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Universal Music in talks to create iTunes Store competitor
Universal Music is desperate for Apple to face some real competition in the digital music download arena that it is now trying to work with the other record labels to launch their very own iTunes like store. The twist? Universal would like to see ...
Jobs fuming over RIAA attempts at music download price hike
File this in the “is anyone surprised” category: music labels are chatting with online retailers about raising
wholesale prices for digital music downloads, looking to capitalise on growing demand. The RIAA wants a bigger piece ...
Yahoo's music subscription prices to double
Sounds like Yahoo Music's $4.99/month subscription price was too good to be true. As of Nov. 1st, Yahoo will be raising the monthly price of its basic annual purchase plan from $4.99 to $9.99, and the monthly-by-month price from $6.99 to $11.99. ...
NYT: Music execs operate 'in fear of Apple'
In today's New York Times, Tim Arango tells a story of a heated conversation between Sony Music's Rolf Schmidt-Holtz and Steve Jobs on Christmas Eve -- one that "ricocheted around the music industry."
Apparently, before the announcement at Macworld, ...
Music Video directors want cut of video sales pie - who doesn't?
Our sister blog, DV Guru, has picked up on the latest bit of drama surrounding the iTMS, content pricing and slices of pie. Apparently, music video directors now want a cut of the profits that music labels are raking in from selling their hard work ...
eMusic calls bundled music anticompetitive
Over at the Guardian, music retailer eMusic has weighed in on those rumors about Apple bundling iPods with free iTunes access. It would be "anti-competitive behavio(u)r by a monopolist," the Guardian quotes David Pakman, eMusic's CEO.
The plan, which ...
Rumors: Amazon to offer DRM-free Music Store?
One of latest big buzz items concerns whether Amazon is courting the digital download market. Apparently, it has started talks with the major music labels. The Register talked to an Amazon spokesman who confirmed that the company was looking ...
Japanese artists signing directly with iTunes
I have to tip my hat to Japanese musicians, as they're getting fed up with the record labels' standoff with iTunes and signing direct contracts with iTunes to publish their music. Even after all this time, Japanese labels such as Sony, BMG Japan and ...
Jobs tells it like it is - calls music labels "greedy"
I didn't know you could get away with saying stuff like this if it wasn't on your personal blog, but Jobs at the Apple Expo in Paris told the press that greed is the only reason record labels would raise prices. Jobs then goes on to state something ...
pearLyrics creator shown sliver of generosity from music label
Last week Warner/Chapell Music, yet another ever-genuine and just music label, sent a nasty cease and desist letter toWalter Ritter, developer of pearLyrics, a handy widget that combs the net for music lyrics and imports them into iTunes.This week ...
eMusic tops 300k users, now 2nd to iTunes
eMusic announced today that its subscriber base has now topped 300,000 users. This makes it the second largest online music service after iTunes according to this Sys-Con report. The eMusic catalog contains 2.5 million tracks from over 13,000 labels ...
CBS music label inks deal with Apple
Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, CBS has launched, or more correctly relaunched, their long-forgotten CBS Records label. They've signed a deal with Apple Computer to sell music, videos and "other content" at iTunes.
CBS Records, in its first ...
iTunes LP broken for indie record labels?
Update: ElectricPig is reporting on 10/13 that an Apple spokesperson said the LP format will be opened up for all, indies and majors alike.
There's word from an indie record-label that iTunes LPs are not for the indies. Introduced at Apple's "It's ...
iTunes Store now 3rd largest US music retailer
iLounge is reporting on a NPD Group MusicWatch report that as of the first quarter of 2007 the iTunes Store is the third largest music retailer in the United States. The iTunes Store now accounts for 9.8% of music sold (both physical discs and ...
Sprint to launch direct music download to cell phones Monday
Sprint Nextel has gone and done what the Apple-Motorola-Cingular triumvirate failed to do with the ROKR iTunes phone--set up the first U.S. music service allowing direct over-the-air music downloads to cell phones. Forbes reports that Sprint will ...
