digital music

Amazon’s New Deal: Buy a CD and Get the Digital Album for Free

Tricia Duryee in Media on January 10 at 6:00 am PT

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

Peter Kafka in Media on November 1, 2012 at 12:57 pm PT

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

Peter Kafka in Media on July 12, 2012 at 6:01 am PT

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

Voices

Pirates and Profits: Three Reasons Why the Music Biz Can Finally Get Excited About India’s Billion-Sized Audience

Paramdeep Singh, Managing Director and Co-Founder, Saavn in Voices on April 20, 2012 at 1:11 pm PT

Digital music distribution has made huge changes to India’s music industry.

Spotify Says It Goes Better With Coke (Updated)

Peter Kafka in Media on April 18, 2012 at 6:40 am PT

No iPad app, though.

MOG Heads to Australia, With Help From a Telco

Peter Kafka in Media on April 16, 2012 at 10:52 am PT

Meanwhile: What happened to that Beats deal?

Videos, Consultants, Fake Steve Jobs. How Beyond Oblivion Burned $32 Million Without Paying for a Single Song.

Peter Kafka in Media on March 2, 2012 at 3:06 pm PT

The good news: They never got around to the bikini-and-Speedos marketing plan.

News Byte

Hello, Goodbye. That Will Be $1.29.

Peter Kafka in Media on February 22, 2012 at 6:30 am PT

Apple and the Beatles have put out ringtones based on 27 of the band’s songs. Which is a good time to remind people that Apple’s iTunes store has had an unprecedented year-plus exclusive on the band’s digital library, which began way back in November 2010.