Tameka Kee
Oct 6, 2009 12:54 PM
U2’s switch from being the “face” of Apple’s iPods to the “face” of RIM’s younger, hipper BlackBerry didn’t quite turn out the way fans had hoped it would—but according to Alan Brenner, RIM’s SVP of BlackBerry platforms, the company still considers the “U2 Mobile Album” app a success. “The most…
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Tricia Duryee
Dec 11, 2008 6:33 PM
Mobile content company Thumbplay said today that it is now handling the sales of all ringtones for Billboard.com. The ringtones are available from all of the music charts, which will have links to Thumbplay, where people can preview and choose to download the music to their phone. As an example,…
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Tricia Duryee
Sep 9, 2008 2:04 PM
Our own Rafat Ali, publisher and editor of ContentNext Media, took the main stage this morning at Mobile Entertainment Live to interview John Faith, the GM and VP of MySpace Mobile. Here’s highlights: —Types of mobile products: There’s Wap, downloadable apps and SMS: “You need all of it together to…
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Tricia Duryee
Sep 9, 2008 11:07 AM
Billboard’s Mobile Entertainment Live, the pre-conference day before CTIA, started this morning with a panel including Michael Nash, EVP of Digital Strategy and Business Development from Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG), and Paul Smith, head of major label relations for Nokia (NYSE: NOK), moderated by Antony Bruno of Billboard. The…
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