Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Beatles on iTunes? Nope. MP3? Yes.
No, you still can’t buy the Beatles on iTunes. But next month, you will finally be able to buy the band’s music–legally–in MP3 form. Provided you’re willing to pay way, way up.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
We Are The World! Sony, Michael Jackson’s Estate Working With iTunes, After All.
After Michael Jackson died, fans flooded iTunes to snap up his music. And contrary to an earlier report, “This Is It,” the singer’s final work, will also be sold by Apple this month.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Welcome to the Jungle! Guns N’ Roses Accused of Stealing Songs for Pirated Album.
Musicians accuse other musicians of stealing their work all the time and I have no idea if this case has more or less merit than any other one. But I couldn’t resist relaying this story: Guns N’ Roses, which made a point of stringing up people who pirated the band’s last album, is now being accused of pirating songs on its last album.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
How to Add Color to a Kindle: Pixel Qi’s Cheap Screens
Amazon’s Kindle gets many plaudits, but it also gets one consistent criticism: Why can’t it come with a color screen? It can, say the folks at Pixel Qi, a start-up based in Silicon Valley and Taiwan: It could use the cheap, lightweight color screens that we’re going to make.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
EMusic’s New Boss Is the Same as the Old Boss
Shades of Dick Cheney! Subscription music service eMusic’s last CEO took off last fall. Chairman Danny Stein, who ran the company years ago, ran a search for a replacement and decided that the best man for the job was…Danny Stein.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Apple: Steve Jobs Is Still Fine, and We Still Hate Netbooks
Next to no news from the Apple earnings call this afternoon, which is just the way Apple execs like their earnings calls. Once again, the company provided no information about CEO Steve Jobs’s health except to note that he is still scheduled to come back to work in June. And the company continued to pooh-pooh the concept of netbooks–supercheap, supersmall laptops with very little horsepower that are the hottest part of the PC business right now.
Monday, December 15, 2008
Amazon’s MP3 Store, One Year In: No iTunes Killer; Probably Won’t Be
Amazon has been selling digital music from all the big music labels for nearly a year now. It hasn’t changed Apple’s grip on that business in any way, and it hasn’t made any money for Amazon. But don’t write it off as a failure just yet.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Would You Pay $162 a Year for All the Music You Can Eat?
That’s the offer, sort of, being made by something called Datz Music Lounge. Are there catches? You bet–this is the music business, after all. But it’s a potentially intriguing idea that could work both for music fans and the industry.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
eMusic Cutting 10 Percent of Staff; Still Looking for CEO
Yet another digital company is cutting back: eMusic, the digital music subscription service, is firing “about 10 percent” of its 100-person staff. The company says sales are okay, but it’s seeing softness at retail partners like Best Buy. And it’s also still looking for a new CEO.
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