Even before illegal services like Napster took off, the world of online music used to be “a place for artists to control and directly profit from their music. But in most online services today that dream has been lost, with the services functioning as online arms of the record companies while the artists receive pennies … Continue reading “Online Music: Where’s The Variety?”
Is 99 cents a fair price for a downloadable music track? “Some analysts are beginning to realize that lower prices could greatly expand the size of the digital-music market, still minuscule despite iTunes’ success. A July survey by Jupiter Research of 2,500 adults who use the Internet found that 35% of people are willing to … Continue reading “How Much Is Music Worth?”
With Apple having proven beyond a doubt that legitimate companies can turn a profit and please music consumers with pay-per-song download services, other companies are looking to get into the act. Dell, which grabbed a huge share of the personal computer market in the 1990s, has announced that it will launch its own downloading service … Continue reading “Dell To Embrace Downloading”
“The popularity of Apple’s iTunes song service has demonstrated that customers like to pick and choose their songs online. New statistics from the music industry indicate that labels are shipping more singles to stores, too. But whether the stats signal the return of the single is still a bit of a puzzle.” The industry denies … Continue reading “Whither The Record Industry?”
Apple’s iTunes has been a big success so far. “And because of the store’s early success – more than 3 million songs sold in the first month after it opened April 28 – other technology giants like Microsoft, America Online, Yahoo and Amazon.com are considering similar ventures. Record executives believe they are finally on the … Continue reading “Recording Industry Beginning To See Value Of Downloading”
So far music fans have downloaded 3 million songs on Apple’s new iTunes music store. “This is an impressive figure considering the limited access that music fans now have to the service. Less than 1 percent of the country’s home computers are Macintoshes that are compatible with the iTunes Music Store, and only a fraction … Continue reading “Apple, Downloadable Music, And The Hackers”
“Facing competition from Apple Computer’s iTunes service, Listen.com will lower the price to download songs from its Rhapsody music service by 20 cents to 79 cents, marking the latest move by paid music services to attract and retain new ears. For the price, listeners can download and burn from among more than 200,000 songs. Unlike … Continue reading “Finally, A Download Price War!”
So Apple’s getting into the music download business. At first look, “the integration between the one-click purchase service, Apple’s iTunes music jukebox software and the iPod player goes well beyond what any other music service has done. It will genuinely make paying for music online easy, even an impulse buy, and artists and music labels … Continue reading “Will Apple’s Music Service Be A Killer App?”
