classical music

Sony Raises the Curtain on Ariama, Its Classical iTunes

Peter Kafka in Media on October 4, 2010 at 9:02 pm PT

Want your classical music on your iPhone, now? Sony Music is thinking about you: The label has opened up Ariama, the all-classical online store we told you about last summer.

Download Me, Amadeus! Sony Set to Open a Classical iTunes

Peter Kafka in Media on July 15, 2010 at 4:30 am PT

Frustrated with mediocre sales, Sony prepares its own online store dedicated to classical music, and perhaps jazz as well. The other big labels should be on board in time for a fall launch.

The New York Times Gets Out of the Radio Business, Collects $45 Million

Peter Kafka in Media on July 14, 2009 at 11:34 am PT

The New York Times is getting out of the radio business. Did you know the New York Times was in the radio business? Exactly. Anyway, now it’s not. The cash-strapped publisher has sold WQXR-FM for $45 million, carving up the asset into two packages for different buyers–local NPR affiliate WNYC and Spanish-language broadcaster Univision Radio. The money will go to paying down the paper’s debt: Not much, but more than the company may get for the Boston Globe.