February 19th, 2013 by Music Ally

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The latest Facebook-fuelled kerfuffle on the tech blogs was spawned by on-stage comments by VP of business and marketing relationships David Fischer at the Stanford Future of Media conference this week.

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February 8th, 2013 by Music Ally

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Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds is getting ready to launch his new album 'For Now I Am Winter', with a nifty promotion going live on his website yesterday.

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February 7th, 2013 by Music Ally

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Pop star using a digital startup that we haven't heard of for promotional purposes? They must have a stake in the company. Such is the case with Justin Timberlake and Stipple: he's an investor in the service,...

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February 6th, 2013 by Music Ally

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Facebook is trying a new form of ad-targeting in the US called Lookalike Audiences, which could be useful for any music artist with a decent mailing list.

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February 6th, 2013 by Music Ally

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Late last year, Instagram launched web-based user profiles. Now it's gone the whole hog and put people's entire Instagram feeds on the web as well as in its mobile app.

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February 5th, 2013 by Music Ally

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US firm CrowdTwist is aiming to help brands connect the dots between fans' different social media profiles, with clients already including X Factor (US) and the Miami Dolphins

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January 30th, 2013 by Music Ally

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Lead: every day brings a new service or app but most of them barely cause a flicker. But the ones that last the distance can really change everything. Think iTunes, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter – companies...

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January 28th, 2013 by Rob MacAllister

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It was announced yesterday that Webdoc will be continuing their stellar work but will be rebranded and renamed as Urturn. We spoke to CEO, Stelios Tzonis and Head of Music, Olivier de Simone about what...

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January 3rd, 2013 by Music Ally

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Well, we say 'popular' – we should clarify that a lot of people signing up to Google's social network may only be hazily aware that they're doing it.

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