February 15th, 2012 by Music Ally

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Social games giant Zynga has announced its first financial results since going public, reporting revenues of $311m for the fourth quarter of 2011, and $1.14bn for the year as a whole.

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February 1st, 2012 by Music Ally

Vevo CEO Rio Caraeff told the D: Dive Into Media conference that the music videos service generated $150m in revenues in 2011 alone, and has so far paid out $100m to content owners over the last two years.

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January 6th, 2012 by Music Ally

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Influential US tech blog TechCrunch has announced the nominations for its 2011 Crunchies awards, with several music services up for gongs.

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January 5th, 2012 by Music Ally

Nielsen SoundScan has published its end-of-year charts for 2011, with Adele sitting proudly atop both the album and singles lists

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January 5th, 2012 by Music Ally

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Nielsen SoundScan has published its end-of-year charts for 2011, with Adele sitting proudly atop both the album and singles lists.

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January 3rd, 2012 by Music Ally

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UK industry body the BPI has released its end-of-year sales figures for 2011, revealing that album sales fell 5.6% in volume to 113.2m units.

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January 3rd, 2012 by Music Ally

Millions of people unwrapped new smartphones and tablets on Christmas Day, so what was the effect on the total number of app downloads in the following week?

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December 16th, 2011 by Music Ally

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IDC reports that 18.1 million tablets shipped in the third quarter of this year, up 264.5% year-on-year, although below IDC's previous forecast of 19.2 million units.

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December 9th, 2011 by Music Ally

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Apple has published its annual Rewind charts, revealing the best-selling music, films, TV shows, apps and e-books of 2011 on its iTunes Store, as well as the company's editorial picks.

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