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Music Joint Venture Rhapsody Lays Off 9% of Staff

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 6, 2009 - 9:54am.
Seattle - Rhapsody, the digital music service joint venture between RealNetworks (NASD: RNWK) and Viacom's (NYSE: VIA) MTV Networks, is laying off 9% of its employees, All Things D reported. Most of the cuts are coming in the service's editorial department, including writers, radio programmers and product managers.

A RealNetworks spokesperson told All Things D that Rhapsody will "place greater emphasis on mobile devices and Web platforms and less on editorial and heavy client software."

 

Related Links:
http://snipurl.com/oy0bj (All Things D)

http://www.rhapsody.com

Published in DMW Daily, August 6, 2009
tags: Music | RealNetworks | Viacom | Layoffs | Rhapsody | MTV Networks |



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