Last year Apple sold 35 million iPods. Last year Nokia sold 45 million music enabled cell phones.  Next year Nokia expects to sell 80 million music enabled phones. This week. Continue reading

– The FCC opened bidding yesterday for bandwidth that would provide greater cell and wireless internet connectivity nationally thus making wireless music and video streaming a reality. Thus far the. Continue reading

Watching live video feeds in an air-conditioned tent.  Checking email and and blogging live from free wireless laptops.  Playing the latest video games. Texting friends from their cells while waiting. Continue reading

– Sprint is committing to build a nationwide wireless internet service based on WiMax technology in part because the want to tap into "an entirely new market by eventually connecting. Continue reading

2006 NARM Award Winners: RETAILERS OF THE YEARSmall – Twist & Shout, Denver, COMedium – Waterloo Records, Austin, TXLarge – Tower Records, W. Sacramento, CA WHOLESALERS OF THE YEARSmall –. Continue reading

UPDATED – Google says its staying out of the music business for now, but touts Google Trends as a hit predictor. (Billboard) – Apple joins the group of companies who. Continue reading

– Retailer Tower has been put on credit hold by all of the major labels (and other news from NARM). (HITS) – Income was up and losses were down in. Continue reading

With the exception of iTunes and perhaps eMusic the paid download sector is in trouble. Inside Napster’s latest earnings report was the admission that music subscription levels had dropped 7%. Continue reading

– Recently the RIAA has been backing down on suing people who use the "my IP address isn’t necessarily my PC" defense.  So ZDnet has come up with a plan. Continue reading