Ringtone pioneers branch out to survive
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As lucrative as the global  mobile music business is today -- projected to be worth $9  billion by the end of the year -- times are tough for the  companies that started it all.
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Several artists are experimenting with offering new releases on USB devices packed with extras like videos and ringtones.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Billboard) - This past year marked the  beginning of a revolutionary experiment to sell and distribute  digital music to and from mobile phones. The stage is only just  being set, with the business models, pricing and marketing  issues still evolving.
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Night Life Some party people are using their mobile phones to influence the music at their favorite nightspots.
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Ups and downs with a music and messaging phone
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A new music service called FlyTunes is making a bid for the attention of users of the iPhone, iPod touch and other portable media players and media-ready cell phones.
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With a covetous eye on the success of portable music players, mobile phone makers are going after would-be iPod buyers by building high-quality players into their handsets.
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Mobile phones were meant to  revolutionize the subscription music business. But if that  revolution were to be televised today, it would consist of  nothing but dead air.
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An exciting primary has sparked greater interest among expatriates in being heard at home.
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Rather than being annoying interrupters, ringing phones are being embraced by Chicago's Sinfonietta
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It's one musical performance where your  cell phone can -- and should -- ring.
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A small, Silicon Valley-based start-up with an AT&T heritage is now working side-by-side big partners such as Salesforce.com and Adobe in an effort to revolutionize voice calls as we know them today.
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Sprint, others hope to hear more ka-ching with "bling tones," cellular ring tones created by hip-hop artists.
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Rock bands have long prospered by living - and selling - images of hard living and brash poses. But sex, drugs and rock &#39;n&#39; roll are no longer enough. The definition of cool for some acts now includes mobile phone ringtones.
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Itâs not easy to escape a two-year cellphone contract. But it can be done by turning to the innovators on the Internet.
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The MP3 players get a splash of color -- and better earbuds. In Listening Post.
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Former MusicMatch and Rio execs try to make radio personal and portable with a start-up Web music service and device dubbed Slacker. Photos:     Slacker's ambitious music project