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Napster, XM Launch Co-branded Store

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XM Satellite Radio and Napster have launched their co-branded digital music store that will allow users to listen to 70+ XM channels and download music they hear on the service, Beta News reports. Customers will also be able to browse the rest of the service’s catalog, just as with Napster’s regular service.

A portable music player with the capability of listening to XM and marking songs for later download will be available from Samsung shortly. Users will be able to mark songs they hear on the radio for later download - which happens automatically when the device is synced.

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Volvo Gets HD as Standard across Models

Volvo will become the first automaker to offer HD Radio as standard equipment in all but one of its 2009 models. The running change becomes effective next month on the 2009 Volvo model lineup.

“Our drivers expect the highest quality…

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Journalists Use New Media More than PR Pros Think

Getting real-time, 24/7 online access to company news and reaching responsive and efficient PR representatives still rate high on journalists’ wish-lists, but reporters are increasingly sourcing stories from new forms of media as well, according to research from Bulldog Reporter and TEKgroup…

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Majority of Mobile Users Would View Ads to Get Bill Discount

Nearly two-thirds (61%) of mobile users say they would be willing to view advertising on their mobile phone in return for a discount on their monthly bill (see chart), according to a survey commissioned by Transverse and conducted by iGR, MarketingCharts reports.…

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CW Cancels Sunday Schedule, Pops in ‘Jericho’ and Movies

The CW has cancelled its arrangement with Media Rights Capital which allowed the group to program the network’s shows for Sunday evenings.

The low-rated shows included In Harm’s Way, Valentine and Easy Money, and the block dropped to a 0.2 rating…

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Q3 Internet Ad Revenues at Nearly $5.9 Billion

Internet advertising revenues reached almost $5.9 billion for the third quarter of 2008 - an 11% increase over the same period in 2007 and two percent higher than Q2 results, according to the latest report from the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB)…

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One-Fifth of Marketers Send Emails Even After Consumers Unsubscribe

Some 20% of top brand marketers continue to send additional emails to consumers, even after they confirm requests from those consumers to “unsubscribe” from an email marketing list, according to a research study from Return Path, MarketingCharts writes.

Though the study,…

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