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  • Fluid Audio brings American Idol Underground to Fox’ Americanidol.com

    Fluid Audio brings American Idol Underground to Fox’ Americanidol.com

    MUMBAI: Fluid Audio Networks’ web site, American Idol Underground, will be used to create a “micro site” on Fox Interactive Media’s Americanidol.com. The new site provides visitors immediate access to American Idol Underground’s online branded music player, where they can listen to and judge the music of emerging artists and submit their own music for review.

    “The American Idol Underground micro site will expose American Idol fans to a whole new universe of undiscovered talent through access to American Idol Underground’s 50-plus online music players. Additionally, this is a great opportunity for American Idol Underground bands and solo acts to get in front of the nearly 10 million people who visit Americanidol.com each month,” said Fluid Audio Networks chief executive officer and founder Justin Beckett.

    “Americanidol.com is a community for ‘American Idol’ fans looking to enrich their experience through our interactive offerings. The addition of American Idol Underground adds to Americanidol.com another dynamic, interactive application for our fans to take part in,” said Fox Interactive Media vice president Jeff King.

    In addition to rating emerging artists and discovering new bands, the micro site, located at www.americanidol.com/underground, gives fans access to all of American Idol Underground’s best features and prizes, including:

    Listeners prizes for voting on favorite American Idol Underground artists

    Charts ranking artists and highlighting top-rated songs and artists

    Music uploads for artists which are guaranteed 200 spins on American Idol Underground’s online branded music player

    A chance to win cash, musical equipment and exposure for the top rated artists on American Idol Underground.
    The American Idol Underground Web site is powered by Fluid Audio’s proprietary self-publishing software and is licensed by FremantleMedia Licensing Worldwide, Americas.

  • Fox Interactive Media acquires Newroo Inc. and kSolo.com

    Fox Interactive Media acquires Newroo Inc. and kSolo.com

    MUMBAI: Fox Interactive Media (FIM) has completed two acquisitions of early stage companies, Newroo Inc. and kSolo.com. Newroo has developed an intelligent tool that scans the web and finds the most relevant information for users from thousands of websites, enabling them to easily create their own web sites by aggregating and remixing content from third-party websites and blogs.

    kSolo.com is a user-generated music service that enables its community to easily create, share and rate their own recorded music and connect around shared tastes in music genre and style.

    “Fox Interactive Media’s acquisitions of Newroo and kSolo demonstrate our commitment to empowering users with interesting tools that they can use to further enhance their online experience and online identity,” says Fox Interactive Media president Ross Levinsohn. “The acquisitions further validate FIM’s ability to unearth early stage, technically savvy web 2.0 companies led by entrepreneurial, forward-thinking management teams.”

    “We are excited to bring both our technology and music community to the Fox Interactive Media family of web companies. We look forward to working with them to build the next generation of online music experiences for consumers,” said Nimrod Lev, founder and CEO of kSolo.com.

    “We were attracted to Fox Interactive Media because they quickly grasped our vision to provide web users with a powerful tool set to create decentralized vertical content websites around people’s passions and interests,” added Dan Gould and Brian Norgard, co-founders of Newroo.

    Financial terms of the deals were not disclosed. Both technologies will be deployed across relevant sites in the growing FIM Network, said a company statement.

    FIM is building an integrated network of sites that offer its more than 70 million worldwide users socially rich media experiences centered on entertainment, news, information and self-expression. The company’s network includes internet assets from News Corp. divisions, including Foxsports.com, Americanidol.com and Fox.com. Other online portals FIM also owns and operates include social networking portal MySpace.com, gaming and entertainment site IGN.com, collegiate and pro sports network Scout.com and men’s lifestyle portal AskMen.com.