Hoegh added that electronic distribution is forcing record labels and distributors to change their pricing structure and completely turn around their relationship with musicians. Other speakers included Jason Olim, CEO of CDnow; Larry Rosen, CEO of...
The money collected from levies on "recording mediums" goes into a fund to pay musicians and songwriters for revenues lost from consumers' personal copying. Under those laws, certain media are designated as appropriate for making personal copies of...
And while some major musicians will miss out on the opportunity to profit from the biggest online song shop opening, Jobs and co may be doing the same. Prefaced by honky-tonk numbers and old-time crooning piped into a hall the size of Cornwall, the...
Gartner analysts Allen Weiner and Michael McGuire wrote in a research note: "Apple's efforts to create revenue from podcasting follow the same strategy it has applied to online music: extend the value of the iPod (the real revenue generator) by...
It's been a good few weeks for podcasting fans, with updates to Apple's iTunes software supporting the phenomenon and predictions that podcasting is going to expand at an extraordinary rate over the next few years.
Gartner predicts that podcasting - a method of subscribing to audio broadcasts which are then delivered to your PC or digital media player - "will grow increasingly important as the market for content continues to fragment.which will lead to a...