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Without admitting wrongdoing, seven mobile-content companies have settled a series of class-action lawsuits in a circuit court in Chicago.Flycell Inc., Glomobi, Mobilefunster Inc., Thumbplay Inc., WebAMG Holdings, Glispa L.L.C. and …

Ntelos and Thumbplay reached an agreement that allows Ntelos Wireless customers to access Thumbplay’s music offering. Thumbplay Music is a cloud-based music service that provides unlimited access to songs on …

Mobile entertainment company Thumbplay and Cellular South signed a deal that allows Cellular South customers to access the new cloud-based Thumbplay Music service. The service gives customers unlimited, on-demand access …

Thumbplay Inc. bulked up its library off-deck goodies with a full-track mobile download service.The New York-based wireless content company launched a beta version of the offering, which delivers DRM-free tunes …

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The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available. Gizmoz: DoCoMo Capital Inc. …

Mobile entertainment firm Thumbplay Inc. will bulk up its content portfolio thanks to a new pact with Sony BMG Music Entertainment.The New York-based, direct-to-consumer aggregator said it will add 7,000 …

Microsoft Corp. has jumped into the mobile advertising fray. MSN Mobile customers in the United States will begin seeing banner and text advertisements as soon as today.Microsoft said the ads …

Thumbplay said it signed an exclusive deal for ringtones and other mobile content across the AOL network. AOL is integrating Thumbplay’s content through AOL Music, AOL Games, the AIM instant-messaging …

Direct-to-consumer content provider Thumbplay Inc. expanded its music portfolio through a new pact with EMI Music.Thumbplay sells ringtones, games and text-based services from its online storefront through both a la …

For mobile content players, these are either the best of times or the worst of times. Or, in some cases, both. Investment money continues to flow into wireless content and …

NEW YORK—Mobile content retailer Thumbplay Inc. added to its bank account with a new funding round and line of credit. The distributor of ringtones and other content hauled in $10 …

LOS ANGELES–Starwave Mobile announced new licensing deals and a move to sell content directly to consumers. Starwave Mobile gained licensing rights from Beyonce Inc. and Sony BMG to develop and …

FORT WORTH, Texas—Teletouch Communications Inc. said it has chosen the law firm Masur & Associates L.L.C. to assist the company with its mobile content licensing efforts as well as with …

NEW YORK-Direct-to-consumer wireless content provider Thumbplay Inc. said it raised $7.5 million in second-round funding to go along with an undisclosed amount of first round funding. Thumbplay said it will …

Faced with increasingly crowded shelf space on carrier decks, content providers are gaining traction by marketing directly to U.S. consumers with Web-based storefronts of their own. And carriers are slowly …

NEW YORK-ThumbPlay Inc. launched a mobile entertainment Web site designed to offer ringtones, images, games and other content directly to mobile users. The company unveiled an Internet storefront offering more …

NEW YORK-Wireless entertainment publisher ThumbPlay Inc. issued a casting call for content providers looking to tap the U.S. market. The company said it is seeking partners from Europe, Asia, the …

Mobile content provider ThumbPlay announced a new strip-poker-style game where players face off against a series of virtual female models who change clothes during the game. Popular in Europe, the …

When it comes to mobile music, few people have the perspective of Thomas Dolby Robertson. The singer/songwriter-turned-software developer used last week’s MobileMusiCon to launch his latest offering, a Web-based software …

NEW YORK-The mobile entertainment field got a little more crowded Thursday with the launch of ThumbPlay, a venture capital-fueled content provider. Based in New York, ThumbPlay will offer ringtones, wallpaper, …