Digital music turned the recording industry upside down several times already, and given the amazing rate of change it's going to keep evolving dramatically. A couple of news items today point to how this evolution will mean we ...READ»
There are rumors abounding that MySpace is in advanced stages of trying to social-network music system iMeem, and they set us thinking. Looking at Facebook's tie-up with Lala, and even MySpace's with iLike, is this all to outsmart ...READ»
The arms race to lure music-loving clients is heating up at the moment: First Google gets a music service, and now MSN does too. MSN's download service launches tomorrow, and Microsoft's schmoozed all four big record labels to help it ...READ»
Augmented reality is reaching the public consciousness--proof, in case you need it, is that John Mayer is promoting his new song with an AR app. And while we're talking web tech, U2's going to stream a concert live on YouTube this weekend.READ»
The music biz has gone from fighting the trend of increasing technological involvement in how its product reaches the public to a tentative embrace. We're all familiar with the RIAA legal abuses of music pirates, the tussle between ...READ»
Over at PaidContent they're making a bit of noise about some thinking by analyst Mark Mulligan that says a slip in rising iPod sales is bad news for the record industry. It's an interesting idea, but basically misses the point.
The ...READ»
Radiohead's an interesting band--musically the guys seem to follow their own path to innovative sounds. And now they're also following their own path to publishing music, and ditching the album format in favor of single-track ...READ»
Silly, music business. Will the record labels ever learn? There's news today that a group of record labels are busy working on their own next-generation digital album format to rival Apple's "Cocktail" system. It's doomed to ...READ»
In a sign that the major labels are finally beginning to embrace digital music worldwide, U.K.-based digital music provider 7digital announced a pan-European licensing agreement with Warner Music to sell their MP3s, nearly completing ...READ»
Coldplay is the king of downloads. According to Neilsen, the band has become the first to sell over one million digital albums in the U.S., and over two million worldwide. It may be surprising that this hasn't happened before, but it ...READ»
Legal music-sharing service Spotify just revealed that it's apparently five to six times more used than its nearest rivals. That's a pretty astonishing measure of success, and the site has big plans. In fact, it's likely to beat a ...READ»
Users of Twitter buy more music than people who don't Twitter. This seems to be a classic halo-effect, but is it actually being caused by Twitter?READ»
As promised months ago, Apple has implemented a tiered pricing structure for iTunes music tracks today. But with many of the same tracks available from Amazon at a lower price, and a fresh report showing that Amazon's music ...READ»
Plenty of people have already written eulogies for the compact disc now that iTunes is the number one U.S. music retailer, and CD sales are in a death spiral. But U2 is making an excellent case for old-fashioned physical, ...READ»
Guest Column: MIDEM 2009 - Setting Music Free Authored by Hal Bringman on January 22, 2009 - 12:54pm. As Digital Media Wire readers ready themselves for the highly anticipated Digital Music Forum East, here’s an overview of the ...READ»
In a small but significant announcement out of Cupertino today, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) announced that the band Radiohead will finally be available via the iTunes music store, complete with a la carte pricing. Radiohead made ...READ»
