Is Universal Music Angling for a Piece of Every IPod Sale?
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A reported tiff between the label and Apple could signal a new negotiating stance.
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Chris Gorog is convinced people won&#39;t continue to pay $1 a song for online music. By Evan Agostini, Getty Images. That is despite Apple&#39;s (AAPL) record string
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By all accounts, millions of people will buy or receive Apple Computer&#39;s iPod digital-music players this holiday season. The gadgets are beautifully designed and simple to operate, which is one reason they
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Taking us through the highlights of each of the new iPods, David Pogue (New York Times) anoints them âthe best players you can buy.â iPod touch, for example, offers âthe iPhoneâs spectacular widescreen video playback, wireless Wi-Fi Internet features and its now-famous two-finger touchscreen operating system.â And wireless access to iTunes:  âYou can browse or search the catalog, listen to 30-second samples, buy songs for $1 eachâand download them directly to the iPod.â These iPods, Pogue says, âare nearly impossible to beat; there are other 160-gigabyte multimedia players, for example, but theyâre much bigger and more expensive than the iPod classic. And if you do value things like beauty, software elegance and trouble-free computer integrationâwell, good luck resisting that new Nano.â
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News that the Universal Music Group would no longer guarantee Apple access to its coming releases could shake up the digital music business.
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It is not a stretch to say that the iPod changed, and helped save, the music business. One in five Americans has owned one of Apple Computer Inc.'s sleek little iPods. Consumers have filled their iPods with more than 1 billion songs from Apple's Internet music store, where tunes go for 99 cents...
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Apple's iPod is the 800-pound white gorilla of the digital music market. But a number of new music players, on the market or in the works, have Apple in their sights.
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Savvy marketing has helped Apple&#39;s iPod and iTunes dominate the online-music market. Last month, for example, Apple and rock band U2 announced a deal to sell customized iPods.
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RealNetworks is sending a real message to Apple, their largest competitor in the online music market. On Tuesday, RealNetworks announced that it was launching the biggest music sale in history, offering single music downloads for just 49 cents, and most ...
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Market research firm Telematics Research Group (TRG) reports that almost 50 percent of 2007 automobile models sold in the United States will sport iPod integration. The firm calls iPod integration &#8220;the most sought after feature&#8221; by new car shoppers.
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October 17, 2004 -- While companies take aim at iPod with a host of new players, they&#39;re also targeting iTunes, Apple&#39;s online music store.
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MacCentral - U2 has been a familiar sight to iTunes Music Store visitors in recent weeks, with the online music store featuring everything from a U2-themed iPod to a digital boxed set of the Irish rock band's recordings. And if Apple has its way, other musical acts will enjoy a similar promotional push as part of an effort to bolster business at the online store, the director of iTunes product marketing told a gathering of music industry executives Wednesday.
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It&#39;s official. All iPod users are music thieves - according to Microsoft CEO Steve &#39;Monkey Boy&#39; Ballmer. &quot;The most common format of music on an iPod is &#39;stolen&#39;,&quot; he told reporters in London today, according to a Silicon.
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The new iPod to be launched today will include digital radio and a 'buy now' music function, rumours suggest. By John Plunkett.
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Introducing his iPod User&#146;s Guide, the Wall Street Journal&#146;s Walt Mossberg writes, &#147;By all accounts, millions of people will buy or receive Apple Computer&#146;s iPod digital-music players this holiday season. The gadgets are beautifully designed and simple to operate, which is one reason they&#146;re so popular, even after three years on the market and despite a rising number of competitors.&#148; [Dec 15]
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Universal has confirmed earlier reports that it was seeking to end its long term agreement with Apple's iTunes.
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As first confirmed by BetaNews earlier this month, Microsoft said Thursday that it would match the price of Apple's 30GB iPod, and lower the price of its Zune portable music device to $249.99 USD. Zune goes on sale November 14.