TotalMusic

Project Playlist Buys TotalMusic; Licenses Sony/ATV, EMI

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 19, 2009 - 10:56am.

Palo Alto, Calif. - Project Playlist, a social music site that lets users create and share song playlists, announced on Tuesday that it has acquired the assets and employees of TotalMusic, a digital catalog management and reporting system. TotalMusic was an initiative conceived by Sony BMG and Universal Music Group, which acquired the Ruckus campus music streaming service last year, but then shut down in February before launching any service.

Ruckus Shutters Campus Music Service; TotalMusic Also Closing

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 9, 2009 - 9:54am.

Herndon, Va. - Ruckus, a provider of ad-supported online music streaming services on college campuses, has been shuttered by owner TotalMusic, which itself appears to be closing. According to TechCrunch, the site went down early Friday evening, replaced by a message reading, "Unfortunately the Ruckus service will no longer be provided."

Report: Universal Pondering ISP License for Unlimited Music Downloads

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 12, 2007 - 10:14am.

Los Angeles - Universal Music Group is experimenting with a service called TotalMusic, where customers of Internet service providers or mobile carriers would pay a blanket monthly fee for the rights to freely trade unlimited music downloads on the network, Digital Music News reported.