Roundup: Aggregated links to newspaper web sites, and more

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… Continue Reading

Popularity goes DIY for artists with Band Metrics

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… Continue Reading

SellaBand takes its bands and fans live with ArenaWorks deal

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… Continue Reading

Roundup: Bombs, don’t do Delaware, MySQL IPO & more

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… Continue Reading