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# DIGITAL MUSIC NEWS – WEEK IN REVIEW
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/digital_music_n_3/
- Published: 2005-10-28T14:43:05.000Z
- Updated: 2005-10-28T14:43:05.000Z
- Description: – Several companies unveiled quarterly earnings reports this week: – RealNetworks showed handsome increases in total music subscribers, and remained in the black once again. XM Satellite Radio showed strong. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2005/10/digital_music_n_3.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
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– Several companies unveiled quarterly earnings reports this week:

> – RealNetworks showed handsome increases in total music subscribers, and remained in the

[![Real_8](https://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/images/real_8.gif "Real_8")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/real%5F8.gif&ref=hypebot.com)

black once again. XM Satellite Radio showed strong subscriber and revenue increases, though profit losses remained problematic.  
  
– Portable MP3 manufacturers iRiver and Creative both showed heavy profit declines. Reports from Napster and Sirius are coming next week, and Loudeye will report on November 9th.

– Apple introduced an iTunes Music Store in Australia, though Sony BMG remained a licensing holdout. And iMesh released a beta version of its much-anticipated, industry-sanctioned P2P application.

– And a new report this week showed heavy returns and an overall lukewarm reception of the [![Motorolalogo_5](https://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/images/motorolalogo_5.gif "Motorolalogo_5")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/motorolalogo%5F5.gif&ref=hypebot.com)Motorola ROKR device. Consumers may have been expecting larger storage capacity, and an experience that more closely resembled stand-alone iPod models.