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Google China MP3 Search…..Finally

So, it seems that Google China has finally decided to make some noise (translated story) about their free MP3 search service. When this went into beta almost a year ago we were predicting that it would be game-changing news, but somehow it has remained under the radar. At their press conference today, however, Google China announced that all four major labels are on board, as well as all the major publishers and some 140+ indie labels, through their partner in the project, Top100. This amounts to some 1.1 million songs being given away for free. Surely this equals headlines? More… »

Posted by Outdustry at 2:54 pm on March 30th, 2009. 8 comments... »

CNN Cover Beijing’s Rock Scene

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Posted by Outdustry at 6:59 pm on March 18th, 2009. 6 comments... »

Modern Sky Announce Strawberry Festival

Beijing indie label Modern Sky have announced a new folksy-style event called the “Strawberry Festival” in the Chinese media (Chinese links here, here and on the Modern Sky website). Details are still a little vague but available information so far suggests three stages and 60 bands to be spread over the 1st-3rd of May at the Tongzhou Canal Park in Beijing. Everything else TBC.

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Posted by Outdustry at 11:10 am on March 10th, 2009. One comment... »