Las Vegas - Gracenote, a provider of music identification technology, announced on Thursday that it has partnered with Omnifone, a provider of unlimited music download service, to develop a means of synchronizing a user's personal music collection with Omnifone's service across multiple devices. The service will allow users to, for instance, create playlists that combine personally owned tracks and songs from Omnifone's service, which may then be ported to mobile phones, desktop PCs, home entertainment systems and in-car stereos.

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Santa Monica, Calif. - ArtistDirect, an online network focused on music and film, announced on Monday that it has signed lyrics licensing agreements with Universal Music Publishing and EMI Music Publishing, and plans to launch a new song lyrics section on its site in the fall.

Denver - Radio broadcaster Clear Channel (NYSE: CCU) is looking to add a personalized Web radio player to its station websites, and is in talks with Pandora, but no deal has yet been finalized, Billboard reports.

New York - Sony Corporation of America (NYSE: SNE) announced on Tuesday that it will acquire Gracenote, a provider of digital media identification and recommendation services, for $260 million plus other contingent consideration. Founded in 1998, Emeryville, Calif.-based Gracenote developed the CD identification technology that has become the standard used by software like Apple's iTunes, Yahoo's Music Jukebox and Winamp, and on portable music players from Sony, Samsung and others.

Las Vegas - Gracenote, a provider of music data services, said on Thursday that LG Electronics will be the first mobile partner to bundle its Mobile MusicID and two other services in its music-enabled handsets. The LG handsets will allow users to identify songs playing at a party, in the car or even at a club, using their phones. The other features will let users identify any song imported into their phones, and seek recommendations based on the current song playing.

Emeryville, Calif. - Gracenote said on Friday that it has expanded its partnership with Philips, with the two companies combining their respective content fingerprinting technologies. Through the deal, Gracenote has combined its audio fingerprinting technology with Philips' video fingerprinting technology, creating a system that content owners and service providers can use to control the use of copyrighted content.

New York - Viacom's MTV Networks announced on Monday that it has partnered with Gracenote to incorporate music lyrics into its on-air, online and mobile platforms. On sites like MTV.com, VH1.com and CMT.com, users will be able to search for full song lyrics, while mobile users will be able to text an artist's name, song title or a portion of the lyrics and be sent to a mobile Internet page displaying the full lyrics.

Emeryville, Calif. - Gracenote, a provider of music identification and other digital media services, announced on Thursday the launch of its Mobile Music 2.0 platform, which will power mobile music search and discovery services on handsets from makers including Sony Ericsson. The service will let users identify CDs via their PC, and transfer songs to their mobile phones, as well as search for music and get recommendations on their phones, and purchase tracks from mobile music stores. The first phones to support the service -- the Sony Ericsson W910 Walkman and K850 Cyber-shot, are slated to ship in the fall.

Franklin, Tenn. - Digital music retailer PassAlong Networks announced that it has partnered with song ID service Gracenote and MP3Car.com on a service that will let consumers download songs directly to their car stereos. MP3Car.com's service, which also offers Yahoo's Launchast radio, will launch a digital music store powered by PassAlong's StoreBlocks platform.

Santa Monica, Calif. - Yahoo's music unit announced on Tuesday that it has partnered with Gracenote, a provider of CD and digital track identification services, to offer its users access to Gracenote's new database of song lyrics.

Redmond, Wash. - NexTune announced on Monday that it has allocated $50,000 in free music to offer consumers who help to build its music recognition database. Redmond, Wash.-based start-up NexTune aims to provide an alternative to song ID systems offered by Gracenote, FreeDB and All Music, which adds additional song information like tempo, style, vocals, moods and instruments used. The company is offering consumers a 10 cent credit for purchases in its online CD store for every song profile they submit to NexTune.