This week, we’re making some changes to imeem’s video embed and video upload policies. Starting today, only videos from official artist profiles and the imeem jukebox can be embedded and played beyond imeem. This means you’re no longer able to take videos that you or other users have uploaded and embed them for playback on widgets outside imeem.com. We have also limited the length of video uploads to eight minutes each.
These changes won’t impact the vast majority of the imeem community. You can still visit imeem.com to watch millions of videos, upload your own videos, make video playlists and share them with your friends on imeem.
We recognize that the new policy may change how some people in the community use and enjoy imeem. To those impacted, please bear with us and know that we’re making the changes in an effort to better serve the entire community and continue offering the world’s best social music experience.
We’re excited to announce that we’ve added a new Twitter feature where you can now tweet any song, video or playlist with a new “Tweet This” button under each imeem player.
It’s simple to get started sharing your music tastes with your network of Twitter friends. When you’re exploring imeem and find a song/playlist/video you want to share, press the “Tweet This” button on the bottom right of the player.
imeem will automatically open up Twitter with an update and link to the music you’re enjoying. You can tweet the update immediately or you can edit the tweet to alert your friends.
imeem is making it easier than ever for you to share your music tastes on imeem and beyond. Be sure to follow us on Twitter @imeem to keep up with the latest music, giveaways and new imeem features.
imeem has great news for our music fans. Britney Spears premiered her new album, “Circus,” exclusively on her profile today at http://www.imeem.com/britneyspears a week before the official album launch on December 2. You can listen to it for free, share it with your friends and embed it anywhere on the Web, including your blog, Facebook and MySpace profile.
Britney Spears is the latest high profile artist to premiere her music on imeem. Her album debut comes days after platinum-selling artist Lil Wayne premiered his latest mixtape, “Dedication 3.” Other artists we have premiered exclusive music and videos this year include T-Pain, Fall Out Boy, Nelly, U2, Bloc Party, The Rolling Stones, Linkin Park, Q-Tip and Scarlett Johansson, among many others. We’ll be working hard to bring more of these exclusives to the imeem community. Enjoy!
Listen to “Circus” Here
Music is life. The songs and artists that we listen to both define us and are defined by us. Since we’re music fans and playlist maniacs here at imeem, we think the same holds true for our presidential candidates, Barack Obama and John McCain.
So what did we do? We scoured the Interwebs to research each candidate’s music taste. After finding interviews and articles from venerable magazines like Rolling Stone and Blender, we pieced together Obama and McCain’s top 10 favorite songs as told by the candidates themselves!
What can you do with my favorite prez candidate’s playlist? We thought it would be fun to put each candidate’s list of top 10 songs into an imeem playlist that you can not only listen to it as much as you want, but also share the playlist with friends in the imeem community and post it as a playlist widget in your favorite social network such as facebook, myspace, friendster, or Hi5. You can blog it. You can twitter it. Play it loud so people can hear it outside your window on the street.
So let everyone know if you think Obama or McCain has the best playlist as the election draws near, and help decide which candidate will rock the nation…
Click here to listen to Barack Obama’s Playlist
Click here to listen to John McCain’s Playlist
imeem is exclusively streaming deluxe editions of U2’s first three albums, Boy (1980), October (1981) and War (1983) starting today. The albums include a wealth of b-sides, live tracks and rarities plus video excerpts of live TV performances by the band from the early ‘80s. imeem is the only place you can check out the albums prior to their North American release on July 22, 2008.
It gives you an inside look into the evolution of the band and shaping of what would become the U2 sound. All three albums were produced by Steve Lillywhite who is actually back in the studio with U2 at work on their next album. Can’t wait.
http://www.imeem.com/u2music
