Songbird

Developers Land Funding for Songbird Open-Source Music Player

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 9, 2009 - 9:04am.
San Francisco - Pioneers of the Inevitable, the developer of the Songbird open-source music jukebox software, has raised an undisclosed amount of new financing, TechCrunch reported.

Open-Source Songbird Music Player Adds 7digital MP3 Store

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 17, 2009 - 1:31pm.
London - U.K. digital music retailer 7digital said on Tuesday that it has integrated its service with the Songbird open-source desktop music player. 7digital will also make music purchase recommendations based on a user's most recently played songs in Songbird.

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Songbird Releases Beta of Free, Open Software Music Player

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 22, 2008 - 10:42am.

Los Angeles - The developers behind Songbird, a free software media player and Web browser, this week announced the .7 beta release of the application, which includes support for social music service Last.fm and concert ticket sales application Songkick, Webmonkey reported. The Songbird interface is very similar to that of Apple's iTunes.

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Digital Music Player Developer Songbird Raises $1 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 4, 2006 - 12:48pm.
San Francisco - Songbird, a developer of digital music player software that can access songs both off a PC and the Internet, announced that it has raised $1 million in new financing from Atlas Ventures and Sequoia Capital, Venture Beat reported. San Francisco-based Songbird's media player searches websites visited for available music files, and allows them to be played within the player at any time. It also features a range of music search engines, and allows users to subscribe to MP3 blogs -- with song updates added to the player automatically. The company will use the funds as bridge financing until it can complete its first venture round, a source told Venture Beat.