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MediaNet at SF Music Tech Summit

Posted by MediaNet Public Relations | April 27, 2010 12:09 pm | No Comments

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Sean Muller, MediaNet’s COO, is attending the SF Music Tech Summit, May 17th, in San Francisco. For more information, go to: http://sfmusictech.com/

MediaNet At NARM

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MediaNet’s head of business development Dan Dougherty will be presenting at the NARM Conference in Chicago, May 17th on how to build an online presence for your music offering. See the schedule here:
http://www.narm.com/events/2010-convention/schedule-of-events/

Beyond the Book podcast of Digital Hollywood panel

Posted by MediaNet Public Relations | 10:29 am | No Comments

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MediaNet’s General Counsel Cindy Charles spoke on a panel at the recent Spring Digital Hollywood. Listen to Cindy’s panel discussion about the evolution of the new media contract here: http://beyondthebookcast.com/drafting-the-next-new-media-contract/

MediaNet Tops 100 New Customers for Digital Delivery of Premium Content

Posted by MediaNet Public Relations | April 15, 2010 10:02 am | No Comments

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Milestone Reached Within Six Months of Debuting MN Open API and Web Components

New York, NY, April 15, 2010 – MediaNet, the industry leading business-to-business provider of premium digital media content, announced today that more than 100 new customers have signed on to provide digital music content from the advanced MN Open platform.  MediaNet debuted a new set of products including the MN Open API and a suite of Web Components for the delivery of premium digital music content six months ago. 

Alan McGlade, CEO of MediaNet, commented:  “Adding one hundred new customers in six months clearly demonstrates the interest web publishers and application developers have in integrating premium media into their product offerings for consumers. Recently we added a fully automated sign-up path on our web site and as a result, the rate of new customer sign-ups has accelerated further.”

For a complete list of MediaNet’s new customers, go to: http://www.mndigital.com/about-us/customers.html.  MediaNet’s customers range from global brands to niche web publishers and application developers in various sectors including major news providers, social media platforms, casual video games publishers and direct payment companies. 

McGlade added: “MediaNet’s rapid success has been based on providing a low barrier to entry and reducing friction so that a website or application of any size and scale can easily provide premium digital content to their users.  Our customers can focus on their users while MediaNet handles licensing, reporting and royalty payments, along with content ingestion, management and delivery through the advanced MN Open platform.”

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About MediaNet
MediaNet is the leading provider of premium digital media content.  MN Open, MediaNet’s advanced technology platform, offers an API and easy to use Web Components that deliver a set of powerful music and media content products.  MediaNet currently powers more than 100 customers of all sizes from niche bloggers to global brands allowing them to integrate digital entertainment content into their website or application quickly and easily to engage users and generate revenues.

MediaNet (www.mndigital.com) a digital music pioneer founded in 2001, is privately-held and headquartered in New York with offices in Seattle and London.

Contact for more information:
Ann Garrett
MediaNet PR
818-501-8499 or agarrett@mndigital.com

MediaNet Powers Premium Digital Content Delivery For Innovative New Customers

Posted by MediaNet Public Relations | March 11, 2010 12:00 pm | No Comments

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New York, NY, March 11, 2010 — MediaNet, the industry leading business-to-business provider of premium digital media content, announced today a new roster of customers utilizing the Company’s MN Open API and Web Components products. These customers represent a unique and innovative group of website publishers and application developers including Boomerang Networks, eCard Industries, Finale.fm, IndieOn65, M3X, MixZing, Music Mogul, Music Republic, Punch Entertainment and UnHappenit.

Alan McGlade, CEO of MediaNet commented: “MediaNet is proud to announce a diverse new set of customers utilizing the MN Open API and Web Components. We have signed up customers ranging from ecard providers to casual digital games networks to social media direct payments companies. The value in having premium digital content as a means to increase usage and revenues is beginning to go beyond traditional digital entertainment providers into a wider range of innovative product offerings. This is an exciting area of growth for MediaNet in the short amount of time since our new products debuted.”

These new customers integrating MediaNet’s APIs and/or Web Components include:

• Boomerang Networks: a leading social media virtual currency and alternative direct payments platform.
• eCard Industries: utilizing the HitMe platform, users can chose from a selection of cards and attach a digital gift.
• Finale.fm: provides users with the ability to download digital music and donate a portion to the charity or foundation of their choice.
• IndieOn65: a place for independent musicians and unsigned talent to showcase their music to consumers.
• M3X: a cutting edge digital entertainment and multimedia company with its core focus on portable multimedia solutions.
• MixZing: offers a music discovery service that recommends music to people based on their selections, as well as an advanced music player for Android.
• Music Mogul: an entertainment based, social gaming, virtual world aimed at unsigned artists and tailored towards music consumption and music lifestyle.
• Music Republic: a website that allows independent artists the ability to promote their music and fan discovery features.
• Punch Entertainment: builder of casual digital games, which users can play with friends, network and purchase music.
• UnHappenit: a web-based and iPhone application that provides the ability to purchase products and services as gifts to send along with a message.

For a complete list of MediaNet’s customers, go to http://www.mndigital.com/about-us/customers.html.

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MediaNet provides premium digital media content to a network of customers through the MN Open platform. An API and easy to install Web Components deliver a set of powerful music and media content products including streams, downloads, music search, contextual matching and other media discovery tools. MN Open lowers the barrier to entry and reduces friction so anyone with a website or application can add premium content to their product. MediaNet powers music and media delivery for brands of all sizes including iLike, Tesco, MOG, Ultimate Guitar, Intertech Media and many more.

MediaNet, www.mndigital.com, is privately-held and is headquartered in New York with a offices in Seattle and London.

Contact for more information:
Ann Garrett
MediaNet PR
818-501-8499 or agarrett@mndigital.com

Check out MediaNet Customers at SXSW, March 18-20

Posted by MediaNet Public Relations | March 9, 2010 2:34 pm | No Comments

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If you’re going to SXSW this year, check out a few of MediaNet’s customers.  Hello Music has set up a Lounge at Filter’s ‘Cedar Street Showdown’.  The lounge will be open Thurs (3/18), Fri, and Sat from 11am-6pm daily.  Come on by.  And, MOG is throwing a free party on March 20^th at The Mohawk.  The Black Keys will headline with nearly a dozen other acts to follow.  Go here for more information.

MediaNet’s CEO Alan McGlade will be presenting at the SIAA Digital Media and Software Investment Conference

Posted by MediaNet Public Relations | February 26, 2010 2:07 pm | No Comments

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MediaNet’s CEO Alan McGlade will be presenting Wednesday March 3, 2010 at the SIAA Digital Media and Software Investment Conference in New York City.  For more details, go to here.

MediaNet’s General Counsel Cindy Charles will be speaking at the Digital Music Forum East

Posted by MediaNet Public Relations | February 22, 2010 3:54 pm | No Comments

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MediaNet’s General Counsel Cindy Charles will be speaking at the Digital Music Forum East Conference in NYC this Thursday, February 25^th on a panel titled:  Rights, Royalties & Reporting in the Digital World.  (read more)

MediaNet Customer WaTunes Launches the WaTunes Marketplace

Posted by MediaNet Public Relations | 10:59 am | No Comments

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DETROIT – February 22nd, 2010 – (http://www.watunes.com) WaTunes, the revolutionary social music service announced today a new music store service dubbed: The WaTunes Marketplace. WaTunes will offer its users millions of songs to discover, purchase, and share with their friends. In conjunction with WaTunes recent Streamline technology, users will be able to make easy buying decisions, while artists who use the WaTunes distribution service will be able to sell directly to their fans from WaTunes through its already established deal with MediaNet, the industry leading business-to-business provider of premium digital media content. (read more)

Today MediaNet customers Soundtrckr and MOG received some nice press on their respective services. Check it out.

Posted by MediaNet Public Relations | February 18, 2010 8:33 am | No Comments

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Soundtrckr Unveils New Feature Updates at World Mobile Congress
Geosocial Music Service Now Offers Ability to Create Stations from Any Artist in Catalogue and Determine Listener Locations

San Francisco, CA and Barcelona, Spain (PRWEB) February 17, 2010 — Soundtrckr, iPhone application. Users can now create stations from any artist in the expansive soundtrckr catalogue, as well as determine the current location of their friends and listeners.

These feature enhancements to the soundtrckr service build on its ability to create personalized radio stations in any imaginable subgenre, and also optimize its location-aware social network to help users build connected communities of music fans. (read more)

MOG offers music subscription for $5 a month (USA TODAY)
Jefferson Graham, 02/17/10

BERKELEY, Calif. — David Hyman sees an opening in a market that has eluded some of the biggest names in tech, including Microsoft, RealNetworks and MTV.Hyman recently launched a music subscription service — MOG: All Access — at a time when music subscription services, once touted as the next big thing for online music, are withering. (read more)