More Churn in Commercial Metadata Providers

Created by Matt Pasiewicz (EDUCAUSE) on May 19, 2005

C|NET is reporting that Muze, a provider of metadata for music, has been sold to Enterprise Partners Venture Capital. Details of the purchase weren't posted on the Muze or EPVC sites as of this posting, but here's a link to a press release on the topic.

I suspect that this might be a prelude to further consolidation in an industry struggling with commodization of their core line of products. I personally suspect that community supported not-for-profits like MetaBrainz (which in some ways operates a bit like Wikipedia) to become the new vanguards of metadata exchange.

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		More Churn in Commercial Metadata Providers Created by Matt Pasiewicz (EDUCAUSE) on May 19, 2005 C\|NET is reporting that Muze, a provider of metadata for music, has been sold to Enterprise Partners Venture Capital. Details of the purchase weren't posted on the Muze or EPVC sites as of this posting, but here's a link to a press release on the topic. I suspect that this might be a prelude to further consolidation in an industry struggling with commodization of their core line of products. I personally suspect that community supported not-for-profits like MetaBrainz (which in some ways operates a bit like Wikipedia) to become the new vanguards of metadata exchange. Metadata Matt's blog Login or register to post comments 3017 reads
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