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Throwaway Culture: When the MP3 Hits the Desktop Recycle Bin
Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor Often times in our discussions, it's argued that a majority of the population still wants to buy music and own it. On the other hand, there's the increasingly popular notion of those whom feel its okay to steal or “share" that same music, wherein the old adage, “possession is nine-tenths of the ...
Napster: $5 Monthly Streaming with 5 Downloads
Napster is adding a new hybrid tier to its music subscription service that includes unlimited computer only streaming plus 5 free downloads for $5 monthly. While compatible with most web connected music devices, there is no mobile component to the new offering. The $5 monthly tier will be promoted primarily in Best ...
San Jose Mercury News to Charge for Online Content
Following in the footsteps of a recent announcement by Rupert Murdoch's The Wall Street Journal, the Silicon Valley's paper of record, The San Jose Mercury News announced over the weekend that it plans to begin charging for access to online content. “There's an expectation, particularly among the younger generation, that when you go online, most of ...
Twitter's Revenue Plan: Tools, Not Ads
Twitter is working on various ways to make money from its fast-growing microblogging service, but advertising is an option that is not currently being considered. Twitter co-founder Biz Stone said on Monday that the company is developing various add-on tools and services for the businesses and professional users of Twitter, which could create a revenue stream ...
Top 15 Most Popular Music Sites
According to a new report by Comscore Media Metrix, these are the most visited music sites on the internet measured by unigue monthly visitors in April 2009. AOL Music (28,634,778) MySpace Music (27,423,200) Yahoo Music (20,578,092) MTV Networks Music (18,543,442) ArtistDirect Network (12,193,996) MSN Music (7,352,016) Jango Music Network (6,921,809) Universal Music Group (6,240,440) Imeem (6,162,165) ...
Pirate Bay Bias Charge: Random Judge Assignment Wasnt
Pirate Bay Judge Tomas Norstrm is under fire again. New allegations questioning the legitimacy of The Pirate Bay trial surfaced Friday when lawyers for the four file-sharing defendants accused the Swedish courts of secretely streering the case to a hostile judge. The latest ethics charges in the aftermath of the April conviction of the four founders ...
Hands on with imeem Mobile
imeem Mobile for iPhone hit the App Store Wednesday, and I had a chance to take the app for a spin just as it was launching. imeem specializes in music streaming, and though it's not the first iPhone app to stream music, it certainly has a lot to offer. The interface is simple, with just four ...
Thumbplay Eases Mobile Sales for Indies
Mobile entertainment provider Thumbplay is introducing OPEN Pro, an online marketing tool that enables artists, labels, managers and media companies to sell digital content to mobile customers. From the new integrated interface, users can manage online and mobile marketing campaigns for multiple artists across multiple websites and get detailed traffic and sales ...
More Friction Between Springsteen and Ticketmaster
Hundreds of concertgoers who thought they bought tickets for a recent Bruce Springsteen show from Ticketmaster but instead purchased seats from TicketsNow, a resale service owned by Ticketmaster. Fans will receive reimbursements or tickets to another of Mr. Springsteens shows, The Washington Post reported. More than 300 fans said that they were misled when they bought ...
"The Death of the CD-Release Complex" (Part 2)
Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor -- (Read Part One) At its peak, the CD-Release Complex drove sales and represented the symbiotic relationship between the fans and the specific mechanisms they relied upon to discover new music. Everyone involved benefited from the structure of the system that was in place and could be counted ...
