New York - Trent Reznor's Nine Inch Nails on Monday released yet another album of new material online for free, this time providing no paid options at all -- but rather a range of DRM-free download options for "The Slip." "Thank you for your continued and loyal support over the years -- this one's on me," reads a note on the Nine Inch Nails website.

Seattle - Warner Bros. Records (NYSE: WMG) recording artists R.E.M. will premiere their upcoming album, "Accelerate," exclusively on the iLike social music discovery service. iLike, which claims 23 million registered users, said the album will begin streaming from its site on March 24, six days before its North American release on April 1. The band will also offer an exclusive video message introducing and discussing the album through iLike.

Seattle - Social music discovery service iLike said on Wednesday that more than 200,000 musicians, including half of the top 500 acts in music, are using its service to manage their profiles on social networks including Facebook, hi5 and Bebo. Artists including Radiohead, Linkin Park, 50 Cent and Herbie Hancock use the iLike Universal Artist Dashboard to post songs, videos, tour dates and other information across the various social networks. iLike, which claims 23 million registered users for its own service, said its Artist Dashboard also soon support MySpace and Orkut, following the launch of Google's OpenSocial.

New York - Mobile entertainment distributor Thumbplay on Thursday announced a deal with iLike, a social music discovery application that claims 15 million users, that will place "Get ringtone" links on artist, album and song pages on iLike.com and the iLike Facebook application. Thumbplay claims a catalog of 75,000 pieces of mobile entertainment content.

Seattle - Social music discovery service iLike announced on Monday a promotional partnership with independent label Eleven Seven Music, whose artists will post original content such as music videos, tour diaries and video messages on iLike.com and iLike's Facebook application. Artists participating in the promotion include SIXX A.M., Drowning Pool and Motley Crue. iLike says that over 150,000 artists are using iLike to connect with the service's 15 million users.

Seattle - Social music service iLike on Thursday announced a promotional partnership with Grammy-winning artist Keith Urban, that will see videos from Urban's current tour made available weekly to Urban's more than 300,000 fans on iLike. The videos will also be syndicated across multiple sites, including iLike's popular Facebook application. The deal also calls for iLike to promote Urban's tour dates on iLike.com and through its Facebook application; Urban will also be featured in an iLike print ad campaign.

New York - IAC (NASD: IACI) , the media conglomerate run by Barry Diller that owns Ticketmaster, Citysearch, Ask.com and many other properties, announced on Monday a plan to split IAC into five publicly-traded companies. "We've been a complex enterprise almost from the very beginning 12 years ago, with hundreds of transactions over those years. And while we've created a lot of value, I've always believed our complexity and many mouthfuls of sentences to explain who we are and what our strategy is have hampered clarity and understanding with all our constituencies, particularly investors," said IAC chairman and CEO Barry Diller.

New York - Music industry trade publication Billboard announced on Tuesday that it has teamed with iLike, a social music discovery service and popular Facebook application, to create what they say will be the first social media-based music charts. The iLike application tracks what music users are listening in popular player applications like iTunes, and claims 13 million users. The weekly listening charts will reflect the top 25 "most added" songs to Facebook user profiles, as well as the top 25 songs consumers are adding to their personal music libraries and iPods.

Los Angeles - iLike, a social music discovery service, this week announced an upgrade to its application for the Facebook social network that lets artists communicate with fans. The iCast tool lets artists add photos, songs and videos to their iLike profiles, which fans can subscribe to as updates. Seattle-based iLike, which is backed by IAC/InterActiveCorp and has enabled links to buy concert tickets through Ticketmaster, now claims over 13 million users of its service.

San Francisco - Vadver, a developer of video search technology based on user recommendations, has raised $1.7 million in its first round of funding from Draper Fisher Jurvetson, NewTeeVee reported.

Palo Alto, Calif. - Facebook, the second-largest online social network behind MySpace, this week launched its anticipated open platform that lets businesses and developers create their own pages and applications.

Seattle - Social music discovery service iLike announced on Tuesday that it has surpassed one million registered users. The service includes an iTunes plug-in that monitors what users are listening to and provides personalized recommendations, as well as alerts on local concerts. The company said it is now processing over 200 million monthly track plays by its users. Seattle-based iLike also operates the indie music community GarageBand.com and personal broadcasting service Gcast.com.

Seattle - Social music discovery service iLike said on Wednesday that it has surpassed 500,000 registered users since launching its offering four months ago. The company provides a sidebar for iTunes that lets users share playlists online, and either purchase songs immediately or save them to a wishlist, as well as a MySpace widget that shows and plays favorite music. It also offers a social network site that features music recommendations, and music videos from YouTube. Seattle-based iLike also announced a new version of its software for Windows Media Player.