Play “American Idol” From the Comfort of Your Phone With StarMaker Karaoke App (Video)

A neat karaoke iPhone app called StarMaker will let you lay down your voice to today’s hottest pop songs, with a little — or a lot of — help from Auto-Tune.

Singboard: Karaoke Without the Cheesy Videos

Singboard is a soon-to-launch start-up that dynamically creates mashups to create an online karaoke experience.
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Viral Video: Undercover Karaoke With Jewel

The set-up for this new Funny or Die video, described thus, is flawless: “Jewel, disguised as a mild mannered businesswoman, drops by a local karaoke bar and performs some of her classic songs to a completely dumbfounded audience.” Just watch it.

Sirius XM: Stern Confirms Interest in "American Idol"

Howard Stern told listeners this morning that he is considering leaving Sirius XM to become a judge on American Idol, according the TheWrap.com.

Yahoo Content Model Gets Remixed as Product Development Is "Globally" Centralized

Will Yahoo’s media properties fall flat with sweeping new changes that are afoot that will drastically change the way the company bakes its content offerings? Or will the ability to have a single, highly scaleable, centrally developed architecture make the media programming Yahoo delivers more responsive and flexible in the era of fast-twitch bloggers (all while cutting costs)? According to many sources inside and outside the company, product development for Yahoo’s heavily trafficked media operations–including its powerful News, Finance and Sports sites–is set to be moved under Ash Patel, who is EVP of the company’s Audience Product Division.
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