Peter Kafka in Media on June 20, 2011 at 4:16 pm PT
Some pretty good ones, actually: Lavish box sets featuring artists like Aretha Franklin and Miles Davis. Important to remember: People are still spending more money on discs than on digital music.
Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on June 8, 2011 at 6:02 pm PT
Walt answers readers’ questions on converting cassette tapes to CDs using a computer, tablets vs. netbooks, and more.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on March 8, 2011 at 10:42 am PT
HauteLook, the shopping site that was just acquired by Nordstrom for up to $270 million, has launched Sole Society, a monthly shoe club.
Peter Kafka in Media on January 19, 2011 at 4:18 pm PT
This doesn’t get them into the States, but it gets them a lot closer: Music service Spotify has finally signed with Sony for a U.S. distribution deal. Multiple sources tell me the deal, which has been very close since last fall, is now closed.
Kara Swisher in News on December 16, 2010 at 9:05 am PT
And today, here’s Spotify’s Daniel Ek singing for his supper.
Well, not in the U.S. as yet, where the Swedish CEO and co-founder of the innovative streaming music service has not been able to make good on his promise to strike deals with music labels.
Drake Martinet, Associate Editor, All Things Digital in News on December 7, 2010 at 11:34 am PT
Many Web 1.0 veterans remember RealNetworks as the company that played all those MP3s we ripped from our CD collection. We distinctly remember listening to some Beastie Boys on a RealPlayer while cruising MySpace and updating our GeoCities site.
Today, the Web media staple is releasing, and demoing live on stage, their newest product- named Unifi.
Kara Swisher in News on December 2, 2010 at 1:58 pm PT
Next week, we’ll be putting on our first brand extension of the highly successful
D: All Things Digital conference with
D: Dive Into Mobile.
And we’ve just added an exciting new speaker to the already top-drawer list: Daniel Ek, co-founder and CEO of Spotify.
For those living under a rock, Ek leads one of the most exciting music services on the Web right now.
Peter Kafka in Media on November 17, 2010 at 7:00 am PT
That Google Music launch doesn’t look like it’s on the table for this year. Meanwhile Spotify is getting very close to a yea-or-nay decision on a 2010 U.S. debut….
