Sony brings "Music Unlimited powered by Qriocoty" to the US (Noon ET), Australia and New Zealand today.  First launched in the UK in December, the awkwardly named music service extended. Continue reading

After Apple announced new 30% commission rates that, as Kyle Bylin wrote, could kill subscription music, I wondered who would risk Apple's legendary rath and speak up. Yesterday, John Erwin,. Continue reading

Check and mate. There's no other way to make sense of what just happened. As far as subscription music is concerned, Apple has now cornered the king of every subscription music. Continue reading

Pandora announced on Friday that it has filed Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as the first step towards an initial public offering of stock.  Pandora has. Continue reading

Thus far, Warner Music Group CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr. has gone on the record as being against Spotify and others like it because they are "clearly not net positive for. Continue reading

Is cloud-stored music legal? Do labels deserve an extra payment? We'll see. EMI's lawsuit against Michael Robertson's MP3tunes has winded down. A ruling, however, may be 2-6 months away. If. Continue reading

I've been doing lots of thinking about cloud-based music services lately. One of the things that I'm undecided on is whether or not their free-trials are long enough. Right now,. Continue reading

Depending on who you ask, Google Music is either weeks or months away from launching. A report from Businessweek suggests that the launch may come as soon as next month.. Continue reading