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Social Music Site Imeem Inks Deals With Matador, Beggars Group

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 29, 2008 - 11:24am.

San Francisco - Social music service Imeem on Wednesday announced a worldwide licensing and marketing partnership with independent label groups Matador and Beggars Group, which will make their entire music and video catalogs available for free streaming on Imeem. Beggars and Matador will also feature Imeem's embeddable music and video playlists across its artists' websites. Imeem says it reaches over 100 million people a month through its website and network of music and video playlists embedded across the Web.

Amie Street Signs Top Indie Labels for Variable Song Pricing

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 26, 2008 - 1:34pm.

New York - AmieStreet.com, an online music retailer that offers variable song pricing, announced on Tuesday that top independent labels Beggars Group, Matador Records and Polyvinyl Recording have signed on to use its service. The Amazon.com-backed company offers "fan-driven" pricing, where songs are initially free and then rise in price based on popularity, up to 98 cents. With the new deals, AmieStreet.com will now offer songs from artists including Cat Power, Sigur Ros, Pavement, Yo La Tengo and Interpol.