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Behind the lyrics with Rap Genius
Jeremy Hobson Oct 15, 2012
It's been called the "Wikipedia of rap", and it just got $15 million dollars in venture capital funding. RapGenius.com is a rising star website which allows people to post annotations on the meanings behind song lyrics.
New Firefox web browser pulled
Nancy Marshall-Genzer Oct 12, 2012
A security glitch with the brand new version of the brower raises questions about its future.
Adele aims to break Bond musical spell
Stacey Vanek Smith Oct 10, 2012
Pop star Adele’s theme song for the new James Bond film is already an Internet sensation. It’s been 27 years since a Bond song topped the charts.
A new digital music battle, and online gaming as political liability
David Brancaccio Oct 8, 2012
A Maine state senate candidate gets attacked for her online gaming activities, and a startup that wants to help you sell your used MP3s goes to court against a big entertainment company.
Media mogul Barry Diller takes on the publishing world
Kai Ryssdal Oct 2, 2012
IAC/InterActiveCorp CEO Barry Diller discusses his new publishing venture, risk taking and why he's against big media corporations.
Scott Borchetta: Country music maverick or anti-Christ?
Kai Ryssdal Sep 28, 2012
Scott Borchetta, the music executive who founded Big Machine Records, has turned country music on its head. And not just in the artists he's discovered (including Taylor Swift) but in the deals he's negotiated.
For pop music, it's the economy, stupid!
Stacey Vanek Smith Sep 25, 2012
How the economy influences our taste in pop music. Hint: Ballads aren't big in recessions.
Iran takes steps to turn down Internet use
Jeff Horwich Sep 24, 2012
Over the weekend, Iran's government announced it was turning off Google. Officials also said plans are moving ahead to place the country's web users on a walled off intranet -- as opposed to the global Internet the rest of us use.
European regulators clear Universal to buy EMI
Stephen Beard Sep 21, 2012
European regulators have cleared the way for Universal Music Group to buy EMI. The $1.9 billion deal would create a behemoth in the music world. It still has to be approved by U.S. regulators, though.
What makes a summer hit song?
Mitchell Hartman Sep 4, 2012
Sometimes a little tweet is all it takes to catapult a relatively unknown artist to the top of the charts.
