Creative Nomad vs. iPod – Product Review Part I
It was time to buy a full featured portable music device. I’d toyed with small devices that holds a few CD’s worth of music. I had waited for a manufacturer. Continue reading
Apple Shuts Out Real From iPod Play
In an anti-competitive move that finally tipped this reporter’s scales towards buying a Dell portable player instead of an iPod , "Apple has made changes to the firmware installed on. Continue reading
iTunes Sells 200 Millionth Song
Apple announced on Thursday that its iTunes Music Stores have now sold a combined 200 million songs since launching in April 2003. In addition to the U.S., Apple now operates. Continue reading
WSJ Says Real Threat To Broadcasters Is Internet Radio
From yesterday’s Wall Street Journal: "With all the talk about satellite radio services Sirius and XM, it’s easy to forget a much bigger competitor to regular radio: the Internet. "While. Continue reading
Marketers Buzz About Homemade iPod Ad
Wired.com reports that "School teacher George Masters has the marketing world abuzz with a homemade ad for Apple Computer’s iPod that is rapidly "going viral." To some experts, Masters’ ad. Continue reading
COMMENTARY: BLING AND BOOTY DON’T PLAY AT THE POLLS
Our recent commentary on the failure of efforts by the music community to get out the youth vote during the recent election was just published in Billboard under the rather. Continue reading
Global Entertainment Execs Finally Reacting To New Realities
A new survey of top global media and entertainment executives by Ernst & Young shows that rapid public adoption of new technologies is now driving many of their planning and. Continue reading
Music Retailers Face Tough Holiday Season
From HollywoodReporter.com: "The manager at the front door of the Apple Store in the Grove shopping center in Los Angeles was smiling broadly late Friday afternoon. It was the day. Continue reading
COMMENTARY: Election 2004 – The Day The Music Died
HYPEBOT COMMENTARY: Why did the incredible efforts made by the music community to get out the vote and influence the 2004 election have so little effect? Despite an unprecedented number. Continue reading
Fox Launches Digital Music Store
FROM FMQB: Fox has made the move to digital music sales by launching its own online music store. Like Apple’s iTunes, FoxMusic.com will sell downloads from its catalog of songs. Continue reading