Neil Young’s Music Rescue Mission (Video)

The legendary singer wants to see digital music embrace higher-quality audio files. Walt Mossberg questions whether he is fighting a losing battle. January 31, 2012 at 1:19 pm PT

Neil Young

Singer, Songwriter, Advocate

Neil Young's career stretches over more than four decades, and in that time he's created some of rock and folk's most memorable music. He has ventured outside of conventional music-making, too: He's directed a number of films, cofounded the Farm Aid benefit concerts, and invested time, money and energy into the Lincvolt, a 1959 Lincoln Continental equipped with a hybrid engine. He is also a committed proponent of hi-def audio, a cause that has yet to find many backers in the MP3 age.

Posts With Neil Young

Neil Young, the Donkey and Digital Music: The Full Dive Into Media Interview (Video)

in Dive Into Media on February 7 at 8:00 am PT

Neil Young explains why today’s music sounds awful, why Steve Jobs agreed with him, and what he wants to do to fix the problem.
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Khush Tries Teaching the World to Songify Live (Video)

in Dive Into Media on February 4 at 9:07 am PT

What happens when you mash up a karoke machine with your iPhone? A cool new app.
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Neil Young’s Music Rescue Mission (Video)

in Dive Into Media on January 31 at 1:19 pm PT

The legendary singer wants to see digital music embrace higher-quality audio files. Walt Mossberg questions whether he is fighting a losing battle.
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Neil Young and the Sound of Music

in Dive Into Media on January 31 at 10:42 am PT

The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer talks about his search for super-high-fidelity audio, and his wish that Steve Jobs was still around to help the cause.
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Listen Up! Neil Young Joins Dive Into Media Next Week.

in Dive Into Media on January 23 at 10:50 am PT

A lineup that already includes some of the biggest names in media adds a musical icon with a digital agenda.
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Ngmoco Hires COO From Current TV Ahead of Major Growth Spurt

in Commerce on August 23, 2011 at 8:00 am PT

Ngmoco has hired Joanna Drake Earl to be its second in command as the game company grows and begins to fully execute its vision of being a mobile entertainment network.
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DeNA Launches Social Game Network on Android Worldwide

in Commerce on July 27, 2011 at 8:14 am PT

Looking to build a very large game network, Japan-based DeNA has launched a social games platform on Android in English-speaking countries around the world.
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Weekend Update 01.23.10–The Bated-Breath Edition

in News on January 23, 2010 at 2:26 pm PT

We’ve all seen it, that spiro-graphed, color-splotched invitation to Apple’s Jan. 27 event at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco. Weekend Update isn’t on the inside, but we hear rumors that Jobs will storm the stage dressed as Moses, carrying the new tablet, which will be made of stone, under his robes. Apparently, that’s where it’s been hiding all along. Either that, or Weekend Update is going a little nuts from “tablet fatigue.”

Viral Video: Pants May Be on the Ground–But Web Views Are Way Up!

in News on January 19, 2010 at 2:02 am PT

The bizarre but catchy “Pants on the Ground” rap song performance by Atlanta’s Larry Platt, delivered with verve during an audition for the “American Idol” television competition, now has two million views on YouTube and has spurred a plethora of comic knockoffs. They are all surprisingly good.
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Apple to Sony, Nintendo: Game Over, Man

in News on September 29, 2009 at 10:47 am PT

“It’s clear that the quality of iPhone games is eclipsing its console counterparts, and that’s even more acute when you compare it against the prior generation.” That’s what ngmoco co-founder and Electronic Arts alum Neil Young said of Apple’s iconic handset at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco earlier this year, and it’s worth reflecting on a bit in light of a new report from Bernstein Research analyst Toni Sacconaghi that claims the iPhone OS will soon create pricing and customer migration pressure for traditional gaming platforms.
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PS3, Xbox, Wii and…iPhone?

in News, March 24, 2009 at 10:38 am PT