The new MySpace officially launched to the public today, unveiling a revamped site focused on music. Co-owner Justin Timberlake's presence is immediate as upon joining (which can be done using Facebook or Twitter logins or through a separate sign-in process) users are offered a free stream his new single featuring Jay Z, "Suit & Tie.". Read More

Cultural icon Jay Z is streaming his Saturday concert, live from Brooklyn and for free, as a way to kick off his new YouTube channel, Life+Times. Read More

Viddy, the popular iPhone app for sharing 15-second video snippets, is getting a boost from celebrity associates who bring undisclosed amounts of funding along with their fame. Read More

Entrepreneur Shawn Carter, better known to his millions of fans as the 13-time Grammy Award winning musician Jay Z, has invested in Duracell Powermat and signed a multi-year global agreement to be the face and voice of the Duracell Powermat . Read More

In an initiative that could appeal both to advertisers and to today’s fragmented audiences, YouTube announced about 100 original content channels from dozens of professional creators. If there’s an archetypical skateboarding dog among them, it will be a celebrity’s dog wearing a branded T-shirt on a program for teenagers. Read More

The promotional juggernaut supporting this weekend's launch of the New iHeartRadio service continues to demonstrate Clear Channel Radio's clout. The latest evidence is a deal with Microsoft to offer an HD video stream of the entire two-day iHeartRadio Music Festival exclusively to the huge number of Xbox 360 owners. Read More

Seattle - RealNetworks (NASD: RNWK) and Viacom’s (NYSE: VIA) MTV announced on Monday that their Rhapsody music service joint venture will exclusively preview Jay-Z’s new album, "The Blueprint 3," for two weeks prior to its official release on Sept. 11. The preview stream will also be available from MTV’s The Leak. Rhapsody will also be the exclusive retailer of the album from Sept. 8-10, and will host two exclusive bonus tracks

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