Navio’s New Portable Rights Management May Set Your Music And Your iPod Free
All we ever wanted was to buy music and and once owning it be able to enjoy it wherever we wanted to But iPod users who can only buy content. Continue reading
New Music Industry Briefing For Wednesday May 24, 2006
– Apple (The Beatles) plans to appeal the UK courst decision that it’s OK for Apple (The Computer Co.) to us the name Apple in music related ventures. – Smithsonian. Continue reading
Pitchfork Looks At Music Recomendation Sites. How Can They Tell Us What We Want To Hear?
Pitchfork’s Chris Dahlen takes a long and thorough look at the promise and pitfalls and differences between the growing number of music recommendation schemes like Last.fm and Pandora: "Music discovery. Continue reading
New Music Industry Briefing For Tuesday May 23, 2006
A NYC judge has settled the rootkit copy-protection lawsuits against Sony BMG offering free downloads to millions. (AP) – EMI today reported that full-year net profit rose 14% with market. Continue reading
iTunes Offers Storefront Customization To Radio Web Sites
Two Emmis owned Hip-Hop stations Power 106 in LA and HOT 97 in NYC have teamed up with Apple to offer the first full integration of the iTunes Music Store. Continue reading
Sire Creates Virtual Loft For Regina Spektor Listening Party
Next week, Sire Records will launch an interactive virtual listening party in a virtual NYC loft for anti-folk chanteuse Regina Spektor‘s 4th CD due June 13th. The online party will. Continue reading
Disney Learning From Music Industry’s Mistakes
Disney chief Robert Iger used the music industry as a whipping post when describing the reasons behind his company’s decision to give away free downloads of its most popular TV. Continue reading
Worth Quoting
Apple needs — and customers deserve — vigorous competition. But that’s not going to happen if the best Apple’s rivals can manage is a combination of beta software of dubious. Continue reading
New Music Industry Briefing For Monday May 22, 2006
– Just as with Jazz and a growing number of other niches, Classical music is garnering a larger percentage of download sales than in traditional records stores. This has the. Continue reading
Weekend Time Suck: What Is Your Band Or Company Name Worth?
Ever wonder what your band or company’s name was worth as a domain name? How about that web site you started but haven’t posted to in weeks? What would someone. Continue reading