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Starbucks Continues Entertainment Pullback; Dropping Most CDs From Stores - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 25 Jun 2008 09:33 PM PST

Guess I owe Howard Schultz a thank you for helping me cut back on CD purchases ... Starbucks is dramatically reducing the number of CDs carried in its stores, promising…

Apple: A Flat Five Billion - 2 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sat 21 Jun 2008 07:36 PM PST

[by Paul Resnikoff, Publisher, DigitalMusicNews] Five billion is a large number, in virtually any context. Five billion people is a lot of people; five billion dollars (or pounds or euros)…

Apple Says It Sold 5 Billion Songs; Could Movies Become A $100M Business? - 2 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 19 Jun 2008 10:51 AM PST

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) announced today that it has sold a total of about 5 billion songs, up from the 4 billion mark it announced in Jan this year. The more…

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Apple 3G Interview: The Real Power Is Combining Hardware, Software And Services - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Tue 10 Jun 2008 08:38 AM PST

Following Steve Jobs’ 3G iPhone unveiling today, I was able to sit down with Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) execs Bob Borchers, senior director of iPhone product development, and Chris Saito, senior…

3G iPhone: Apple Business Model Changes; No Subscription Fees From Carriers For Next-Gen iPhones - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 09 Jun 2008 01:19 PM PST

Amidst all the hoopla of today’s iPhone launch, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has made an interesting filing with the SEC, which explains that business model behind the iPhone is changing. Here’s…

@ WWDC: 3G iPhone Available July 11 For $199; 6 Million Sold First Year - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Mon 09 Jun 2008 12:08 PM PST

From our sister site mocoNews.net: Here’s the big news: the 8-Gig 3G iPhone will be $199 around the world. It launches in 22 countries on July 11. The 16-Gig will…

Broadband Content Bits: ESPN360.com; Network Sites’ Visits; UK, Canada iTunes; MySpace; Hulu - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Mon 09 Jun 2008 09:55 AM PST

-- ESPN (NYSE: DIS) reports audience growth across online and TV viewership: ESPN’s NBA coverage has grown across the company’s online and TV platforms. Its broadband network ESPN360.com provided live…

@ WWDC: One Hour And Counting Before Apple Keynote - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Mon 09 Jun 2008 09:15 AM PST

I’ve arrived at Moscone like thousands of others, who started to line-up for the 10 a.m. keynote as early as 7 a.m. I wasn’t here to see that, but the…

Quest To Be ‘Next’ Platform: Idea One Player Will Win Is So ‘Old Status Quo’ - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Thu 05 Jun 2008 12:01 AM PST

Later today Time goes live with a lengthy Josh Quittner look at the evolving concept of platforms—among the wonkiest subjects you can bring to a consumer news mag. (We’ll add…

Apple Needs More Mobile Music; UMG Demanding Nokia-style Comes With Music Deal? - 2 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Mon 19 May 2008 07:30 AM PST

Have the music labels found a way to get Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) to cave on some of their age-old requests as well as an interesting new one? The NYT’s Saul…

More Details on HBO-iTunes: DVD Window; New Series Not Available; $2.99 Higher Pricing - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 13 May 2008 05:52 AM PST

We wrote yesterday about HBO’s plans to offer shows through Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iTunes. The companies have now officially announced the details and some other unofficial ones: -- In another…

HBO’s Finally Seen It: Coming To iTunes With Tiered Or Differential Pricing: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 12 May 2008 09:17 AM PST

HBO, which has always made it interminably difficult to find any of its shows online (that’s because they aren’t, at least legally), is close to announcing a deal with Apple…

Zune Still Exists; Adds TV Shows From Viacom, NBCU - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 05 May 2008 09:45 PM PST

Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), serious about this thing called digital media, has added TV shows to its Zune marketplace. It will offer about 800 TV shows, each for $1.99, for download…

Apple Day-And-Date Movies: Loss Leader For the Company; Higher Profits For Studios - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 01 May 2008 07:05 PM PST

As we wrote last night, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is launching its day and date movie release service..previously movies from most studios hadn’t been available on iTunes until weeks after their…

Day And Date Movies Starting on iTunes; Warner Bros’ Will Do It For VOD and Online - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 30 Apr 2008 11:40 PM PST

It was only a matter of, well, days, before day-and-date would arrive for the VOD and online release of movies, and it has: Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is expected to announce…

Starbucks Cedes Management Of Hear Music Label To Partner; Will Focus On Digital; Lombard Out - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Thu 24 Apr 2008 05:22 PM PST

Once again, Starbucks is changing course when it comes to entertainment. The company announced today it is pulling out of direct management of the Hear Music label and instead will…

Earnings: Apple Posts $1 Billion-Plus Profit; Beats Street On Earnings, Revenue - 1 Comment
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 23 Apr 2008 01:31 PM PST

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) earned $1.05 billion, or $1.16 per share, for the quarter ending March 29, compared with $770 million, or $0.87 per share, in the same quarter last year.…

Apple Buys Microprocessor Chip Firm; Possible Use With iPhone and iPods - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 22 Apr 2008 10:44 PM PST

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has finally done something with its cash, although spending a tiny part of it, after much speculation of what it would do: it has bought a boutique…

Fox, Paramount Testing New-Release Downloads At iTunes - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 16 Apr 2008 08:30 AM PST

Something unusual happened for iTunes users when Juno made its DVD debut this week: the Fox movie was also for sale as an iTunes download for $14.99 as the News…

Apple Surpasses Wal-Mart As Number One U.S. Music Seller - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 03 Apr 2008 02:24 PM PST

Less than two months after edging out Best Buy and Target for the number two spot, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) says it has now passed Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) as the number…

Broadband Content Bits: Showtime; iTunes-Starz; Yahoo Show; Fox’s ‘Rookie’; Sony; NYT Style Mag - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Wed 26 Mar 2008 10:47 AM PST

-- Showtime’s The Tudors to premiere across video sites: As Showtime’s historical drama series The Tudors gets ready to kick off its second season on Sunday, the CBS (NYSE: CBS)…

Sony BMG CEO Says Company Plans Subscription Music Service - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 25 Mar 2008 05:03 AM PST

Look at us, we’re planning one too… Sony (NYSE: SNE) BMG wants to get into the subscription music game. CEO Rolf Schmidt-Holtz told German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, summarized by…

Apple Working On A “Radical New Business Model”: Flat-Rate iTunes: Report - 2 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 18 Mar 2008 09:01 PM PST

This sounds similar to what Nokia, Omnifone and some others are working on in Europe: giving away music for free to users, and the handset/service providers pay the premium, only…

Adobe To Develop iPhone Flash/Media Player After All - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 18 Mar 2008 08:52 PM PST

So the hide-and-seek game of egos ends, at least nominally: Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) CEO Shantanu Narayen said at a conference call with investors that his company is finally working on…

Digital Music Roundup: Operation MySpace; R.E.M-iLike; Beatles-iTunes - 1 Comment
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Mon 10 Mar 2008 06:02 PM PST

-- Operation MySpace live from Kuwait: MySpace, in cooperation with the Department of Defense’s Armed Forces Entertainment and America Supports You program, went live from Kuwait today with Operation MySpace,…