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The free, ad-supported music service SpiralFrog has announced that music and videos from EMI will be available to North American users. The deal means music from artists like David Bowie, Coldplay, Norah Jones, Keith Urban, Lenny Kravitz, Pink Floyd, Miles Davis, and many others will be available via Spiralfrog. “We are ecstatic about adding EMI's content to SpiralFrog,” said SpiralFrog founder and chair Joe Mohen, in a… Read More

The ad-supported, Web-based music service SpiralFrog launched September 2007, promising to let users download major label music for free in exchange for viewing advertisements. SpiralFrog landed distribution deals with EMI, Universal, and Sony/ATV, and has been letting users donwload Windows Media-protected music files and transfer them to up to two PlaysForSure portable devices—as long as users remember to renew their membership every… Read More

Free, ad-supported music service SpiralFrog launched last month, promising music lovers an opportunity to listen to major label music from their favorite artists for free, so long as they're willing to put up with advertising. Today, SpiralFrog announced it has entered into a licensing agreement with Sony/ATV music, which may serve to expand the roster of big names, well-known tunes, and major-label talent available via the… Read More

It's been gestating for well over a year, but today the free, ad-supported music service SpiralFrog opened its doors to the public after a length beta period. SpiralFrog wants to be a music service that competes with the likes of Napster, Yahoo, RealNetworks, and (of course) iTunes, and it does have the attractive prospect of offering over 800,000 music tracks and 3,500 videos for free: no downloading fees. However, the media is still… Read More

Plainly, some folks in the record biz think if they kiss this particular frog, it might just turn into Prince Charming. Not-yet-launched online music service SpiralFrog announced today that one of the world's largest music distributors, EMI Music Publishing, will make its music catalog available for free, legal download via SpiralFrog's forthcoming ad-supported music service. The news follows last week's announcement that… Read More

SpiralFrog, a new digital music service, announced today that it plans to launch a music download service which will make Vivendi Universal's music catalog available for free, legal download in the United States and Canada. Universal is home to some of the world's top-selling music acts, including Irish supergroup U2, as well as pop diva Gwen Stefani and “indie” sensation The Killers. SpiralFrog expects to enter a… Read More