The Austin-based background music company has just emerged out of bankruptcy, with a continuing appetite for the softer hits or ambient styles it provides. Meanwhile, some fans of the old Muzak still ...

For the word “Muzak,” the long elevator ride is finally over. Not that its lilting instrumentals or mixes of pop hits are likely to disappear from restaurants, shops and offices. But the Muzak name — ...

The flute hurts. At least it does for fans of rapper André 3000, who, as one half of Outkast, lit up the charts with early-noughties hits such as Ms. Jackson and Hey Ya! But that was a long time ago, ...

MCEVERS: Back in 1989, Mark Davis started working at his local Kmart in Naperville, Ill., and this is what he heard on the store's loudspeakers all day. MCEVERS: But rather than try to shake this ...

If you find yourself in a more money-spending mood while shopping at the Target store in West Hills next week, that might be no coincidence. The chain’s San Fernando Valley branch is one of two-dozen ...

"If you want more Mozart in your life, start loitering." The managers of certain public commercial spaces, such as shopping centres and railway stations, have seen the use of these spaces by youths ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whether you know it or not, you’ve been in the mood for some time. That’s Mood Media Corp, one of the world’s largest providers of ...

Care to hear four years' worth of the music played on Kmart's loudspeakers? Well, whether or not you do, now you can — on Archive.org. Mark... Putting The 'K' In Muzak: Years Of Kmart Background Music ...