Sony BMG developing iPod-compatible online music subscription service

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

MacDailyNews "The CEO of Sony BMG Music Entertainment says that the company is developing an online music subscription service that would give users unlimited access to its music and be compatible with a host of digital music players," Matt Moore reports for The Associated Press.

eMusic chief cries ‘foul’ on all-you-can-eat iTunes plan

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

(Via MacWorld UK.) Tying music sales to iPod sales could be a monopolistic action, eMusic warnsApple's plan to tie music sales to iPods may attract ire from anti-trust authorities, warned the head of competing music service, eMusic, last night.

Apple and Fox team up to offer ‘American Idol’ performances on iTunes

Monday, February 18th, 2008

(Via Apple Gazette.)

BBC TV shows on iTunes Store this week?

Monday, February 18th, 2008

(Via MacNN.) TV shows from the BBC may soon appear on the iTunes Store, reports claim. Cited is an anonymous source in the TV industry, who claims that BBC Worldwide will announce its plans on Tuesday. The source further suggests that Worldwide's digital media director, Simon Danker, has already ...

Report: iTunes more popular than illegal file sharing

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

(Via Macworld.) iTunes has become more popular than illegal file sharing according to a new report from market research firm NPD.

iTunes allowance feature slammed by lawsuit

Friday, February 8th, 2008

(Via Macworld UK.) Yet another patent infringement lawsuit hits iTunesApple has been targeted in yet another patent infringement lawsuit, this time regarding the allowance feature offered through iTunes. An iTunes Allowance allows users to send a monthly iTunes Store credit to a family member, friend, or colleague

News: Sony BMG to offer DRM-free music through Amazon MP3

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

(Via iLounge.) Amazon.com has announced that it will be adding music from Sony BMG to its Amazon MP3 DRM-free music store later this month, which will make it the only service to offer DRM-free tracks from all four major labels. “We are excited to offer Amazon MP3 customers DRM-free MP3s from ...

Why iTunes Is In Jeopardy

Friday, December 28th, 2007

(Via myapplemenu.) by Don Reisinger, CNET News.comAs Amazon's service grows and people realize they can do much more with those songs than iTunes', how long will it be before Amazon becomes the downloading service of choice?I doubt it; so long iPod maintains its lead, the iTunes Store is going to be ...

Sir Paul says, ‘Next year’

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

(Via Insanely Great Mac.) Contractual issues held up Beatles' catalog, deal is being fined tuned

iTunes 7.1 first impressions

Monday, March 5th, 2007

(Via The Unofficial Apple Weblog.) iTunes 7.1 first impressions Filed under: iTunes, Software Update So I just finished rebooting the computer after loading the new iTunes and QuickTime updates and here's what I found. After launching iTunes and going through the mandatory "click accept" thing (I mean, honestly, does anyone ever read those ...