Dotmusic was an internet music site that existed as a stand alone website from June 1995 to December 2003. Initially intended as the web compliment to the UK music industry trade magazine Music Week, the site was relaunched in December 1998 as a website for music fans. UK trade paper for the record industry. ...
Dotmusic was originally owned by Miller Freeman, before being sold to BT in 2002. In 2003 the site was sold to Yahoo! and subsequently incorporated into Yahoo!'s UK based music portal, UK Launch. Whilst some features remain, namely the music news pages (and news archive) plus the weekly chart commentary by James Masterton, the most popular feature of Dotmusic. In 2004 it was announced that the main Dotmusic site had shut down for good and was no more. BT Group plc (also known as British Telecommunications plc) which trades as BT (and previously as British Telecom) is the privatised UK state telecommunications operator. ... Yahoo! Inc. ... A 1999 issue (#35) of the LAUNCH disk magazine, a precursor of LAUNCHcast. ... James Masterton (b. ...
External links
Moopy - The only forum to really represent dotmusic since 2004
The launch of 'dotmusic on demand' (www.dotmusic.com) represents a quantum leap for legal music services in Europe and is the first genuine alternative to illegal services such as Kazaa.
dotmusic on demand pricing Subscribers to the dotmusic on demand unlimited package are able to download and play as many tracks from the catalogue as they wish for a monthly fee of £9.99, less than the cost of one album.
dotmusic on demand is fully integrated into the dotmusic site, enabling subscribers to go straight from reading an interview with an artist, to downloading tracks from their new album with just one click.
Her new single Free Me, which will be released on May 26 is a definite progression for the Spice Girl, placing her in previously uncharted waters as a 21st century version of a 60s classy pop star.
Dotmusic chatted to Emma recently about her life now, the changes that have taken place, her new working relationship with Simon Fuller and those ever present Spice Girl reunion rumours.
Dotmusic: In hindsight do you think it was a mistake for the Spice Girls to split with Simon Fuller in the first place?