John Paczkowski in Dive Into Media on January 31 at 1:35 pm PT
Edgar Bronfman Jr. talks about EMI, Apple, Spotfiy and more on his last day as chairman of Warner Music Group.
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Peter Kafka in Media on January 26 at 12:01 am PT
Streaming music service Rhapsody, which has only been available in the U.S. for the last 11 years, has finally made it to Europe. The service has finished a deal to buy one-time competitor Napster’s operations in the U.K. and Germany; last fall, Rhapsody bought Napster’s U.S. assets. Rhapsody competitor Spotify isn’t in Germany yet, but industry sources expect that to change soon.
David Pakman, Partner, Venrock in Voices on January 25 at 10:40 am PT
Technology forces that bring greater efficiency and transparency to markets simply don’t care about privilege, access, and rolodexes.
In order to create the next revolution in digital music I believe that you must BOTH meet and exceed the bar set by Napster a decade ago. You guys have finally done it.
Sean Parker, in an August 25, 2009, email to Daniel Ek and Shakil Khan of Spotify
Tricia Duryee in Media on October 3, 2011 at 10:38 am PT
Rhapsody, the independent streaming music service spun off from RealNetworks, is acquiring Napster’s subscribers from Best Buy for a song — err, stock.
Liz Gannes in Media on July 25, 2011 at 12:29 pm PT
You have to love that tech leaders like Reed Hastings and Mark Zuckerberg are partaking in Spotify’s public playlist feature and revealing some of their mutual favorite tunes.
Peter Kafka in Media on July 7, 2011 at 7:28 pm PT
The music service that still (still!) isn’t open for business in the U.S. has told industry executives that will change next week. Which doesn’t mean it will! Still, it’s got to happen
some day …
Peter Kafka in News on June 28, 2011 at 6:00 am PT
There are a lot of companies trying to sell monthly subscriptions for digital music services. Add one more to a list that includes Pandora, Rhapsody and, soon, Spotify.
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.
