SpiralFrog Signs EMI for Music Service

Following an agreement with Universal late last month, advertising-supported music store SpiralFrog said Wednesday that it had reached a deal with EMI, further expanding its free download catalog. The combined song library would include artists such as Sting, Nelly Furtado, Jay Z and Kanye West, the company said.

EMI's deal would also extend to lyrics, which would be included with downloads from the service. "We are very pleased to help launch SpiralFrog," said Roger Faxon, Co-CEO of EMI Music Publishing. "It is a very exciting concept which fuses advertising with music downloads and other services to recapture consumer demand which has been hijacked by online piracy." SpiralFrog expects to launch later this year.