Thumbplay Sells Its Ringtone Business To SendMe Mobile
Looks like game over for Thumbplay as a standalone entity: we have learned that the mobile content company’s last remaining asset — its rin…
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How Two Former Ringtone Giants Are Faring As That Market Crumbles
Ten years ago, three brothers in Germany founded Jamba, jumping head-first into the global fad of selling ringtones, which ultimately grew t…
Thumbplay’s Mobile Music Service Goes Live
With the launch of its music service for BlackBerrys, Thumbplay is the latest company hoping that anytime-anywhere access will make consumers pay a monthly fee to hear a massive library of music. Given its large installed base and understanding of mobile behavior, don’t count Thumbplay out.
Thumbplay Hires Apple Exec To Lead Music Subscription Ambitions
Thumbplay has hired an exec away from Apple’s iPhone ranks to bulk up its team as it attempts to transform the ringtone company to a full-tr…
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CES Mobile Wrap: HTC Brew Phones; Thumbplay Subscription Music; Nutsie’s Effin Genius; Boost Mobile
— HTC Announces Brew Phones: HTC, the Taiwanese handset-maker known for Windows Mobile and Android phones, has jumped into making mid-range…
Thumbplay Raises Another $2 Million in Sixth Round; $61 Million Total Raised
Thumbplay, the NYC-based mobile content company that raised a $6 million sixth round earlier this year, has added $2 million more to it, acc…
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Industry Moves: Thumbplay Loses Two C-Level Execs, Bilman And Thorsvelt
Thumbplay, the New York-based mobile content company, confirmed today that two c-level executives are leaving the company. This closely foll…
Updated: Billboard.com Changes Ringtone Provider Over To Thumbplay
Mobile content company Thumbplay said today that it is now handling the sales of all ringtones for Billboard.com. The ringtones are availabl…
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Thumbplay Trims Headcount To Prepare For Prolonged Economic Downturn
Thumbplay, a New York-based mobile entertainment company, said today it is trimming its workforce for what they are expecting to be a prolon…
Sony Computer Entertainment Takes Games Mobile With Player X; Thumbplay Nabs Off-Deck Deal
*Sony* Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios has, for the first time ever, licensed some of its PlayStation titles to be published by a t…
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Updated: MTV Mobile Picks Thumbplay To Manage Mobile Content Storefront; Drops Motricity
Update: MTV and Thumbplay both contacted us to clarify a few points of their deal that got lost in the minutiae when it was brought to our a…
Update: Thumbplay Sued Over Billing Practices; Thumbplay Responds
Thumbplay is the latest company to get sued over mobile content billing, with claims the company is guilty of “either passive indifference o…
Thumbplay Launches Text-Based Search For Mobile Content
You’ve heard of conducting mobile searches by text message, such as sending “pizza 98112” to GOOGL to find out the nearest restaurant in Sea…
