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Gracenote and MetroLyrics Extend Authorized Lyrics Service to Mobile Devices and iPhone Applications
(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) EMERYVILLE, CA, October 16 / MARKET WIRE/ --
In response to the rapidly growing use of
mobile devices to access digital media, MetroLyrics and Gracenote ? today announced an
agreement to be the first to extend authorized lyrics licensing services to
mobile devices and iPhone applications via a WAP portal. Beginning today,
Gracenote's Lyrics service, which offers the largest database of licensed,
complete and accurate song lyrics in the world, will be available to mobile
consumers through MetroLyrics '
WAP portal at m.metrolyrics.com.
In April, MetroLyrics became the first existing lyrics-only site to license
Gracenote's catalog of lyrics, propelling MetroLyrics to its spot as the
leading lyrics site on the Web. Now the industry standard, Gracenote
Lyrics is also utilized by major search portals and music sites such as
Yahoo!, AOL, MTV, Radio Disney and others.
"With the popularity of lyrics queries on the Internet and the skyrocketing
use of mobile devices for access to digital media, it's a natural
progression to extend Gracenote's Lyrics service to the mobile arena," said
Jim Hollingsworth, SVP of sales and marketing, Gracenote. "Through our
agreement with MetroLyrics, consumers will be able to search the most
complete and accurate lyrics database while they are mobile, on one of the
world's most popular web sites."
The Gracenote
lyrics database contains lyrics for more than 500,000 commercial tracks
and has license agreements with all four major publishers: EMI,
Universal/BMG, Sony/ATV, and Warner/Chappell. Gracenote also has agreements
with dozens of prominent independent music publishers including ABKCO
Music, Inc., Cherry Lane, Chrysalis Music Group, Disney Music Publishing,
Peermusic and Bug/Windswept Holdings; and hundreds of agreements for key
artist repertoires such as Bob Dylan, David Bowie, The Dixie Chicks, Janet
Jackson, The Grateful Dead, Keith Urban, Melissa Etheridge, The White
Stripes, Natalie Merchant, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Paul McCartney, Gwen
Stefani, Nirvana, R.E.M., Jason Mraz, Colbie Caillat and Madonna.
"We are pleased to be the first to offer a WAP portal with Gracenote's
Lyrics service to the mobile arena," said Alan Juristovski, co-founder and
CEO, MetroLyrics. "By accessing lyrics through MetroLyrics using their
mobile device, music fans will be using the number one lyrics site on the
Web with the largest authorized lyrics database in the world."
With more than 27 million unique users per month, up from 14 million in
December 2007, MetroLyrics went from the number three lyrics site to number
one in just six months and has more traffic than many of the well-known
sites in the music industry, according to comScore Media Metrix. Now
among the fastest growing sites on the Internet, MetroLyrics has a daily
traffic rank among the top 500 sites and also boasts the number nine
Internet property in the Entertainment-Music Category based on total U.S.
unique visitors [comScore Media Metrix, All Locations, August 2008].
About Gracenote
Gracenote, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, is a
global leader in embedded technology, enriched content, and data services
for digital entertainment solutions within the Internet, consumer
electronics, mobile, and automotive markets. Formerly known as CDDB?,
Gracenote delivers a substantially improved consumer experience in digital
media devices and applications, plus media monitoring and other data
services to the recording industry, making it an integral part of the
digital media economy. Gracenote powers leading services including Apple
iTunes, Yahoo! Music Jukebox, Winamp; home and automotive products from
Alpine, Panasonic, Philips and Sony; and mobile music applications from
Samsung, Sony Ericsson, KDDI (Japan), KTF (Korea), Musiwave (Europe), and
others. Headquartered in Emeryville, California, Gracenote has offices in
New York, Tokyo, Berlin and Seoul. For more information about Gracenote,
please refer to www.gracenote.com/corporate/.
About MetroLeap Media Inc.
MetroLeap Media Inc. is leading provider of entertainment content within
the music and video game Internet market. Its flagship site
www.metrolyrics.com is the most trafficked lyrics site worldwide reaching
more than 26 million monthly unique visitors. MetroLeap's distribution
widgets are gaining great acceptance in blogs and social networks across
the Web. MetroLyrics was named a Top 50 start-up company by Red Herring
Canada in 2008. Metroleap Media Inc. is headquartered in Burnaby, British
Columbia. For more information about MetroLeap, please refer to
www.metroleap.com
Gracenote is a registered trademark of Gracenote. All other names are
trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
For More Information Contact:
Veronica Skelton
Concept Communications for Gracenote
415.342.3435Email Contact
Copyright ? 2008 Marketwire
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