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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: ringtones

ringtones stories: 4 news summaries
OPINION

 Ringtones Killed NYC Hip-Hop 

Southern rap out-blasts urban beats

Oct 20, 08 12:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Once the king-maker of neighborhood phenoms, New York no longer spawns hip-hop's best, and the rise of ringtones is the culprit, writes Matthew Mundy in the New York Press. Because Big Apple beats are less pop-friendly than their Southern counterparts, they're not making it to teenagers' cell phones. "... More »

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New York • hip-hop • LL Cool J • rap music • ringtones • Notorious B.I.G. • Jay-Z • Joell Ortiz

 Ringback Tones a Goldmine

Sales expected to triple, to $4.7B, by 2012, new report says

Aug 20, 08 9:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ringback tones—the music callers hear while waiting for the party they’re calling to answer the phone—are sounding less like Justin Timberlake and more like a cash register to wireless providers. Sales of ringback tones should triple to $4.7 billion by 2012, CNET reports. That’s almost... More »

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music industry • digital music • cell phone industry • ringtones • ringback tones

Juan Carlos' 'Shut Up' Still Ringing

King's dis of Chavez inspires sought-after ringtones, T-shirts

Nov 19, 07 3:37 PM CST
(Newser) - A diplomatic misstep by Spain's king has rung in a $2 million windfall: A ringtone of Juan Carlos asking Hugo Chavez "Why don't you shut up?" has been downloaded about 500,000 times. Many fans are student foes of the Venezuelan president. Several versions use actors to avoid copyright... More »

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YouTube • Spain • Hugo Chávez • ringtones • Juan Carlos • porquenotecallas.com

Stairway
to iTunes

Reuniting Led Zep
bows to demands of download devil,
uploads catalogue

Oct 15, 07 2:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Led Zeppelin has joined the digital age, allowing its music to be sold online for the first time shortly before playing a one-off reunion show in November. The essential classic rock oeuvre is one of the last to get the mp3 treatment, Reuters reports. Led Zep will cave in to... More »

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Verizon • mp3 • download • Led Zeppelin • reunion • classic rock • ringtones

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