Digital Comes To Aid Of Music’s Bottom Line
Billboard.com reports that in what some are calling a "rebound year for the music business, emerging digital formats are providing a much-needed financial boost. Music-related products for PCs and mobile. 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
Jupiter Says Sunscription Services Will Outpace Downloads
(From CelebrityAccess Media Wire) JupiterResearch’s latest survey on digital and online music, Consumer Survey Report: Music, 2004, which is based on a survey of over 2,300 online adults and also. 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
FCC Spares Satellite Radio Indecency Rules
Subscription satellite radio services like D.C.-based XM Satellite Radio and New York-based rival Sirius do not have to abide by the same on-air decency standards as traditional broadcast stations, the. 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
Music Industry Back In Slump
From The Hollywood Reporter: "…At the beginning of this year, industry observers were saying that U.S. album sales appeared to have bottomed out. Indeed, 2004 started auspiciously, and sales for. Continue reading
Jazzfest Swings To New Media
From the New Orleans Times Picayune: "When Jimmy Buffett performed at the Mahalia Jackson Theatre of the Performing Arts on Wednesday night, the New Orleans audience wasn’t the only one. Continue reading
New Technologies Changing Radio’s Future
For a good non-technical overview of all of the technologies competing with traditional broadcast radio; check out this article in the Greensboro, NC News-Record . The article takes a look. Continue reading
