Sugar launches social networking service Sugarscape
Hachette Filipacchi has launched Sugarscape.com, a social networking service for its teen magazine Sugar, with widgets planned for MySpace and Bebo.…
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Atlantic Records promotes The Days through Bebo drama
Atlantic Records is promoting The Days through Bebo's web drama 'Kate Modern', with the band performing in the show and interacting with its lead characters.…
Current and Bebo collaborate
Al Gore's Current TV has partnered with social networking site Bebo, with the first joint venture letting Bebo users present Current TV for a day.…
Bebo of the day: The Thrills
CMU's Bebo of the day is The Thrills, whose new album Teenager is out on 23 July, with two new tracks posted on the band's Bebo page.…
iTunes and Bebo do things
Bebo has partnered with iTunes so artists with Bebo profiles can link directly to their music, and will offer a free weekly iTunes download.…
Bebo appoint former MTV exec to head up music operations
Social networking site Bebo has appointed former MTV executive Angel Gambino to the newly created role of VP Music, based in London.…
Bebo adds music sales via 7digital's Indiestore partnership
Social network Bebo has partnered with download company 7digital to add a music sales facility via its Indiestore platform, letting artists sell up to four tracks free.…
Bragg still concerned about social networking implications
Billy Bragg warns that social networking terms can harvest artists' rights, while Peter Jenner tells MusicTank that HMV is retreating and the record industry must change its mindset on file sharing.…
Bragg maintains pressure over MTV Flux terms
Billy Bragg continues to criticise MTV's Flux terms, arguing that uploading music grants MTV an indefinite free licence to broadcast it.…
Bragg turns concerns to MTV's networking site
Billy Bragg has raised concerns over the terms of MTV Flux, which MTV's Nayeem Syed disputes, saying users retain copyright in uploaded content.…
Billy Bragg gets Bebo to change music terms
Following a Media Guardian webchat, Bebo has agreed to change its music terms so bands keep all rights to music posted on their pages, after Billy Bragg raised concerns.…
Anti-BPI label hits out over MyMusic promotion
Flowerburger Records claim 12-year-old Amy Thomas was barred from the BPI's MyMusic promotion, which the BPI denies, saying she was never in the running.…