Search Results for: imeem

by
0 Comments

imeem Enters the Platform Fray

posted on March 25, 2008

imeem logoJust when you thought social networking was safe—it’s another platform. The imeem Media Platform, launched last night, is the latest addition to social networking platform stable.

But yes, there is a twist this time. imeem, if you’re not familiar with it or its Facebook app, is a social network centered around music, video and photos. In addition to personal media, imeem also features “professional” content, including popular music, music videos, movie clips and more.

And here’s the twist: the platform will enable developers to access and use any media on the site, including professional and personal content—and imeem will handle all the licensing for you. (Because they’ve never had legal troubles in that area before.)

imeem’s introduction for its platform says that developers will be able to:

by
1 Comment

Imeem Offers Universal’s Music Free

posted on December 10, 2007

The music industry has had a lot of shakeups recently, and here’s yet another. Social media community imeem has signed a licensing deal with Universal Music group, the largest music label in the music industry. Now you can listen to Universal’s streaming music and watch videos free.

Rather than make money on the music, they show ads and split ad revenues. This isn’t a new model, of course and I wonder what the artists make from it.

Universal is finding ways to get around Apple’s stronghold by not only working with imeem, but also with cell phone provider Nokia. There Comes With Music feature comes with a one-year, unlimited access music download service. Not only are the songs available on your cell phone but you can keep any music you downloaded after your subscription expires.

by
19 Comments

The Next Hot Marketing Ploy? Find a Way to Get Sued!

posted on May 16, 2007

Forget search marketing, viral marketing or even social marketing, there’s a faster way to get your company in the spotlight – get sued by a bigger company.

Don’t believe me? Take a look at all the publicity that social network Imeem is now getting, thanks to a law suit slapped on them by Warner Music.

The suit, filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, claims that “Imeem is no innocent infringer. It invites Imeem’s millions of users to flock to its website to copy, adapt, distribute and perform unlicensed sound recordings and music videos.” A statement from Imeem was not yet available.

by
2 Comments

Ad-Supported Music Doesn’t Make Money, Either

posted on August 10, 2009

myspace music logoWe spend considerable time here chronicling just how badly the newspaper industry is adapting to making money on the web. With so many sites abandoning free, ad-supported content, it seems like they just don’t know what they’re doing.

And maybe they’re not the only ones. In the last few years, we’ve seen the rise of many ad-supported free music sites: SpiralFrog, imeem, MySpace Music, Pandora, to name only a few. And the entire sector is struggling, as CNET reports today: SpiralFrog shut down earlier this year (which is almost funny, since it was a joint venture between the NYT and the Financial Times), imeem is reeling from a financial crisis, Pandora is charging its heaviest users, and MySpace Music underperformed in Q1.

by
13 Comments

YouTube Making Universal Music Money–What about Google?

posted on December 19, 2008

Well, it looks like the most popular video site on the Internet is making somebody money—but it might not be Google. Universal Music Group reports that YouTube is making them “tens of millions of dollars.”

Rio Caraeff, executive vice president of Universal Music Group’s eLabs and head of their digital group, told CNET:

[YouTube] is not like radio, where it’s just promotional. It’s a revenue stream, a commercial business. It’s growing tremendously. It’s up almost 80 percent for us year-over-year in the U.S. in terms of our revenue from this category.

The tens of millions are part of $100 million in video streaming revenue for the company. The money comes from not only a partnership with YouTube, but other sites including MTV, iMeem and MySpace. Three years ago, UMG made nothing from their videos.

by
3 Comments

Whither Facebook?

posted on May 21, 2007

Duncan Riley at TechCrunch today explores the options for still-indepedent Facebook. With talk of Yahoo eyeing a $1B price tag on Bebo, it looks like Facebook is in a good position to get far more—but from whom? In the comments, Michael Arrington predicts an IPO for Facebook next year.

Meanwhile, Hitwise released statistics on social networks today. MySpace still leads the pack with 79.7% of visits last month. Bebo was doing respectably among the rest, with 1.28%. Facebook received 11.47% of visits during April. (The remaining 7.55% was spread among Imeem, BlackPlanet.com, Tagged, Yahoo! 360, Xanga, hi5 and Gaiaonline.com.)

by
3 Comments

Google Hits a High Note with New Music Onebox

posted on October 29, 2009

What’s the name of that song?

You know the one. They play it a lot at NC State football games?

C’mon, you know it. “Boom, here comes the boom….”

No?

Forget it! I’ll Google it instead!

Yes, that’s it!

And, pretty soon, you’ll never have problems finding a song, artist, or album again–thanks to a new “Discover Music” onebox from Google.

Maybe you remember only the chorus — or maybe you remember who sang it, but you forgot the exact name of the song. If you’ve ever heard a catchy song in a car or cafe, but just can’t figure out the name of the song, you’ll know what I’m talking about. This search feature also helps you find many of those songs by entering a search containing a line or two of lyrics.