Amazon pushed themselves very nicely into the digital music game last year, and licenced music from all the major labels, to be provided DRM free at a high quality. This won them an incrediable amount...

LimeWire has launched their download store. The store has 500,000 DRM-free MP3s encoded at 256kbps. You can purchase individual tracks from the store for 99 cents a pop or you can sign up for a...

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...

MediaNet, formerly named MusicNet, will offer more than one million songs without DRM. MediaNet joins iTunes and other retail music sites that have started selling open MP3 music files. MediaNet also...

Limewire, the current leading P2P developer, is developing an online music store. Paid music files will be available via links in their P2P software and later included in P2P results. Music will be...

Universal Music Group jumped past rival EMI and juggernaut Apple to sell digital music without DRM (Digital Rights Management) to consumers. The files will be in open MP3 format that can be used on...

Ticketmaster has a new deal. Buy a ticket for a show before Labor Day and get a free song on iTunes. That's right - pay $30 more than you used to for a concert ticket and ticketing fees and......

Starbucks's recent full court press to sell Paul McCartney's new CD was disappointing. But the retain chain is aggressively continuing with new programs. The McCartney blitz resulted in...

Hallmark has new line of musical greeting cards. This is a great commercial with dad opening a card for Father's Day that sings MC Hammer's Hammertime. The cards retail for a whopping five...

Another part of the RIAA strategy to prop up the major label cartel is seeing success as state governments are increasingly regulating the sale of used CDs. The legislation is under the guise of...

Tower Records closed last year. The company was a relic of the days when people bought music at record stores rather than the large discount department stores of today like Wal-Mart and Best Buy. The...

This article is part of a series reviewing the AnywhereCD bundled CD+MP3 album store. 1. Anywhere(CD) But Here (Warner Music). 2. Anywhere(CD) But Singles. 3. Anywhere(CD) is Better Than Nowhere. 4....

This article is part of a series reviewing the AnywhereCD bundled CD+MP3 album store. 1. Anywhere(CD) But Here (Warner Music). 2. Anywhere(CD) But Singles. 3. Anywhere(CD) is Better Than Nowhere. 4....

RealNetworks is raising its Rhapsody Unlimited subscription pricing to $13 per month from $10. The pricing puts in line with most premium music and radio services. Spokesman Ronda Scott said...

While iTunes will be selling premium music for $1.30, eMusic is driving the price down to 25 cents. That's the eMusic per song price if you max out their song bundles. The Basic Connoisseur Plan...

We earlier reported on tantalizing progress to remove customer-unfriendly and customer-avoiding DRM on digital music files. Not so quick. ... Major label EMI floated the concept to larger retailers...

All online music stores are not the same. TuneTuzer compares many music services in the US and UK from the majors like iTunes, Napster, Zune, buy.com, and Wal-Mart, to indie and niche sites. Format...

Omnifone, a British mobile music company, has launched MusicStation, an unlimited music subscription service with secured songs from both major labels and independents. MusicStation will work with...

The web site Digg gained fame by allowing its users to control what's displayed with ratings of news and blog postings, and voting and publishing from your own web site. But what about music?...

Real Networks Rhapsody subscription music service got a boost from the 840 store Best Buy retail chain. Best Buy is countering Apple's iTunes and iPod by teaming with Real and SanDisk for its new...

Music distributor PayPlay plans to offer its 600,00 song catalog in open MP3 format. The announcement was timed to support the "Day Against DRM". On a practical basis, the decision greatly...