New York - Muze, a provider of informational databases on music, movies and other media, said on Tuesday that its MuzeTunes service has now streamed over 7.5 billion digital song samples for the company's retail, Internet and mobile services customers. Launched in 2001, the Muze service now powers streaming samples for more than 75 clients, including Amazon, Yahoo, AOL, CD Universe, House of Blues and Nellymoser.

New York - The former editor-in-chief and another editor at Muze, a provider of informational databases on music and other media, have announced the formation of The Tactic Company, which will provide editorial content and recommendations for handheld devices and website publishers, Billboard reported. The company was founded by former Muze editor Paul Parriera and Peter Krause, a managing editor for the company. The Tactic Company also plans to introduce its own Web and mobile products.

New York - Muze, a provider of informational databases on music, movies, books and games, on Tuesday announced that its Open Media Exchange platform will be used to power a new subscription-based mobile music service for wireless carrier O2 Germany. Users can download directly over-the-air, or first to a PC and then transfer tracks to their phones. The service supports progressive playback, meaning consumers can listen to a song while it's being downloaded. Muze and O2 also partnered with MTV to offer MTV's Top Ten tracks of the week for dual-delivery download to PCs and mobile devices.

San Mateo, Calif. - MixerCast, an online media network that lets allows mixing of user-generated content with professionally-produced content, announced on Tuesday that it has signed agreements with content providers including Muze, Pump Audio, National Geographic and Getty Images. The deals will give MixerCast users access to licensed audio and video clips for use in creating mash-ups that can then be posted on community sites like Flickr or YouTube.