Roundup: Aggregated links to newspaper web sites, and more
Here’s the latest action:
As an online publication largely comprised of former newspaper journalists — It’s pretty obvious what we here at VentureBeat think about newspaper leaders demanding payment anytime anyone aggregates any of their content. But we’ll stay mum, at this point, out of respect for all the great journalists who work at newspapers. Instead, here’s what Gabe Rivera, creator of news aggregator Techmeme, tells CNET:
“It’s illuminating to observe that both The Wall Street Journal… Continue Reading
Popularity goes DIY for artists with Band Metrics
Independent musicians looking to launch their careers online will soon have a brand new tool to measure their popularity in real time: Band Metrics. Its parent company, Atlanta-based Indie Music, raised an undisclosed angel round of funding to continue developing the application, currently in a private beta.
The service — launched in response to the explosion of digital do-it-yourself music recording and publishing tools — crawls the web for semantic data indicating name recognition, music trends… Continue Reading
SellaBand takes its bands and fans live with ArenaWorks deal
SellaBand, an online platform that allows fans to contribute seed money to aspiring bands, has just taken its service to a whole new level. It announced today that it will partner with ArenaWorks Entertainment to take bands that are able to raise $10,000 in micropayments of $10, or rack up the most weekly votes or more than 200 pledged fans, on the live national ArenaFest tour of 91 major venues. Starting now, artists can upload… Continue Reading
Roundup: Bombs, don’t do Delaware, MySQL IPO & more
The latest Silicon Valley round-up:
Correlation between bomb building and entrepreneurship? — Former PayPal chief executive Peter Thiel reportedly says four of six founders of the online payment service built bombs while in high school. Meanwhile, Silicon Valley venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson designs rockets.
MyYearbook.com, a social networking site for teens, raises $4.1M – The site looks like a Facebook knock-off. It raised the first round of finance from U.S. Venture Partners (USVP) and First Round Capital. The… Continue Reading