Neil Young, the Donkey and Digital Music: The Full Dive Into Media Interview (Video)
Neil Young explains why today's music sounds awful, why Steve Jobs agreed with him, and what he wants to do to fix the problem.
Game Off! Viacom Dumps Rock Band on Investment Group
Remember when music video games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band were red-hot? That was a couple of years ago.
A Store, a Cloud Service and Sharing: Here’s What Google Music Might Look Like
A download store, a music locker and the ability to share some of your music with your friends, for $25 a year. That's what Google would like its music service to look like, according to a new report. There aren't any deals in place yet, so the reality may look entirely different. But it sounds...
ITunes Music Update: Think Social, Not Streaming
Odds are very low that you'll see a new cloud-based streaming music service from Apple next week. But a Facebook-friendly one is a different proposition.
[UPDATED] The Spotify Song Has a Familiar Chorus: U.S. Launch Talks Back to "Square One"
When will Spotify, the best music service Americans can't use, finally make it to the U.S.? No time soon, according to a new report from Billboard. The good news for impatient people: There are plenty of substitutes available right now.
MSpot Launches Cloud-Based Music Ahead of Google, Apple
What if you could move your music collection to the cloud so that you could listen to it anywhere, on whatever device you wanted, whenever you wanted?You may be able to get that via Google and Apple one day, and both companies have talked about the idea with the music industry. But in the meantime,...
Amazon Gives In to Macmillan and Apple, and E-Book Prices Will Go Up
Amazon caves after two days, agreeing to Macmillan's demands to sell its e-books at a higher price--otherwise known as the Apple iPad pricing plan. In doing so, the world's biggest e-commerce player has made a tacit admission that e-book prices will rise across the board.
The Apple-Amazon Book War Heats Up and Claims Macmillan as a Casualty
Apple has yet to sell its first e-book, but it is already engaged in a bruising battle with Amazon for control of the market. The most recent salvo: Amazon has stopped selling all books from MacMillan, apparently in response to the publisher's plans to sell its books at a higher price point through Apple.
