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The Pandora For Old People Taps Baby Boomer Music Market

BY Austin CarrTue Jul 5, 2011

The AARP is known for the following: retirement benefits, travel discounts, and commercials of old people smiling, frowning, or falling down. But last month, the nonprofit organization for those 50 and older launched a new service that takes advantage of a massive untapped market in the digital music industry: baby boomers.READ»

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After Lady Gaga's Amazon Success, Should All Albums Cost 99 Cents?

BY Austin CarrThu Jun 2, 2011

Sales of single songs have eclipsed album sales in recent years, and albums themselves are arguably an outmoded concept in the age of iPhones and Pandora. But last week, Lady Gaga's new album "Born This Way" sold a monstrous 1.15 million copies, suggesting that perhaps it's time for a major disruption in how albums are sold--and how they're priced. READ»

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Music And Tech On a Crash Course In Boston

BY Erica Salamida-OrthmannThu Apr 28, 2011

Within a few weeks Boston hosted two different future of music events--a wild mix of artists and scientists.READ»

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Baidu, Accused Globally of Aiding Piracy, Acts to Quash It in China

BY Kit EatonThu Mar 24, 2011

The U.S. Trade Representative's Office has listed China's leading search engine Baidu as a key member on its list of global counterfeit-assisting services. Today Baidu reacted to some of these complaints by issuing anti-piracy tech for its e-book system.READ»

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Here Comes Apple's Cloud-Based Streaming Service for iTunes

BY Kit EatonFri Feb 25, 2011

iTunes music streaming has been rumored for a long while, but has never actually surfaced... But if you read between the lines of two pieces of news at the moment, it seems the time is finally ripe.READ»

DIGITAL MUSIC | Comment

Last.fm Moves to Paid Content Model, Largely Abandons Free Mobile Service

BY Kit EatonMon Feb 7, 2011

The songs remain the same? Yes, but the way you can hear them is different. The champion of free streaming music is cutting the chord to mobile service on smartphones and tablets.READ»

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iFive: Google Versus Groupon, iPad 2 in April, Digital Music Sales Slow, 3-D TV and Health, TV Sharing's Anti-Social Angle

BY Kit EatonFri Jan 21, 2011

Friday's early news, prepped to give you a heads-up on the innovation and tech gossip:READ»

MUSIC | Comment

Is Phone Company's Plan to Turn Music Pirates Into Paying Customers "Game Changing"?

BY E.B. BoydFri Dec 17, 2010

A prepaid phone company thinks it can turn illegal music downloaders into legit buyers--without the use of computers or credit cards.READ»

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mSpot Beats Apple to Streaming Music From Cloud to iPhones

BY Kit EatonWed Dec 15, 2010

We've been waiting for Apple to launch iTunes into the cloud for a while now, to no avail. So mSpot has taken the next step in its streaming music service, and now lets you stream your own tunes over the waves to your iPhone. READ»

GROUPON | Comment

Check-in/Coupon Business Exploding: Groupon Gets Into Digital Music Downloads

BY Kit EatonMon Nov 22, 2010

Groupon is soaring like a rocket at the moment: Today it opens the Grouponicus Store, with Rihanna's new album as the star offering and social media links a-plenty built in. It's the latest sign that the check-in/coupon digital marketing phenomenon is exploding.READ»

MP3 PLAYERS | Comment

Karaoke Walkman Brings C+C Music Factory, Sinatra, Guns N' Roses to MP3 Player Market Share Fight

BY Kit EatonWed Sep 15, 2010

One of Sony's ideas for winning over the MP3 player market in Japan: A Walkman that displays karaoke lyrics. READ»

DIGITAL MUSIC | Comment

Facebook Nabs Spotify's Chief Designer, Music Service Imminent?

BY Austin CarrWed Aug 11, 2010

Spotify's top designer leaves for Facebook to bring his talents for mixing social interaction and music.READ»

DIGITAL MUSIC | Comment

I Want My MTV, er, Vevo

BY Austin CarrMon Aug 9, 2010

Once the most popular vehicle for music promotion, MTV has just lost its access to the world's largest record label. Universal Music Group announced Friday that MTV.com will no longer be carrying its artists' music videos, a big ...READ»

MUSIC INDUSTRY | Comment

The State of Internet Music on YouTube, Pandora, iTunes, and Facebook

BY Austin CarrTue Jul 20, 2010

"More people are engaged with music than ever before," said Tom Silverman, founder of Tommy Boy Records and the New Music Seminar. "It's a hockey stick going up; it's an incredible opportunity that so far has eluded us." Silverman ...READ»

LASTHISTORY | Comment

Infographic of the Day: LastHistory Graphs All Your Last.fm Listening

BY Cliff KuangWed Mar 3, 2010

LastHistory summarizes all your listening preferences in an interactive map.READ»

TECHNOLOGY | Comment

Spotify Users Buy 13% Less Music? Not So Says Spotify [UPDATED]

BY Stephanie SchomerThu Feb 25, 2010

Spotify, the successful European company (and our #15 most innovative company of the year), which plans to enter the U.S. market this year, offers up free streaming of music--great for users, but it’s not helping the industry, ...READ»

ETHERNET AUDIO | Comment

Olive and Thiel's Audio Solution Don't Need No Stinkin' Speaker Cables

BY Kit EatonTue Jan 5, 2010

Olive and Thiel, a music server maker and high-end speaker builder, seem to have rethought the way home audio is served, and together have cooked up an ethernet-based unit that'll get many a geek excited. But probably not ...READ»

DIGITAL MUSIC | Comment

Today's Vision of Tomorrow: Digital Music From Mobile Pandora, Sony's iTunes Rival

BY Kit EatonFri Nov 20, 2009

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»

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MySpace Buying iMeem: A Plan to Beat Spotify?

BY Kit EatonTue Nov 17, 2009

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»

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Digital Music Arms Race: MSN Joins the Fray

BY Kit EatonWed Nov 4, 2009

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»