TechCrunch reports that musiXmatch has secured $3.7 Million in funding that has brought the total raised by the UK/Italian Company to $8.1M since its establishment back in . Read More

LyricFind, a lyrics service with licenses with the four major labels, announced today that Gracenote has merged their lyrics business into LyricFind. Read More

LyricFind is feeling the love for the BlackBerry PlayBook, even if Sprint has decided not to carry the 4G version of Research in Motion’s flagship tablet. The leading provider of legal lyrics services has expanded its popular lyrics app with a version specially designed to take advantage of the PlayBook’s screen and capabilities.

As with its existing Apple iOS and Android apps, LyricFind gives PlayBook users access to the lyrics of more than 1.5 million songs, representing over 40,000 artists and [...].

SoundHound Inc. today unveiled LiveLyrics, a new capability for the company’s popular music identification and discovery tools. Users can now legally integrate lyrics as they play music, including using the lyrics to navigate.

LiveLyrics is available with unlimited usage in the latest version of the free SoundHound app and the paid SoundHound Infinity app on Apple’s iOS devices. It makes it possible for consumers to navigate based on lyrics, meaning playback can be controlled by actions like double-tapping a specific line, [...].

Cannes, France – musiXmatch on Monday announced the launch of what it says is the largest authorized online song lyrics database, having secured partnerships with BMG, Kobalt, Universal Music Publishing Group and Sony ATV Music. The company will offer the database of over 5 million lyrics, localized into 18 languages, as an API to online music services, to increase user engagement and search engine optimization using lyrics.

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Toronto – Licensed lyrics database LyricFind has launched a new program that offers websites and apps the ability to offer licensed song lyrics for free, but bundled with ads as a means to pay rightsholders. Once certain traffic levels are met, the publisher shares in the ad revenues. Early adopters of the service include Muziic and Lyrics.net.

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http://www.lyricfind.com

Woodland Hills, Calif. – Music Reports said on Tuesday that it has signed a multi-year deal to administer the music publishing rights and royalty accounting for Gracenote’s lyric service in North America.

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http://www.musicreports.com