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IMEEM completes deals with Universal and EMI
Posted in New Features on Jan 04, 2008 at 3:03 AM by Dalton Caldwell
Current mood: awesome

Hello imeem,

Happy new year. I have some great news to share. We recently announced an agreement with Universal Music Group, which is the world’s largest music company. Under the agreement, imeem users get to upload, stream and share music and video from Univeral’s catalogue for free through imeem.

What does this mean for you? It means that when you’re on imeem, you can check out full-length songs and videos from more of the artists you care about – people like Kanye West, The Killers, Snow Patrol, Wu-Tang Clan, Gwen Stefani, Amy Winehouse, Fall Out Boy, 50 Cent, and Black Eyed Peas. When you find something you like, you can playlist it, tag it, rate it, comment on it, and discover music you might like by finding other imeem users who are into the same things you are.

We also recently secured a similar deal with EMI Music. Some of the artists on EMI include Radiohead, Coldplay, The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys, 30 Seconds to Mars, Norah Jones, Interpol, KT Tunstall, Daft Punk, Joss Stone, the Beastie Boys.

This means that imeem now has deals done with all 4 major music labels in the U.S., as well as a number of independent labels and video providers. This took a lot of blood, sweat and tears (and the better part of the last 18 months) to accomplish, but it’s been worth it. It’s great to know we’re continuing to make big strides in giving imeem users the full-length streaming you’ve been demanding, and doing so in a way that ensure that artists get paid, too, thanks to the advertising on our site.

We at imeem are proud to be offering a cool site that offers all the music and video you love, while working hand-in-hand with labels and artists. Now that all of this is done, we truly have the largest, most vibrant and interactive playlist community on the Internet.

Thanks for sticking with us, and if you know people that haven’t been on imeem in a few months, make a playlist for them and let them know that as of now we have the largest legal full-song streaming site on the Internet.

Dalton

P.S.
At the moment most of our deals are for allowing full-song streams to imeem members in the U.S. and Canada. International users shouldn't worry, we are working hard on securing the same rights for our members in other countries.

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Comments (41)

Khryseis TheGreat (permalink)

11:50am

well that would be a really nice accomplishment if all the songs i already listen to didn't mysteriously turn into thirty second samples. it's frustrating. that's why i chose imeem over similar sites...the control to choose my own music and the freedom to hear the ENTIRE TRACK. please address this. thx.

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cherry custodio (permalink)

May 25th, 6:22am

CAN U PLEASE HELP ME????????
there was a problem in my upload, i dunno what to do!!
it is a wma format (recording)..it is 4minutes but when i uploaded it several times, its always 1minute only...............!!!!!!!!!! what will i do????????

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Brian Vandrian (permalink)

May 20th, 4:04am

I just can't take another Zune ad... it seriously makes me want to plug my Toshiba MP3 recorder into it record Zune playlists over night and then order the files by size just so I don't have the same Zune ad inbetween EVERY song!

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Nemanja Djuric (permalink)

May 19th, 3:52pm

Great site guys. Is there a chance I can sell my tracks here?

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lee dunn (permalink)

May 17th, 10:48pm

hello all iv jus sighned up earlier today...can some1 tell me wot i can actually do here,
come have a listen to my music when u get a chance...safe

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FirstLook (permalink)

May 13th, 1:42pm

nice site, but can you guys add the "block feature" please, some people just so annoying send too much crap that i don't need to hear. thank FirstLook

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Cat (permalink)

May 10th, 9:37pm

i love you imeem, but i hate the ads sprinkled through playlists. it destroys the experience.

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Blue angel (permalink)

May 9th, 6:14am

I am Blueangel from China, haha, short for chinablueangel.I like music, espacially using the she limmest MP4-V1 to listen. Share with me sapphire@chinabluangelcom

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Abbie Winston (permalink)

May 8th, 6:35pm

I wanted to turn you on to a new and up and coming artist in the Phoenix area. Her name is Lauren Winston, check out one of her songs on MY Space Music. It's really soulful! Enjoy.

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Susan Steele (permalink)

May 4th, 1:32pm Last edited May 4th, 1:32pm.

Wow! That is great news! I hope we keep getting more new artists! Its awesome that we can now come here and enjoy full length vids & music!
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