INgrooves Announces Low Cost Digital Distribution & Administration Servce
Announcements from the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) which start tomorrow have already begun with digital distributor INgrooves’ launch of ONE Digital, a new division to house its technology platform and. Continue reading
XM Adds 442,000 Subsribers in 4thQ
XM today announced that they added more than 1,695,000 new subscribers in 2006, ending the year with more than 7,625,000n. Based on preliminary results, XM achieved positive cash flow during. Continue reading
KOCH May Be Bought By Trucking Company
Your read the headline correctly. Reports are that Koch Entertainment is for sale with trucking company Clarke which already holds 10% of parent company Entertainment One making an offer of. Continue reading
Virgin Shuts US Music Subsriptions. Napster Jumps In
Virgin Digital is shutting its US music subscription service and offering a free 3 month Napster trial to entice users to switch. (Check out part of the Virgin + Napster. Continue reading
Can Buzz Be Measured? They’re Gonna Try.
The newly launched Nielson BuzzMetrics’ goal is to measure buzz. The idea is to monitor social media, blogs,forums and usenet groups. Given it’s transient nature we can’t imagine that it’s. Continue reading
Final ’06 CD Sales Down. Even Digital Misses Projections
U.S. music sales which include CDs and digital album downloads fell 4.9% in 2006 according to Nielsen SoundScan. U.S. album sales fell to 588.2 million from 618.9 million in 2005.. Continue reading
“ZUNE… A Killer Idea Diluted By A Ham-Handed Execution”
I had to share this one word for word from columnist David Pogue in The NY Times: "The Zune Micorsoft’s new music player, does something amazingly well that its rival,. Continue reading
This Week’s Top Stories
It was a blue Christmas for CD sales. (more) Retail giant TransWorld holiday sales down 6%. The real looser is the blockbuster CD as the Long Tail takes hold. More. Continue reading
Napster Reports Some Growth
Napster is reporting $28 million in revenue and adding 48,000 paid subscribers in the 3rdfiscal quarter for 566,000 worldwide including university and Napster Japan customers. Subscribers downloaded 500 million songs. Continue reading
