Music industry looks to new models to boost sales
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The U.S. music industry is becoming  more open-minded about working with online music stores from  the tiniest start-up to Amazon.com, hoping to boost digital  music sales and erode the dominance of Apple Inc&#39;s iTunes.
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The recording industry is beginning to respond to a proposal made this week by Apple chief executive Steve Jobs calling for an open music system that would allow songs to be played on any device.
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The music industry may seem like a broken record of bad news these days. But in the concert business at least one corner is booming: clubs.
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CANNES, France  - 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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The U.S. music industry is becoming more open-minded about working with online music stores from the tiniest start-up to Amazon.com, hoping to boost digital music sales and erode the dominance of Apple Inc's iTunes.
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This past year marked the  beginning of a revolutionary experiment to sell and distribute  digital music to and from mobile phones. The stage is only just  being set, with the business models, pricing and marketing  issues still evolving.
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The music industry has long hoped  mobile phones will help turn around weak music sales, but music  executives privately fear the most obvious contender, the  iPhone, may give too much clout to Apple Inc., in shaping the  future of the fledgling mobile music market.
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Record labels need the digital  music market to take off. So why aren't they helping it any?
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Apple has announced some aggressive new marketing tools to help expand the reach of the iTunes Music Store. The company has launched an affiliate program
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The U.S. music industry is becoming  more open-minded about working with online music stores from  the tiniest start-up to Amazon.com , hoping to boost  digital music sales and erode the dominance of Apple Inc's   iTunes.
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An anonymous reader writes &quot;Market research company IDC is predicting a rosy future for MP3 player sales. They predict that by 2008 it will grow into a $58 billion industry - four times bigger than the US record industry.
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Music industry executives at the Billboard Digital Music Live conference at CES discussed what the industry needs to do to meet the needs of music fans who appear to be running the show.
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New music sharing network allows users to amass points by referring buyers.
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Technology is taking the middleman out of the music business, giving artists a bigger array of tools to get their songs in the MP3 players of potential fans around the world.
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Music performers could see a big boost to their lifetime earnings under EU plans to extend music rights.
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New acquisitions and products should increase sales.
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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.