Online Music Stores Break Into Mainstream
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Online music stores broke into the mainstream in 2004, with more than 200 million tracks sold in the United States and Europe, a tenfold increase from the previous year, according to data released on Wednesday.
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THE online music generation will become the legitimate test of the top 20 chart toppers next week when Virgin and BBC Radio One launch shows featuring tracks downloaded from the internet.
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As more and more retailers try to cash in on the online music scene, things are becoming increasingly befuddling for consumers -- especially for consumers who stray from the Apple iPod fold.
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After years of selling online music digitally wrapped with copy and playback restrictions designed to hinder piracy, major music labels are beginning to make some songs available in the unrestricted MP3 file format.
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The Internet has long carried the promise of being an outlet for new writers, artists and independent musicians. But to David Pakman, the chief operating officer of eMusic, an online music distributor, that promise has been fading.
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The music discovery service branches out from its Internet radio roots.
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The online digital-music business became a little more crowded as Richard Branson&#39;s Virgin Group launched a music Web site in the US The Virgin Digital service sells songs for 99 cents each
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By Kevin Maney  The online digital music business stinks.    ITunes, Rhapsody, Zune Store, Napster -- you name it. They're all failures.    The hype has people believing otherwise.
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By Jeff Leeds  For all the disquiet the Internet has fostered in the music business, almost every rock star and record-label executive is intrigued with the prospect of marketing to music fans directly instead of wrangling over exposure with radio programmers and retailers.
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A new search engine launches Monday aimed at helping music lovers find tunes across a growing number of online music stores.
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Some performers are finding that early success online can turn into an album contract.
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Virgin Group Ltd. on Monday launched its online music store, pitting the retailer best known for its music &quot;megastores&quot; with tech companies such as Apple Computer Inc.
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Blog: Taking a look at a new entrant into the online music scene.
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Virgin becomes one of the first major music retailers to enter an increasingly crowded online music market.
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Music, that is. Thanks to the new iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store, the editors at E! Online find it all but irresistible to indulge in the guilty pleasure of impulse music buying. âAs long as youâre at a hot spot, you can click on the new Wi-Fi widget for your iPhone or iPod touch and get access to Appleâs music library at the usual 99 cents per song.â
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The new price of 99 cents per song sold online without copy protection puts Appleâs iTunes store closer in line with its rivals.
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Musicland is trying to embrace the Internet and emulate the atmosphere of retail chains like Starbucks.