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WHO’S AFRAID OF SPOTIFY?
Last week, there was a lot of news concerning Spotify resulting from some bogus information that was fed to the industry press. I guess some people in the business don’t want to make things easy for them to launch in the US. But why? Rumours have abounded that one of the major labels is pushing [...]
EXCLUSIVE: Video Interview – Mark Ramsey, President of MRM
Exclusive interview with the President of Mark Ramsey Media, a business aimed at bridging the gap between broadcast-radio and digital media.
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 [...]
THE ONGOING DEVALUATION OF MUSIC
Jakomi Mathews investigates whether recorded music is still as valuable to the ‘freestreaming’ consumer.
Apple iTunes entering the Music Subscription Market?
Speculation regarding Apple’s intentions with its iTunes music store were rife when it completed the purchase of Lala five months ago. That speculation looks ready to hit hyper mode now that it was announced on the Lala site that it would be closing down at the end of this month. Many sources stated Apple wanted [...]
Rhapsody Mobile App Allows Users to Download and Play Playlists
Monday 26th April 2010, Rhapsody, the US based music subscription service, has launched an update to its iPhone app – the key piece of news being that this update allows users to enjoy using the service anywhere they choose. Apparently this is also the first time Apple has approved this feature in the US. Other [...]
The Economics of Making Money as an Artist in the Digital World…
Jakomi Mathews Drills down on the figures in terms of streams and/or plays an artist needs to make just over $1000 USD
Copyright Is So Damn Annoying!
This week Pandora announced over $50 million in annual revenues. This was, for many, big news. Even bigger news was the announcement last month that they were profitable in the 4th quarter of 2009, and tracking full-year profitability in 2010. But the information that seemed to rub many industry critics the wrong way was the [...]
Pandora – The Elusive Box That May Save the Industry
At year’s end while other online music services appear to be in a state of tumult with acquisition or dwindling revenues (as well as uncertainty in Spotify’s case), Pandora appears to be doing very strongly in the US. After potentially compromising struggles with funding and licensing rates, the personalized online radio service has reported a [...]
Apple Moves Toward Music As Service
For nearly four years, I’ve been evangelizing the transition of the music industry from a product-based business to a service-based economy. I’ve never viewed this as a possible scenario but as the only eventuality. It’s going to happen, it’s got to happen, now maybe sooner than later. With Apple’s acquisition this week of LaLa, the [...]
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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...
