For much of the 20th century, it was derided as the Spam of sounds, the pablum of music. Yet in the 21st century, the South Carolina-based company that still calls itself Muzak has enjoyed some of the ...

When you hear the name Muzak, you probably think of the type of easy listening music one often encounters in elevators or while on hold at a call center. Where does the term Muzak come from, and where ...

The Wall Street Journal is reporting today that Canada's Mood Media will buy Muzak for $305 million in cash. If the deal goes through, it will not be the first time somebody has paid hundreds of ...

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 atmospheric music and visuals (along with digital signage, scent, ...

Anyone of a certain age remembers the golden age of Muzak. Founded in 1934, the company's lilting sounds were the constant companion in elevators that offered something not quite music, but not quite ...

FORT MILL, S.C. — About the only quiet places in Muzak Holdings headquarters are, believe it or not, the building’s elevators. The omission is intentional. Muzak wants visitors to know that the ...

Muzak, the musical equivalent of white bread, is no more. That’s the message coming from its parent company, Ontario-based Mood Media, who today announced that it’s killing the brand, launched in 1934 ...

Muzak was one of many transcription services for which musicians—many of them now regarded as legendary jazz artists—regularly cut recordings that weren't peddled to the public in stores. The only ...

Anyone of a certain age remembers the golden age of Muzak — the constant companion in elevators that sounded not quite like music, CBS News correspondent Richard Schlesinger reports. "For years it was ...

Muzak made its mark on American culture by producing generic-sounding songs for office buildings, retail stores and the dentist. Muzak made elevator music, but it's been 25 years since the company ...

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 ...