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Yahoo shuts down Del.icio.us

Not selling, not open-sourcing. Shutting down. Damn you, Yahoo!*

*Note to Flickr: get out while you still can!

For a couple of days now, we’ve been hearing rumors that the Yahoo layoffs included the entire Delicious team. Now Former Yahoo employee and Upcoming founder Andy Baio has tweeted out the above Yahoo! product team meeting slide that seems to show that Yahoo! is either closing or merging the social bookmarking service as well as Upcoming, Fire Eagle, MyBlogLog and others.

Read more at techcrunch.com

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Myspace Music Collaborates With ReverbNation, Offers New Suite Of Marketing Tools For Artists

Too little, too late? Wondering what the benefits are for Reverbnation.

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Myspace Music has collaborated with ReverbNation to integrate their FanReach product into the Myspace platform. It will be included in a suite of tools that Myspace is introducing to its artist community.

Beginning this month, all artists on Myspace will receive Fan Reach.

This tool enables artists to collect and import email contacts; send targeted communications; view stats for each email sent; and manage their fan relationships from within their Myspace profile. This new suite of tools will also include an enhanced stats and tracking product and shareable song embeds.

Read more at www.hypebot.com

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Fleet Foxes Offer A Real Look At The Commercialization Of Popular Music

Smart. Sad, but smart.

Amplify’d from www.newrockstarphilosophy.com

Naturally, as a popular band with a popular sound, the Fleet Foxes would get courted by corporations for commercials. After saying no to a number of opportunities Fleet Foxes have some sobering advice for bands who are considering working for big paychecks.

“Tell them you’ll anonymously record a sound-a-like, since they’ll probably hire someone to do one anyways. @___@ […] All the cash, no cred loss, when it airs you’ll seem like a victim to the evil ad machine… the perfect crime.”

Read more at www.newrockstarphilosophy.com

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