60 posts and columns on digital music
Take a Trip Down Music-Startup Memory Lane. Don’t Trip on All the Craters.
RIP, just about every digital music startup that existed in 2007.Apple Still Has a Giant Advantage in Digital Music, With 75 Percent of the Market
Spotify, Deezer and Amazon aren’t even close. Which doesn’t mean they’re not a long-term problem for Tim Cook.Apple Signs Sony Publishing Up for iRadio, Too
Another hurdle cleared.Voices
Apple Secures Warner Music Streaming Rights
Apple is inching closer to a new streaming music service for iTunes, according to people familiar with the matter.Amazon’s New Deal: Buy a CD and Get the Digital Album for Free
Amazon is announcing “AutoRip,” a new service that will give anyone who has purchased a CD on Amazon over the past 15 years a free digital copy of that album.Dogs and Cats Live Together, and Kid Rock Starts Selling Music on iTunes
Last year, Apple’s pricing policies were “un-American.” They haven’t changed, but apparently the musician’s mind has.Echo Nest Raises $17 Million for Musical Big Data
Digital music can be a terrible business. But selling data to digital music companies like Spotify, Vevo is another matter. Next up: Broadening the market beyond music.She Never Owned Any Music to Begin With
I wish I could say I miss album packaging and liner notes and rue the decline in album sales the digital world has caused. But the truth is, I’ve never supported physical music as a consumer.
— Emily White, intern at NPR’s All Songs Considered and a senior at American University
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