MetroLyrics

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title: "MetroLyrics" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["canadian-music-websites", "companies-based-in-vancouver", "internet-properties-established-in-2002", "internet-properties-disestablished-in-2021", "online-archives", "online-music-and-lyrics-databases", "technology-companies-of-canada", "former-cbs-interactive-websites", "red-ventures", "2002-establishments-in-british-columbia", "2021-disestablishments-in-british-columbia", "2020-mergers-and-acquisitions"] description: "Website displaying song lyrics" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MetroLyrics" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Website displaying song lyrics ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox website"]

Field	Value
name	MetroLyrics
logo	MetroLyrics logo.svg
foundation
founder	Milun Tesovic, Alan Juristovski
dissolved	June 29, 2021
location_city	Vancouver, British Columbia
location_country	Canada
services	Lyrics
parent	Red Ventures
homepage
num_employees	10+
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| name = MetroLyrics | logo = MetroLyrics logo.svg | foundation = | founder = Milun Tesovic, Alan Juristovski | dissolved = June 29, 2021 | location_city = Vancouver, British Columbia | location_country = Canada | services = Lyrics | parent = Red Ventures | homepage = | num_employees = 10+

MetroLyrics was a website dedicated to song lyrics. It was founded in December 2002, and its database contained over one million songs by over 16,000 artists. The site abruptly went offline in late June 2021, and its webmasters have never commented on its closing.

History

In 2008, MetroLyrics was the first lyrics-dedicated site to license Gracenote Inc.'s lyrics catalogue. Through its licensing model, copyright holders of lyrics accrued royalty revenue when their work was displayed on MetroLyrics.com, which MetroLyrics recouped by collecting money from banner advertisements on its site. Royalties were paid on all displayed lyrics and were handled through Gracenote. In January 2013, LyricFind acquired Gracenote's lyrics licensing business, merging it in with their own. MetroLyrics' licensing model was distinct, as many lyrics websites offer content that is unlicensed and possibly copyright infringing. Unlike other lyric websites, MetroLyrics placed a warning on songs containing explicit lyrics.

MetroLyrics was acquired by CBS Interactive in October 2011. Red Ventures acquired the CNET Media Group, including MetroLyrics, from CBS Interactive in 2020.

References

References

1. "MetroLyrics.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info - DomainTools". [[WHOIS]].
2. [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/metrolyrics-how-a-bc-teen-created-one-of-the-worlds-biggest-music-sites/article566735/ MetroLyrics: How a B.C. teen created one of the world's biggest music sites]
3. "About us".
4. "Gracenote and Metrolyrics Extend Authorized Lyrics Service to Mobile Devices and iPhone Applications". MetroLeap Media.
5. (2013-01-15). "Welcoming Gracenote and Larry Marcus!".
6. Plambeck, Joseph. (May 9, 2010). "Lyrics Sites at Center of Fight Over Royalties". [[The New York Times]].
7. "CBS Interactive Music Group broadens distribution of its core assets to metrolyrics.com's Global Audience of more than 25 million users".
8. Shaw, Gillian. (2011-10-11). "MetroLyrics acquisition by CBS Interactive a high note for Canada's new media". Vancouver Sun.

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