Will the music subscription business ever grow beyond its current niche? It looks increasingly doubtful. Today, eMusic announced that since it launched its current music subscription service in 2003, customers have downloaded 250 million songs. Apple’s iTunes, by comparison, has sold more than 5 billion songs since it opened the iTunes Store in April, 2003. That makes eMusic one twentieth the size of iTunes. Read more…...
Will the music subscription business ever grow beyond its current niche? It looks increasingly doubtful. Today, eMusic announced that since it launched its current music subscription service in 2003, customers have downloaded 250 million songs. Apple’s iTunes, by comparison, has sold more than 5 billion songs since it opened the iTunes Store in April, 2003. That makes eMusic one twentieth the size of iTunes. The way eMusic works is you pay a subscription of between $12 and $20 a month and then you can download 30 to 75 songs a month and keep them. You can also purchase songs...
What a kewl holiday gift for your fave music lover (or treat yourself.) Datz Music Lounge is offering a year’s subscription to its service for £99 (~$154.00.) Select an unlimited amount of DRM free tunes in MP3 format from their catalog. Choose from classics, current music, or new artists. Best of all, you can sync them to your PMP, cell phone or iPod and keep them forever. Check with their “Who’s Playing” page to check out their latest musical additions. Tags: datz (T), drm (T), ipod (T), mp3 (T), music (T), music lounge (T), pmp (T), subscription (T) Read...
My Secret Playlist keeps you ahead of the musical curve, by letting you in on the musical inspiration of you favorite bands. Published by Australian-based media company Conversant Media, the ‘music discovery’ website invites local and international bands, DJ’s, musicians and producers to share their current music obsessions. [via We Heart Stuff] © Claudia Cukrov for PSFK, 2008. | Permalink | Comments | Add to del.icio.us...
I love my music and everything else that goes along with it. I love the fact that in my iTunes, every song is properly labelled, is nicely arranged alphabetically by artist and have their particular album artwork attached in high resolution. It is so much easier to search for the songs you want when almost all the fields (i.e. genre, artist, album, year) are completed. Every little bit of information helps Genius to find the songs which match the ones you are listening to, creating a playlist which suits your current musical mood. I grimace when I browse though some...
Nokia's long-awaited touchscreen phone is unlikely to give Apple CEO Steve Jobs any sleepless nights. "This is an indicator of a direction they want to go in, but this phone is just a start," says Rob Enderle, principal analyst with the Enderle Group. "They are not there yet." Nokia's 5800 XpressMusic, also known as the Nokia Tube, comes with unlimited access to Nokia's music service. And yes, it bears a strong resemblance to the iPhone. But like T-Mobile's Android-based G1, the 5800 is just the first volley in a larger strategy. The touchscreen phone will be among the first...
> Using yet a another new and creative sales model, Popcuts.com shares the profits of song sales with the trendspotters who bought it first. So far the site's catalog is slim, but somehow they've avoided the "multi-level marketing crap that had sunk other similar schemes to deliver an interesting product. I'd like to see them add a widget to take your recommendations off site. > Early UK paid P2P player Wippit.com has shut down after 8 years. No lawsuits. Just lack of sales. > Nickelback is set to release it's second to last album with Roadrunner despite it's recent...
