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Exclusive: Rhapsody Selects Former MySpace Product Exec as Independent Board Member for Spinoff

in News on April 21, 2010 at 5:34 am PT

Tom Andrus, former MySpace product head, has been selected to be the single independent board member of the newly independent Rhapsody digital music service. Andrus joins a pair of directors from each of Rhapsody’s large shareholders: Bob Kimball and Mike Lunsford from RealNetworks and Wade Davis and Van Toffler from Viacom. The Seattle-based Rhapsody spun off from RealNetworks recently and has plunged into efforts to expand its offerings and become profitable.

Hate Paying for Cable? Here’s Why.

in Media on March 8, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

Love TV, but hate the idea of paying for TV you don’t watch? This is the list for you.