Digital Music

The Evolution of Digital Music

Neal Rodriguez | Posted 11.09.2009 | Technology


Neal Rodriguez

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Apple Joins Forces With Record Labels

Financial Times | Matthew Garrahan | Posted 08.26.2009 | Media


Apple is working with the four largest record labels to stimulate digital sales of albums by bundling a new interactive booklet, sleeve notes and othe...

Dispatch From Tokyo: The Economy, Music Biz & Google

Mark Joseph | Posted 07.15.2009 | World


Mark Joseph

Japan is still an odd hybrid of the past and the future. They've skipped the personal computer and gone straight to the cell phone, where much of e-traffic occurs.

Indie Music Memo To FCC: We Need A Level Playing Field Too

Rich Bengloff | Posted 02.15.2009 | Entertainment


Rich Bengloff

Just like the free exchange of ideas, freedom in the arts requires equal access for players of all sizes. When it's up to fans, demand for independent music increases dramatically.

Gunning For iTunes: New Site Offers Songs For 10 Cents Each

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 11.21.2008 | Business


The music junkie has to face the souring economy, too, and it may come to a point where 99 cents for a song on iTunes is too much to pay. For these re...

Amazon's Secret Weapon In Digital Music War With Goliath iTunes

Fortune.com | Devin Leonard | Posted 08.08.2008 | Business


NEW YORK (Fortune) -- It was easy to scoff two years ago when word leaked out that Amazon was launching its own digital music service. The Seattle-bas...

Digital Music and the Free Market

Max Keiser | Posted 05.02.2008 | Business


Max Keiser

For years, Madonna pretended to be a vamp to make it big. Dupre is an actual hooker scoring big using the indie music site, aimestreet.com, which charges based on user demand.

Japan Investigates Possible iPod Defect

AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


TOKYO — Japan is investigating a possible defect in Apple Inc.'s iPod after one of the popular digital music players reportedly shot out sparks ...

Sony BMG Drops Music Copy Protection

AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Sony BMG will start selling music downloads in the copy-protection-free MP3 format later this month in North America, as even the last holdout among t...

Warner Music To Mobile Biz: Help, Please!

Silicon Valley Insider | Peter Kafka | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Our fellow blog pundits are having a laugh at Warner Music Group's Edgar Bronfman Jr. today, based on a speech he delivered yesterday at a wireless co...

Second Gen Zune Released To Little Fanfare

New York Post | Brian Garrity | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Microsoft is making a second attempt to take a bite out of Apple's dominance in the digital music business with an overhaul of its MP3 player, the Zun...

Amazon Launches Early Version Of Digital Music Download Store

Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Amazon.com Inc launched an early version of its highly anticipated digital music download store, which is seen as a potential rival to Apple Inc's dom...