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Category Archives: music
Social Technology Trends
1) Year over year americans have increased their time on social networking sites by 43 percent, with use of email declining by 28 percent according to Nielsen. Some 40 percent of American’s on-line time is spent on: social networks (23%) online … Continue reading
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Google TV has Broadcast Networks Spooked
Google is showcasing a new technology that would merge Internet delivery with traditional television. Viewers could watch TV shows and movies uncoupled from the broadcast networks or cable channels on which they air. Users would need to buy a TV … Continue reading
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Music Subscriptions – still struggling
There’s speculation that Apple and/or Google will enter the music subscription service marketplace i.e. you “rent” access to a library of music file that you can download/stream so long as you keep up your monthly subscription. If Apple and Google … Continue reading
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Apple + Beatles = no tunes on iTunes
Little has changed in the negotiations between Apple and The Beatles to bring the the Fab Four’s music to the iTunes Store. John Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono indicated that there are still roadblocks and that fans should not expect a … Continue reading
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Vevo and MTV into music video dispute
Negotiations between Vevo and MTV have collapsed, resulting in no music videos from Universal Music Group appearing on MTV. The websites affected include MTV.com, VH1.com and CMT.com. MTV would not reveal the reason for the breakdown, other than commenting that … Continue reading
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iTunes Store hits 10B
Reuters Apple’s iTunes Store hit a landmark on Wednesday with the download of its 10 billionth song. A counter on the company’s home page hit the 10 billion mark at 4:43 p.m. ET — approximately 6 years and 10 months … Continue reading
Google and music – what’s next
Here’s an interesting take on what Google is up to re: getting involved in music distribution. The key point: we are approaching a time when we stop managing our music collections on a local hard drive and instead locate them … Continue reading
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Sink or swim time for Rhapsody
Rhapsody, the monthly all-you-can-eat music subscription service, is becoming an independent company. Up to now Real Networks and media giant Viacom owned the Rhapsody service. Viacom will reduce its minority stake and turn over intellectual property rights; Real Networks will … Continue reading
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Sam Phillips goes subscription route with fans
By this fall, singer-songwriter Sam Phillips will have released five EPs and a full-length studio album. She’s taken the step of making her music available through The Long Play, a subscription-only service on her website that gives members access to … Continue reading
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More Networking for Xbox
Last.fm announced that it quickly gained one million users from its recent Xbox integration. Now owned by CBS, Last.fm agreed to sync itself into Xbox Live alongside Facebook and Twitter last week. The increase in user base (covering the US … Continue reading
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Composers and lyricists make pitch to join Teamsters
From the LA Times David Carbonara has a gig many of his peers would covet: He writes music for the critically acclaimed AMC show “Mad Men.” A former jazz trombonist, Carbonara loves his job and is grateful for the work. … Continue reading
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Music: Too Expensive to Be Free, Too Free to Be Expensive
MySpace, rumored to be on the verge of purchasing the free music streaming site imeem, is struggling to keep up with its own payments to music copyright holders, according to a top News Corp executive — a problem that has … Continue reading
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Boyle Is Back: Amazon Pre-Orders ‘Breaking Records’
edited from Digital Music News Susan Boyle just got an extension on her fifteen minutes of fame, and this time, she’s cashing in. Â Instead of ad-free, non-monetized YouTube views, Boyle is now positioned for a serious windfall and setiing a … Continue reading
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What Modern Warfare 2, Hans Zimmer, and 50 Cent Have In Common…
from Digital Music News Avid gamers are hard to reach these days, thanks to the release of Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. The hugely-anticipated game is suddenly casting ‘obligations’ like employment, friendships, and marriages as mere distractions. Sounds … Continue reading