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New York – Viacom’s (NYSE: VIA) MTV Games and developer Harmonix on Thursday launched the Rock Band Network Music Store, an online store featuring user-created tracks that can be downloaded for play along with the “Rock Band” music karaoke game. More than 100 songs are available at launch, from bands including the Shins and Of Montreal; an additional 300 tracks are also in the works. Billboard reports that licensing terms will see MTV retain 70% of all sales from the Rock Band Network Music Store.

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Darmstadt – Tief Daisy hat auch etwas Gutes: Bei soviel Schnee herrscht Hochbetrieb auf den Skipisten und das Musik-Download-Portal Musicload bietet für die Après-Ski-Stimmung genau die richtige Musik, die die Stimmung wieder aufheizen soll, wenn man abends verfroren in seine Skihütte stolpert.

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London – Der Indie-Lizenzierer Merlin gibt sein Repertoire für den britischen Musikdienst Sky Songs frei, meldet das Branchenmagazin “Billboard”. Ein entsprechender Deal wurde unlängst ausgehandelt. Sky Songs bietet unbegrenztes Streaming sowie kontingentierte MP3-Downloads für einen Monatsbetrag an, der zwischen 6,49 und 7,99 britischen Pfund (7,27 und 8,95 Euro) liegt.

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Over 390 different artists have tracks available and users can purchase tracks within the game.

In the two years from its launch, over 60m tracks have been downloaded by Rock Band gamers. Downloads are the next booming revenue stream for music-based games after the market for peripherals such as guitar controllers.

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SAN FRANCISCO — Music fans are about to get two new ways to find and sample songs on the Web, as Google and Facebook introduce new features on their services.

Google, the search giant, plans to announce a music initiative at an event it will hold at the Capitol Records building in Hollywood next Wednesday, according to three people briefed on the details, who asked for anonymity because they were not authorized to talk about the service before it was announced.

The service will give users a more efficient way to find, learn about and sample music after they search for information about bands, albums or songs, said a person who has seen an early demonstration.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/technology/internet/22google.html?_r=3&ref=technology