you to listen to your music, when you want it, and from any computer. meTracks is designed to take away the headache of owning and transporting your audio everywhere by giving you an easy to use web based music player, on demand.

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Rev2 writes about social music site gruvr:

Are you one of those people who seems to always miss the show? I?m talking about those times when your friend asks you what you thought of that Pearl Jam concert and you are like ,?There was a Pearl Jam concert, when??

Unfortunately I happen to be one of these people. The aforementioned Pearl Jam example actually happened to me back in 1994, man I was not happy. Living in New Zealand limits one?s opportunities to see big name bands locally. Those days are over for me now with the help of Gruvr.

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Techcrunch writes about Social Music site FIQL:

FIQL is a nice niche social network focused on music playlists. Users upload, categorize and share their playlists with others. People who view the playlists can buy songs through links to iTunes and other music services. But for the most part they can?t simply listen to the songs online, other than through somewhat cumbersome links to Napster and Rhapsody, which allow people to listen to songs for free with certain restrictions.

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