Hollywood has longed resented Apple's distribution power. iTunes is so dominant that Apple has been able to set pricing and terms. The entertainment industry is fighting back by supporting other...
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The NPD Group, in conjunction with NARM, the National Association of Recording Merchandisers, said that consumer rejection of the CD format and use of digital files, iPods, and P2P are not the reason...
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In Producers howl over sound cut out by MP3 compression, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer writes about anguished record producers. MP3 files lose 90% of data stores in the recording studio. The mass...
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Rolling Stone published an in-depth feature on The Record Industry's Decline. Now that a new generation of executives is driving the record companies, they can admit what everyone else has known...
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If the music biz thinks its declining business will get easier, it's dead wrong. To the contrary, it's a harbinger for the rest of the digital entertainment sector. That's the conclusion...
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This article is part of a series on guaranteed success for tech and media marketing. 1. What's Your Story: An iPhone Christmas 2. What's Your Story: Demystifying Apple 3. What's Your...
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This article is part of a series on guaranteed success for tech and media marketing. 1. What's Your Story: An iPhone Christmas 2. What's Your Story: Demystifying Apple 3. What's Your...
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What are the prospects for the P2P industry and music and video distribution now that the legal issues have been decided by the Supreme Court? As I've previously written, the ongoing litigation...
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This article is part of a series on guaranteed success for tech and media marketing. 1. What's Your Story: An iPhone Christmas 2. What's Your Story: Demystifying Apple 3. What's Your...
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New York artist and former software programmer Jonathan Coulton is profiled in the New York Times magazine section. He explains how he's created a full-time living through free distribution. He...
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Leading online music store eMusic with has driven song prices down as low as 25¢ if you max out their song bundles. eMusic offers over two million tracks, all in open MP3 format. But many labels...
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Consumers are strongly reacting negatively to DRM. But here will always be situations where it's better accepted, such as for business and hard-to-share content. I wrote about this in "The...
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The music business is changing. Digital downloads have empowered consumers who have turned their back on CDs and albums. Industry sales have stagnated. Successful record labels will have to...
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