NY Attorney General To Investigate Radio Promo Practices
According to the New York Times, “Eliot Spitzer, the New York State attorney general, has recently taken on a procession of corporate powers from Wall Street analysts to mutual funds. Continue reading
A Punk Rock View Of The Apple / U2 Alliance
The punk view of the U2 / Apple Alliance from indy/punk site Aversion.com : U2 SELLS OUT TO APPLE “Being a progressive, socially conscious band just doesn’t pay the bills. Continue reading
A Hopeful Review Of MSN Music
From the Washington Post’s Rob Pegoraro’s Personal Tech e-mail: “Since I reviewed Microsoft’s MSN Music two Sundays ago, the site had its official debut last Tuesday. “Along with the loss. Continue reading
CD Sales Up 10% Plus 59 Million Downloads In First Half Of ’04
The Recording Industry Association of America just announced that music shipments have risen 4% in the first half of 2004, with CD shipments up 10%, but that this increase still. Continue reading
MAJOR LABEL SANCTIONED P2P’s
Wired.com reported Thursday that “amid the recent collapse of talks over the Induce Act in Congress, record labels are closing in on deals to enable several new peer-to-peer services to. Continue reading
U2 BROADENS APPLE RELATIONSHIP
Billboard.com reports that “U2 and Apple Computer Inc. are expected to announce next week that they have signed a deal to sell custom iPods. According to a source, the Irish. Continue reading
CD’s For Cell Phones But @ A Hefty Price
From ZDNet News: “Singer Robbie Williams’ greatest-hits album arrives in music stores Tuesday, as well as some phone shops, marking a first for the United Kingdom: It will be released,. Continue reading
Will Digital Distribution, Podcasting, and Satellites Cause A Creative Renaissance In Broadcasting?
From the USC Annenberg Online Journalism Review: “The rules for the broadcast radio business — the traditional ‘terrestrial’ radio — are changing in many ways, with satellite radio… and the. Continue reading
UK SINGLES SALES DROP AS DOWNLOADS GROW
Rueters reports that the single that topped this week’s U.K. pop charts had the lowest ever sales for a No. 1 It’s the latest indication that singles format is dying. Continue reading
Starbucks Adds 45 More Hear Music “Media Bars”
The Starbucks coffee chain will expand its Hear Music “media bar” CD-burning concept into 45 Starbucks stores in Seattle and Austin, Texas, later this month. Starbuck’s expansion on the music. Continue reading
