All Entries Tagged With: "Apple"
Why The Music Business Needs Spotify
Wayne Rosso examines why it is important for the music business that Spotify does launch in the US
Apple Tries To Marry Music Recommendation And Retail, But No Streaming
Robert Andrews from Paidcontent.co.uk looks at Apples music annoucements…
What Is The Long Term Market Viability Of App Stores?
Whilst Apple’s app store to date has so far been a resounding success, TMV asks what are the long-term prospects for app stores in general? As usual Apple was the first to innovate in this area. However, the fact it was the key innovator in this marketplace does not preclude it from losing its crown. [...]
Digital Music Trends Podcast
In Episode 57, Andrea Leonelli interviews Michael Robertson, CEO of MP3Tunes, probably best known for founding Mp3.com.
HERE COME THE DROIDS
News broke on Monday that Android smartphones are staring to kick the shit out of RIM and Apple with new buyers. According to a Nielsen report, in 2010 Android-based phones accounted for 27% of the overall smartphone sales in the United States compared to iPhone sales that only accounted for 23%. And that includes the [...]
EXCLUSIVE: Video Interview – Vanessa Thomas (SVP Sales) and David Bakula (SVP Analytics) of Nielsen Entertainment Canada
Video Interview with Vanessa Thomas and David Bakula, of Nielsen Entertainment Canada, who discuss the company’s global service of monitoring what consumers purchase and how they do so, whether it’s film, TV or music.
Job: iTunes Label Business Manager – Apple Inc (CA, US)
Job for an iTunes Label Business Manager at Apple (CA, US)
Who’s Who In The New Music Gold Rush
Apple’s iTunes Store gave labels much-needed succour after its launch in 2003, slowing down big losses by replicating physical’s per-track purchase paradigm in digital. But now, even after many such services have abandoned copy locks, growth in downloads has largely flatlined, or even worse. The new promised land lays in switching mindset from individual track [...]
Next Mobile Battleground Is Music Subscription Services
The mobile music scene is once again a hotbed of startup activity. In the first wave of innovation, the focus was on ringtones. Now the fashionable thing is music subscription services. The list of companies dabbling in the space are too many to count. Just this week, a Berkeley, Calif. startup called MOG, which has [...]
Is Apple’s Walled Garden Sustainable?
Only two weeks ago it emerged that the US Department of Justice had announced an investigation into Apple iTunes’ practice of strong-arming labels against using rival Amazon. Then late last week the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) began investigating whether Apple’s business practices harm competition in “the market used for software used on mobile devices”. [...]










