In the scale of huge corporate mistakes, AOL's acquisition of Bebo in 2008 ranks pretty highly. AOL paid $850 million for the social network, then watched it fade into mediocrity as Facebook left it for...
April 7th, 2010 by Music Ally
Social network Bebo may not be long for this world, after parent company AOL admitted that it's not willing to continue investing in the site. "Social networking is a space with heavy competition, and...
October 6th, 2009 by Music Ally
Fan-funded site Slicethepie has signed a deal with Backstreet International Merchandise, which will provide e-commerce services for bands funded by Slicethepie to sell CD, vinyl and merchandise.
June 5th, 2009 by Music Ally
Live streaming startup Ustream powered a webcast last week for Disney pop trio The Jonas Brothers. Now the company has revealed that 974,000 people watched the webcast at some point.
March 10th, 2009 by Music Ally
Who knew anyone still cared about Faith No More? It seems they do, for the announcement this week that they're playing this summer's Download Festival generated 100,000 visits to its website and more than...
March 2nd, 2009 by Music Ally
Slicethepie has taken a big step forwards via a deal with social network Bebo that will promote its artist-financing model to the latter's community.
November 6th, 2008 by Music Ally
One of the things we’re tracking at Music Ally is how artists and labels are using mobile and online to promote music. And since we’re tracking it on an ongoing basis, we thought it was worth...
October 15th, 2008 by Music Ally
If you're not a heavy Bebo user, you might not be aware of The Secret World of Sam King. It's the social network's latest online TV drama, following in the soapsteps of KateModern. Except...
September 4th, 2008 by Music Ally
A new survey from Synovate claims that 58% of adults worldwide don't know what online social networking is, while of those who do, 36% are actually losing interest in it.The survey quizzed more than...
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