Thursday, August 27, 2009
Apple Signs Off on Spotify. When Will Big Music Play Along?
Spotify is the best music service you’ve never used. That’s because the much-hyped streaming music company is only available for Europeans and for a select few in the U.S. who have either gotten sneak peeks or hacked their way into it. The service took one step toward wider distribution today when Apple approved its iPhone app. But that won’t help U.S. users until the big music labels agree to American distribution deals.
Google CEO Eric Schmidt has already made it clear that he has no intention of bailing out the New York Times or any other newspaper with the company’s cash. But! Google does have some free advice about how papers could help themselves. For instance: Maybe they should overhaul their Web sites.
