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TechSheep (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo: Web 2.0 Music Pioneer iLike Looking for Buyers — iLike, the Web start-up that made a name for itself by becoming Facebook’s de facto music service, is looking for a buyer, according to multiple sources. I’m told that iLike is actively soliciting a list of buyers that include RealNetworks and Ticketmaster [...]
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Mac Beach (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
"Big music ignored digital music for a long time. But over the last few years, that’s changed. Now the industry is hoping that fast-growing digital revenue can help it overcome slumping CD revenue. That has yet to happen." Some apocryphal points: I have an Apple computer with iTunes, and a Linux based machine. I’ve used iTunes in the past to download music, and then go through a two step (burn to CD...
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Gearlog (Free subscription) | yesterday
I could almost use Peter Kafka's lede at AllThingsD on this item, as I don't watch The Simpsons on a regular basis, either. (Actually, I use Hulu to catch up with episodes I've missed, as I suspect more and more people are doing.) In any event, the iconic animated show finally took on the modern cult of Mac in its Sunday episode, although the writers obviously feared Apple's legal team....
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Talking Biz News (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008
Marci Alboher, the New York Times “Shifting Careers” column as a freelancer for the past 18 months, has lost that job, according to a report from Peter Kafka at All Things Digital. Kafka writes, “The Times (NYT) had a round of layoffs/buyouts earlier in the year, but last month Executive Editor Bill Keller told his troops [...]
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Silicon Alley Insider (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
Web 2.0 music service iLike is looking for a buyer, AllThingsD's Peter Kafka reports . Kafka : My sources couldn't tell me what sale price iLike is hoping to get. It has raised about $16 million in two years. Most of that came from Ticketmaster (TKTM), which has now split off from Barry Diller's IAC (IACI) and trades as standalone company. ... Ticketmaster's existing ownership...