Posts Tagged ‘ music ’

Some of the stories people are talking about this morning: »  The Washington Post Co. (NYSE: WPO) is desperate to unload Newsweek magazine&#82...
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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.
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The Orchard, which distributes digital music and video to the likes of Apple's and Amazon's online stores, is going off the public market. The New York-based company is being bought out by its parent, private equity shop Dimensional Associates, and stops trading tomorrow. Shareholders will get $2.05 per share, and they're apparently okay with...
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You don't often read essays about the music business--written by somebody employed by a major label, no less--that include sentences like this: "With our business, the fan experience starts becoming that which contextualizes what was known prior as an artifact." But there's plenty more in this post by Ethan Kaplan, who now runs the...
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This isn't Vevo, the "Hulu for Music" that the labels have set up with YouTube's assistance, but a home-grown page. Bonus news: "Jersey Shore's" Pauly D has a new single!
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Apple’s iTunes Store gave labels much-needed succor after its launch in 2003, slowing down big losses by replicating physical’s per-track purchase paradigm in digital.

But now, even after many such services have abandoned copy locks, growth in downloads has largely flatlined, or even worse.

Sumner Redstone wants to find the source of a story. Promises not to kill him.
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A media management system created by Hollywood plus hardware companies plus software companies, minus two very big players. Any chance it can work?
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Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) appears ready to take more of its Zune services outside the U.S. for the first time, using Windows Phone 7 as a beachhead.

One observer spotted this website inviting UK sign-ups to Microsoft’s all-you-can-eat Zune Pass music service, with unlimited streaming and downloads,...
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Sure, it's easy to become Internet-famous these days. But how about real fame--the kind that lets you fill an arena with ticket-buying fans?Also easy, it turns out!
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