Music Labels Turn to 'Ringles' to Save the CD
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Looking for new ways to keep sales of CDs afloat, the music industry will begin selling "ringles," which combine three songs with a ringtone from a specific artist.
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THREE major recording companies have agreed to make their music available to be shared and sold over a new online file-swapping service.
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Music sales as we know them take another step toward obsolescence.
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Away from the headlines of job  losses, grumbling artists and falling global sales, the music  industry is trying new business models to boost digital sales  and offset the decline in CDs.
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Blog: Want to make that music track a ringtone? Get ready to spend $.99 all over again.
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But look to lawsuit stick rather than iTunes carrot for the cause
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Recording companies looking to wring more profits out of music sales are hoping to sell retailers on a new hybrid disc. On one side is standard CD audio; on the other, the enhanced sound, video and other media capabilities of a DVD...
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Buying digital music can be confusing. On one hand, you have an alphabet soup of acronyms, all referring to varying formats. On the other hand, you have a slew of online retailers, each furiously competing for your hard-earned music dollar. And in the middle, you have an avalanche of players, each of which offer different features and work with different formats.
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In the latest proof that the label is at least testing DRM-free music sales, consumers can buy gift cards from physical stores and redeem digital albums online. The bad news is that the music is also "anonymously watermarked."
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Industry groups are looking for a way around controversial copyright proposal.
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Three major recording companies have agreed to make their music available to be shared and sold over a new online file-swapping service that aims to lure music fans away from rival
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Retailer will let customers download and burn their choice, easing the need for an inventory of discs.
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Home theater company Cambridge SoundWorks is helping consumers tackle the time-consuming task of converting CDs into digital files.
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Users of HD Radio devices will soon be able to 'tag' songs they hear for later purchase using iTunes.
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Entrepreneurs behind Silicon Valley startup Lala.com hope to transform the CD-swapping site into a music portal where members can download songs directly to their iPods, bypassing the computer hard drives where most music is stored.
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Buying music used to be simple: You coughed up $14 or so for a CD, and as long as you didn&#39;t bootleg it or charge crowds of people to listen to it, the music was yours.
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DENVER (Billboard) - Music fans have been slow to buy music on their mobile phones. So several companies have responded with services that let users access from their phones music that is stored on their computers.