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U.S. Lags Behind Europe with Nearly Half as Many Mobile Users Listening to Music

LONDON, U.K., May 20, 2010 - comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) today released data from the comScore MobiLens service which showed that 23.8 percent of mobile users across five leading European mobile markets (UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain) listened to music on their mobile handsets during the three month period ending March 2010. The 54 million total mobile music users in the EU5 countries represent a 10 percent increase in the past year.

Dollar volume spent on digital music will eclipse spending on CDs

NEW YORK (Jan. 20, 2010) -- US consumer spending on digital music will increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.04% in the next four years, reaching $4.56 billion in 2013, up from $3 billion in 2009.

NEW YORK, Nov 10 -- A recent survey of 10,000 university students by the University of Reading found that 75% of students download music rather than buy in stores or pay for on music-streaming sites.

Despite the recent popularity of music-streaming sites such as Spotify, 75 percent said they wouldn't pay for a music-streaming service but would rather use sites such as iTunes to download and keep tracks on hard drives or MP3 players.

New Offering Provides Access to Ad-Supported Streaming of the Most Robust Music Catalogue Available

SYDNEY−October 1, 2009−MySpace today announced the official launch of the new MySpace Music platform in Australia. As the first territory in a global rollout, MySpace Music brings to Australia all of the functionality currently available to United States based users including an ever-growing catalogue of fully licensed audio tracks, user-friendly e-commerce solutions, personal music players and user and artist playlisting, in addition to monetisation opportunities for all artists.

The future of radio is broadcasting to an audience of one

NEW YORK (Sept. 10, 2009)—Video never managed to kill the radio star. Despite the arrival of cassette tapes, MP3 players and satellite radio, AM/FM broadcast radio still has enormous reach. According a study by Knowledge Networks, 18% of the time US consumers use media—nearly 97 minutes a day—is spent listening to the radio.

LOS ANGELES, CA, August 19, 2009 -- MySpace today announced an agreement to acquire iLike, a leading social music discovery service. The acquisition brings together two companies who share a common vision revolving around social discovery and distribution of quality content.

SEATTLE, WA, August 12, 2009 -- RealNetworks®, Inc. (RNWK), the digital entertainment services company, signed its tenth European Music-on-Demand (MOD) deal, powering mobilkom austria's music service and continuing its winning streak across Europe. Subscribers of mobilkom austria's A1 service will have access to more than 2 million DRM-free tracks, with a wide variety of choices of plans. Subscribers can: purchase single DRM-free tracks, pre-pay for a package (bundle) of DRM-free tracks, or opt for a flat-rate, all-you-can-eat subscription.

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Cisco EosTM Software Platform to Power Additional, New Warner Music Group Web Sites for Artists Paramore, Trey Songz, Halestorm, Sean Paul and More

NEW YORK, NY and SAN JOSE, CA, August 12, 2009 -- Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) and Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) today announced the expansion of their relationship into a strategic agreement in which WMG will use the Cisco Eos social entertainment platform to power many of its artist Web sites.

Miley's Metallic May

WASHINGTON, DC, June 23, 2009 -- Walt Disney megastar Miley Cyrus’ new soundtrack to Hannah Montana: The Movie promptly certified Platinum in only two months, according to the Recording Industry Association of America’s (RIAA) monthly Gold & Platinum count. Fans purchased more than one million copies of the soundtrack to earn Miley her ninth career Platinum award. Look for Miley on tour this fall with Metro Station, the L.A. pop band fronted by her brother Trace Cyrus.

Yahoo!'s New Artist Pages Are a Music Fan's Dream Come True

SANTA MONICA, CA, April 6, 2009 -- Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) today announced the availability of Artist Pages, a revolutionary free consumer experience that aggregates the best music products, services, information, and content the Web has to offer about more than 500,000 artists featured at Yahoo! Music, making it the ultimate starting point for music fans.