New Music Business Briefing – Apple Paid EMI $5M, Auto iPod Use Soars & More
>>> Billboard.biz is reporting that Apple paid EMI a $5 million advance to be the first to sell their tracks DRM free. Will other services be required to pay advances and how will it effect DRM-free momentum?
>>> Mac News has details on the European Union investigation into iTunes price fixing.
>>> A new survey predicts strong portable music player growth in 2007 and shows that in a sign that should send shivers down AM/FM broadcaster’s spines (if they have them) in-car iPod usage is growing.
>>> At least one blogger says iTunes’ new Complete My Album push is a pointless or even harmful "mirage" and offers analysis.
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re: iPod-in-car use growing.
I’m a 24 year old male. At one of my jobs I work with a number of college students. They all have cars with stereo jacks, and look at me like an outdated freak for the stacks of CDs in my glove compartment.
Ask 7Digital if they had to pay and advance. They’re selling The Good, The Bad and The Queen in MP3.
In the survey you reference, they also mention that “the most important new feature [the respondent’s] music player could have” is an FM tuner. So a bit of a mixed bag. But personally, I almost never listen to the radio, unless it is in podcast form on my iPod.