CNET NEWS -- Nov 25 -- Web-based chat company Meebo has partnered with
Universal Music Group to bring ad-supported music videos to the
service. Meebo is just the latest of many partners for Universal.
Universal has made investments in Imeem, a music playlist-based social
network, and Buzznet, a music fan community hub. FULL ARTICLE @ CNET NEWS
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VALLEYWAG -- Apr 18 -- L.A. based social network Buzznet confirmed a long-rumored
investment from Universal Music Group, which PaidContent earlier
reported to be around $25m, brining the total investment to over $32m. Buzznet, which has been focused
on music fans from the start, has also become quite acquisitive,
picking up popular music blog Stereogum and, most recently, Gawker
Media title Idolator. FULL ARTICLE @ VALLEYWAG
CNET NEWS -- Apr 10 -- Buzznet.com
CEO Tyler Goldman doesn't want people to think of his company as a
social network. He says he is running a music- and
pop-culture-focused community site, much more competitive in term of
an offering with MTV.com or Yahoo Music than MySpace or Last.fm. The company is rumored to have roped in about $25m in venture
funding. Goldman said Buzznet
is now pulling in over 10m visitors per month. According to Alexa, Buzznet has still
been growing much more slowly than Imeem, another acquisition-happy
social-media site targeting music fans. FULL ARTICLE @ C NET NEWS
MASHABLE -- Mar 13 -- According to Nielsen Online, Bebo received 2.25m unique visitors in the US, placing it between Buzznet and Imeem, and representing less than 5% of the traffic that MySpace received during the same period. While it did represent 86% year-over-year growth, users spent significantly less time on the site – 81% less than they did in February of last year. One of the other most notable statistics – Last.fm users spent 180% more time on the site last month than they did in the same period last year. FULL ARTICLE @ MASHABLE
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