Los Angeles - Muxtape, a popular playlist-sharing service that shut down its original offering after complaints from the major record labels, has re-launched as a free platform that enables bands to post songs, photos and calendars to any website. Wired.com characterized the new incarnation as a "white-label version of MySpace." Artists who have taken advantage of the new Muxtape include Of Montreal, Girl Talk and Dan Deacon.

Los Angeles - Mixwit, a site that let users create and share song playlists, has announced that it will shut its service down before the end of the year. "We've put a year of work into Mixwit so this choice wasn't taken lightly. I won't go into the details of our situation but state simply that we boldly marched into in a position best described as 'between rock and a hard place.'"

Los Angeles - The creator of online mixtape service Muxtape has posted on his website the details of how the site was shutdown at the behest of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) last month, at a time when he was in active discussions with the major labels on licensing deals, and how he walked away from the licensing deals and will re-launch the service from scratch as a promotional tool for bands.

Los Angeles - Muxtape, a popular free music playlist-sharing service, has taken itself offline in light of an unspecified request from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).