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WSJ: Dell to Release New Music Players, Service in the Fall

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 30, 2008 - 10:08am.

New York - Following an unsuccessful foray into the MP3 player market in 2003, Dell (NASD: DELL) is planning to release a new line of portable digital music players and an accompanying subscription service as early as September, The Wall Street Journal reported.

tags: Music | MP3 | DRM | Retail | Zing | Dell |

Pandora Personalized Web Radio Comes to Sprint Phones, Sonos Player

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 23, 2007 - 2:05pm.

Oakland, Calif. - Pandora, the personalized Web radio service, announced on Wednesday that its service is now available on cell phones to Sprint subscribers.

Career Moves: December 12, 2006

Authored by dmw on December 12, 2006 - 2:39pm.
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Daniel Starr has been named to the newly created position of Vice President, Online Media, for digital entertainment company New MotionIn this position, Starr will oversee all of the company’s online media activities, including media buys, trend assessment, search engine optimization, tracking and analysis.  He will manage these functions for all three of New Motion, Inc’s divisions -- MobileSidewalk™, RingtoneChannel and Bid4Prizes. Starr joins New Motion, Inc. from his recent stint as president, west coast office for multi-million dollar Internet conglomerate CPX Interactive / BUDS Inc., where he helped establish the company’s West Coast presence.
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(DEMOfall) ZING Introduces Satellite/Wi-Fi Radio Device Technology

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 26, 2006 - 12:58am.
San Diego - Consumer electronics start-up ZING on Tuesday introduced its technology that combines a satellite radio receiver and Wi-Fi device capable of streaming Internet radio stations. The first commercially available product to use the ZING Mobile Entertainment Engine is Sirius Satellite Radio's Stiletto 100, which shipped to retailers today. "For the first time, we have the opportunity to deliver great live programming and enable powerful music discovery capabilities on digital music players, going well beyond the playback-only experience offered today," said ZING CEO Tim Bucher.

Mobile Start-up Zing Raises Funds, Introduces Audio/Entertainment Engine

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 1, 2006 - 1:44pm.
Mountain View, Calif. - Silicon Valley start-up Zing announced on Thursday that it has developed an audio and entertainment engine for mobile phones that it says will deliver live, always-on digital streams.