BurnLounge News
Press releases and network marketing news for BurnLounge, archived on Npros.
BurnLounge press releases and updates
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BurnLounge Founder Rob DeBoer Launches cPrime
According to FitsNews.com, former Burnlounge founder Rob DeBoer is now launching a new venture called cPrime which markets magnetic wristbands to athletes, claiming they will help them perform better athletically...From FitsNews.com: 'Three years after he was implicated in the BurnLounge pyramid sca... Read more
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Burnlounge Lawsuit in Hands of US Judge
The federal lawsuit that alleges former USC football star Rob DeBoer was involved in the pyramid scheme is in the hands of a judge.Testimony recently ended in the case over Burnlounge, a New York online music store operator that attracted many investors from the Columbia area.The Federal Trade Commi... Read more
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BurnLounge in Wired News
Have you ever wanted to be a snarky record store clerk like the ones in High Fidelity, recommending the choicest cuts to a grateful and adoring public? People's Music Store lets you set up your own online storefront to sell up to 50 DRM-free albums from a decent range of high-quality electronica, ro... Read more
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FTC Settles with BurnLounge
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that one of the operators of BurnLounge, a digital music distribution service the agency had determined was actually a pyramid scheme, has settled charges and agreed to give up $20,000 in ill-gotten gains.The FTC charged BurnLounge in June 2007 with o... Read more
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BurnLounge on Wired Blogs
You may remember a site called BurnLounge, which charged users upfront for a chance to make money selling other peoples' music, like a digital music version of Amway.If your reaction to BurnLounge was anything like mine, you quickly became frustrated by chirpy, overenthusiastic strangers infiltratin... Read more
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BurnLounge ordered to surrender records
Online music retailer denies judge's allegations of pyramid schemeA federal judge has ordered online music retailer BurnLounge to turn over its financial records and do away with a major part of its business plan that he called a 'classic pyramid scheme.'The New York company agreed to a preliminary ... Read more
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BurnLounge Reaches Compromise Injunction with FTC
Order Allows Company to Continue Operation of New Model Unimpeded BurnLounge, the world's first fan driven digital download community, has come to a cooperative agreement with the Federal Trade Commission based on its recent decision to eliminate the network marketing portion of its business. 'This ... Read more
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BurnLounge and FTC Reach Compromise
Digital music store provider BurnLounge announced on Thursday that it has come to a cooperative agreement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which several weeks ago branded the company's business model a pyramid scheme.Since the FTC filed its complaint, BurnLounge announced that it would aband... Read more
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BurnLounge CEO Resigns Amid FTC Probe
BurnLounge CEO Alex Arnold has resigned from the multilevel music store company after the FTC branded the company a pyramid scheme and is seeking ot shut down.BurnLounge co-founders Ryan Dadd and Stephen Murray along with the company's board unanimously approved the appointed of Alex Arnold's succes... Read more
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Burnlounge Rep Sued by FTC
Former USC football star Rob DeBoer confirmed Friday he has been sued by the Federal Trade Commission for his involvement with an online music retailer that is accused of being a pyramid scheme.DeBoer said he is a retailer for Burnlounge, selling digital music on the Internet and the opportunity to ... Read more
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BurnLounge to Present at MUSEXPO 2007
BurnLounge to Present at MUSEXPO 2007Panel Presence to Coincide With BurnLounge's Announcement of the Immediate Availability of Its Free Digital Download Stores and Social Networking ServiceWEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today at MUSEXPO 2007, Stephen Murray, co-founder, president of ente... Read more
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Gary Slaight Joins Burnlounge Board of Directors
NEW YORK, March 27 /CNW/ - BurnLounge, the world's first company to transform communities into marketers of music, entertainment and related products, today announced that Gary Slaight, president and chief executive officer of Standard Broadcasting Corporation Ltd., has joined BurnLounge's Board ... Read more
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Burnlounge on CScout
Burnlounge gets a postive reference in this trendblog on CScout:BurnLounge.com BurnLounge is a community-powered digital music service. BurnLounge provides music fans with the necessary software and an expansive catalog of music, to create and sell music (and fan merchandise) to peers from their ow... Read more
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ITunes and the coming Burnlounge storm
Being stuck in the digital void that is Hong Kong, I can't access the iTunes store, so I have to find other places to shop for music. My destination for now is insound. Let me count the ways. They do the great thing of recommending music to you when you select what you like for your shopping cart. T... Read more
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Music hub BurnLounge releases new version
Well, the music offerings at South by Southwest are heating up, and we'll keep you posted on the good ones. I mentioned BurnLounge in a Hoooka, which is a start-up that lets you sell music through a MySpace widget. BurnLounge, which has been around for a while longer, has a similar model: create you... Read more
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Burnlounge unveils new offering at SXSW
Previously, users who wanted to open a BurnLounge digital download store had to pay a franchise fee, and then oversee the establishment of satellite stores under their franchise umbrella, which led to many accusations of BurnLounge being a veiled pyramid scheme. To circumvent this, the company has i... Read more
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BurnLounge to Revolutionize Digital Media
AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BurnLounge, the world's first company to transform communities into marketers of music, entertainment and related products, today announced its revolutionary new digital download and entertainment software (BL2) as well as BurnPages, its innovative free social network... Read more
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BurnLounge to Launch Next Version of Software
BurnLounge will launch the next version of its software – BL2 – in March 2007openPR) - BurnLounge will launch the next version of its software – BL2 – in early 2007. This desktop application will transform BurnLounge from a digital music service into a fully-functioning and self-contained network of... Read more
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Burnlounge Helps Global Relief Effort
BurnLounge Helps World Vision Promote Global Relief Efforts Through Digital Music NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BurnLounge, the world's first community-powered digital music service, announced today that World Vision has joined the BurnLounge retail network to launch its own digital music store. The ... Read more
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Interview with Burnlounge CoFounder
An Interview with Burnlounge Co-Founder Stephen MurrayDMW recently spoke with Stephen Murray, Co-Founder, President of Entertainment & Chief Creative Officer of Burnlounge, a New York-based community-powered digital download music service, to discuss their service and business model. Click the link ... Read more
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Burnlounge Teams with Live Nation
Live Nation Inks Deal With BurnLoungeKomfie Manalo - All Headline News Foreign Correspondent Los Angeles, CA (AHN) - Global events organizer Live Nation has entered an exclusive agreement with digital music service BurnLounge giving the latter's VIP members preferential treatment to Live Nation's c... Read more
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BurnLounge Launches Update
BurnLounge Launches BurnLounge 1.0 - Creating a Powerful Digital MarketplaceNEW YORK, June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- BurnLounge, the world's first community-powered digital music service, announced today the launch of BurnLounge 1.0, a unique service that provides music fans with proprietary software and an... Read more
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Burnlounge Service Provider Stock Rises
Earthport, the specialist provider of secure electronic payments services, rose 1 3/4p to 39 1/4p on hearing it has signed an agreement to become the global payments partner of US-based BurnLounge, the digital music service. Rumours also suggest computer giant Microsoft is close to Burn-Lounge and i... Read more
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BurnLounge
Digital Downloads Offer Sucess For Indie Artists With the help of services like BurnLounge, indie artists like "Ball in the House." Music group Ball in the House recently announced their launch of a digital music store through BurnLounge, the first community-powered digital music service that enab... Read more
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Burn Lounge CEO Addresses Strategies
BurnLounge Founder and CEO to Address Digital Music Strategies and Company's Business Model at Upcoming Events Wednesday April 5, 1:47 pm ET Alex Arnold, Founder & CEO, BurnLounge, to Speak at the Urban Network Entertainment and Marketing Summit and the 2006 Harvard Business School Entertainment a... Read more