Apple News: Subscription model, DRM-free music, iPhone

- Apparently, Steve Jobs hasn’t changed his mind on the subscription model, yet. “Never say never, but customers don’t seem to be interested in it,” said Jobs, to Reuters. “People want to own their music.”
Um, yes, this is one of many reasons why eMusic is doing so well. You subscribe […]

Published by neal on April 26th, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Review: eMusic

Update: Since I first published this review, I have begun showing eMusic ads on my site. Don’t worry, I’m not going to be a shill for every product I come across. I was just blown away by the service that eMusic provides, and I decided I would like to spread the word […]

Published by neal on April 24th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Amazon’s Digital Download Store and Universal

Billboard ran a story Monday on the long rumored Amazon digital music download store. Most of the details are still kind of sketchy at this point, but here’s what we know,
 
The store will open in May, according to sources. Amazon has yet to confirm this.
Universal will be using the platform to test selling […]

Published by neal on April 18th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

The Wilco Leak: Good Or Bad For Sales?

As most people who follow new album releases probably know by now, the new Wilco album, “Sky Blue Sky,” has leaked to the internet. The album, which will officially be released on May 15th, was leaked in early March.
The band seems mostly ambivalent about the leak, saying essentially that it may hurt album sales […]

Published by neal on April 16th, 2007 | Comment now »

The Sansa Connect, The iPhone, and The WiFi Future

Okay, so I’ve been away for a while. Blogger was creating some real headaches for me so I went ahead and did the inevitable and switched to Wordpress. As you might imagine, the transition wasn’t easy for a blogging newbie like myself, but, I made it…Finally.
Anyway, it was a busy week, and one […]

Published by neal on April 16th, 2007 | Comment now »

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