Thumbplay inks ringtone deal with iLike

Mobile entertainment portal Thumbplay announced an exclusive relationship with digital music discovery service iLike to contextually feature Thumbplay's ringtones throughout the iLike.com website as well as the iLike application on Facebook Platform. "Get ringtone" links connecting to the Thumbplay site are now featured alongside links to iTunes in every relevant artist, album and song page across the iLike site, as well as users' shared playlists. Similar links are incorporated into the iLike Challenge. iLike boasts more than 15 million registered users, enabling listeners to share music recommendations, playlists, and personalized concert alerts--the iLike Sidebar for iTunes and Windows Media Player suggests new music, creates automatic playlists and connects users via mutual tastes. iLike also operates indie music site GarageBand.com.

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