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China’s KKBox Wants US Launch

KKBox, a streaming music service operating mainly in Taiwan and Hong Kong, has announced plans for a US launch in the third quarter of this year, looking to bring Chinese-language music to the US’ population of Chinese speakers.

KKBox is a freemium service, much like Pandora or...

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Spotify: US Launch Is Coming

Spotify, Europe’s beloved freemium streaming music service, is looking at a US launch window of 30 to 60 days.

The news comes from its CEO Daniel Ek at a music conference in Los Angeles. "We’re in the final stages of setting up. Yesterday we signed a data...

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Thumbplay Picks up 20 New Deals, Reaches 8m Total Songs

Thumplay has signed 20 new content partners up for its cloud-based music application, reaching a total of 8 million tracks from 25,000 labels and 75,000 artists without labels. Thumbplay already has license deals with the four major labels, and its service runs $9.99 per month. It’s currently in...

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