Kanye Puts “808s & Heartbreak” Through the Wire via MySpace Music

“Where are you, Yeeeezy?!”  The next person to ask that would be in good shape if they mozied on over to MySpace Music to check out Kanye West’s new album, 808s & Heartbreak, which premiered on MySpace Music.  Since Friday, fans have been able to stream the entire album for free.  It goes on sale [...]

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Weekly Money Trail- 08/01/2008

Cisco Systems has agreed to acquire software company Pure Networks for $120 million in cash as the networking giant expands its consumer product portfolio. This is Cisco’s first acquisition of a venture-backed company since it announced in November that it would acquire Securent, a provider of policy management software, for $100 million in cash. Cisco, which [...]

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The Weekly Money Trail- July 13, 2008

Bellevue, Investors Brings Alerts.com Back To Life A few years ago, investors poured more than $18 million into Alerts.com, a developer of software that alerted users when content changed on high-traffic Web sites. http://www.alerts.com

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Chamillionaire: The Social Media Impact

Over time we’ve profiled social media’s impact on the music industry, covering artist including RadioHead and Soulja Boy, but not to be out done is Grammy award winning rapper and record label CEO, Chamillionare. The north Houston underground mixtape giant, boasted over 3.5 million hits on his personal website prior to his major label deal [...]

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