Apple allegedly played a part in the shut-down of Omnifone earlier this year, hiring 16 of the B2B music company’s employees and snapping up some amount of its technology assets. TechCrunch reported that Apple made the purchase and talent acquisition back in August. Continue Reading
Pono Music has suspended operations of its online store due to content provider changes. The specialty hi-res music platform had been using Omnifone as its exclusive content provider, but is in the process of transitioning that work over to new partner 7digital. Continue Reading
Omnifone’s business and assets are being purchased by an unknown party. The joint administrators accepted a bid of $10 million from a U.S. source, but the document did not disclose a name. Continue Reading
Omnifone announced that it has been placed into administration. Sources told Music Week that the B2B digital music platform is also facing layoffs for up to three-quarters of its staff. Continue Reading
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Why Time Spent Listening has dropped; Omnifone’s personnel changes and new products; a round-up of the royalty lawsuits; the state of podcasting in Australia. Continue Reading
Omnifone has entered into a partnership with Japan’s Line Music. This deal will allow Line to access Omnifone’s global music licensing expertise and content services. The alliance will see Omnifone supporting the expansion of Line’s catalog by millions of tracks. Continue Reading