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iTunes Hits $1.29 but EMI, Amazon and Walmart Buck Pricing Trend
Yesterday iTunes dropped all remaining DRM and launched variable pricing. As predicted, the major labels and some major distributed indies upped prices on hit product to $1.29. EMI Holds At 99 Cents EMI appears to be the one major label not jumping on the price increase bandwagon. A Wednesday morning ...
Winning Were Linux Video Illustrates Meaning of Freedom
The winner of the Were Linux video contest has been announced its Amitay Tweeto, a freelance graphic designer and user interface consultant from Bet Shemesh, Israel. The contest challenged members of the Linux community to dream up a video advertisement evangelizing the free and open-source software using the theme, Were Linux, a play on Apples recent ...
Twitter's Musical Potential Unlocked by K'naan, Moonalice
Crossover hip-hop artist K'naan is revising one of his hits using his fans' tweets. After securing $35 million in February and continuing its explosive growth, the only thing that is left for Twitter to do now is to go viral with innovation. A pair of musical projects that use the microblogging service could help make that ...
Yahoo Hurrying into Social Apps
Like nearly 200 million other people around the world, Yahoo Inc co-founder David Filo has a Facebook account. But if Filo and new CEO Carol Bartz have their way, the kinds of social networking features available on Facebook will become part of many Yahoo websites and allow their users to network with each other without using ...
Music Labels Betting on New iTunes Pricing
Apple Inc and major music labels are betting that the launch of three-tier pricing at the iTunes Music Store will boost music sales with a new mix of song-based packages and give consumers more options. Apple will announce its new three-tier price points at 69 cents, 99 cents and $1.29 on Tuesday, according to several people ...
$1.29 Pricing Infects iTunes. Others to Follow.
Variable pricing including hundreds of hits tracks at $1.29 debuted this morning on iTunes. And while it's track prices remained at $.99 or less early this morning, Amazon and other services are expected to mimic the rise shortly. Record labels, for the most part, determine download pricing. But sources tell Hypebot that no clear strategy has ...
Two Artists Find Success by Asking for It
GUEST POST BY IAN ROGERS: On a recent road trip, Topspin's Ian Rogers came across two distinctly different artists who are finding success by combining a lot of hands-on grassroots marketing with a dash new technologies. I met a band called Halestorm through the magix of the Interwebz. They were in LA making their record with ...
Google: Google News Doesn't Violate AP Rules
Google on Tuesday denied that its News section will be in violation of recently announced content rules from the Associated Press. The news service on Monday announced that it would offer rate cuts to struggling papers but would also sue Web sites that used its content without permission. “Since then, some readers, users, and journalists have ...
Eu Winamp Player Integrates 7digital Downloads
7digital is now being incorporated into AOL's Winamp media player in Europe allowing users to purchase tracks within the application and on Winamp.com. The two companies are partnering in ten regions including the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Austria, Portugal and Ireland.. Winamp is using 7digital's API to pull data including artist, track and album information ...
Google Makes Searches Local
You can run, but you can't hide from Google. The search engine giant this week completed a worldwide rollout of local search results in Maps. You can now type in a generic name such as “bank" or “pharmacy" without specifying a location, and Google will return results in your area. “How do we guess your location? ...
