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Starbucks, AT&T National Rollout Begins; Free WiFi Access Begins - 2 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Fri 25 Apr 2008 08:25 AM PST

Actually, I had an inkling of this before the press release rolled in just now—when the AT&T (NYSE: T) network took over as soon as my computer started looking for…

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…

Starbucks, XM Terminate Marketing Agreement; XM Makes $22 Million Payment To Get Out - 2 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 07 Jan 2008 10:16 AM PST

Starbucks and XM (NSDQ: XMSR) radio will end a longstanding joint marketing agreement that will result in the Starbucks XM Cafe channel going off the air. The agreement, which established…

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Starbucks, iTunes WiFi Sales Get Underway; Limited Availability - 2 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 03 Oct 2007 03:50 PM PST

I actually netted about 50 cents today during a stop at Starbucks—that’s if you total the two 99-cent ‘song of the day” freebies I left with and subtract a tall…

Apple-A-Go-Go: iPod Touch With WiFi Music Store; SBUX; iPhone Price; 95-Plus Million Videos Sold - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 05 Sep 2007 10:51 AM PST

Lots of news big and small from The Steve Jobs Show (NSDQ: AAPL) now underway, including, as anticipated, a touch iPod with WiFi shipping this month—basically an iPhone sans AT&T…

McCartney Says Beatles Download Issues “Virtually Settled”; His First Digital Album - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 10 May 2007 09:53 PM PST

As Paul McCartney prepares to release his first original album available for download sales, he has told Billboard magazine that a deal to distribute the Beatles’ catalog for online downloading…

Starbucks Downscaling Its Music Rollout? - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 24 May 2006 11:06 AM PST

So says this story from the Statesman in Texas, citing that it has quietly pulled CD-burning kiosks out of most of its Austin and Seattle stores. It started with 45…

Starbucks To Start In-Store Content Service; Adding Books - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 15 May 2006 03:06 PM PST

Starbucks, which has already stated adding exlcusive content to its Wi-Fi portal (the in-Store Wi-Fi access portal through T-mobile), and within 12 to 14 months will begin offering proprietary content…

Starbucks Signs William Morris To Scout Deals; Akeelah’s Weak Opening - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 01 May 2006 03:06 PM PST

Interesting, though not unusual...talent agencies have to do something, right? Starbucks has tapped William Morris Agency to help find projects in music, film and books, to consider for marketing and…

Starbucks Music Chief To Leave: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 01 Mar 2006 05:05 AM PST

So says NYPost… Don MacKinnon, VP of music and entertainment at Starbucks, is on his way out the door. The impending move comes as Starbucks prepares to move its entertainment…

Starbucks To Relocate Content Office to LA - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 21 Feb 2006 05:03 AM PST

Updated, read below: This should be fun: Starbucks will be relocating its content division from Seattle to LA, closer to Hollywood. Starbucks president Ken Lombard said the move demonstrates its…

Lo Behold, Starbucks Is a Network - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 10 Feb 2006 08:03 PM PST

(reg, req.) What a concept: have wi-fi in-store, will offer downloads. Anyway, at Starbucks’ annual meeting in Seattle yesterday, chairman Howard Shultz spoke about, among other things, digital media. He…

Starbucks and The Music & Movie Business - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 02 Feb 2006 02:03 PM PST

Starbucks announced its Q4 earnings this week, and in the conference call, Howard Schultz, Chairman and Chief Global Strategist, expounded on length at Starbucks’ involvement in the music and now…

@ MIDEM: MidemNet Day One: Ken Lombard, President, Starbucks Entertainment - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 23 Jan 2006 12:02 PM PST

[by Mark Frieser] I have to say, I was originally excited for this keynote. Starbucks has been quite innovative in its extension of the consumer experience into music sales, selling…

Starbucks To Start Promoting Movies In-Store; Online - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 13 Jan 2006 11:02 AM PST

This is indicative of Starbucks’ growing power as an alternative media distribution vehicle, and a very effective one at that. I doubt their Hear Music CD-burning cafes are doing well,…

Starbucks Expanding Digital Music Service, Finally - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 14 Oct 2004 10:11 AM PST

Starbucks is expanding its custom CD burning service to 45 of its U.S. coffee shops by later this month, the first step in a plan to expand the service…

Starbucks Slows Digital Music Rollout - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 06 Sep 2004 10:09 PM PST

Well, no one said it would be easy...Starbucks is taking longer than expected to introduce music CD burners to its coffee outlets because of design challenges and the high stakes…

XM Teams With Starbucks - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 04 Aug 2004 12:09 AM PST

Starbucks is continuing its strides in digital music and media: XM Satellite Radio is teaming up with Starbucks to create a “Starbucks Hear Music Channel” this fall to be available…

Starbucks Content Plans Over Wi-Fi - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 07 Jul 2004 08:07 PM PST

Some more details on Starbucks’ plans for streaming and selling content through its stores. Starbucks and T-Mobile, together with HP, have expanded their Wi-Fi HotSpot deal: it has been added…

For Starbucks, Music Is Just The Start - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 29 Jun 2004 12:06 PM PST

Refer to the Fast Company cover story on Starbucks I pointed out earlier...The Internet and music services are just a start, according to Orin Smith, Starbucks’ president and chief executive,…

Thinking Outside The Cup - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 29 Jun 2004 02:07 AM PST

Fast Company’s latest cover story is on Starbucks and its ambitions to develop into a media and entertinament giant...something I have written about here before. Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is…

Turn Your Spare Change Into Coffee - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 23 Jun 2004 10:07 PM PST

And why am I mentioning it here? Hold on. Let’s get to the news first...Coinstar, the supermarket coin machines company, has launched a pilot program in the greater Seattle area…

Tying Music With Wi-Fi - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 01 Jun 2004 10:07 PM PST

(via MediaDrop): Where else, but Starbucks. The coffee congolmerate has released a Sarah McLachlan-selected compilation CD through its HearMusic subsidiary… The twist: Starbucks customers that access the T-Mobile HotSpot service…

Starbucks’ Music Focus - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 25 May 2004 07:05 PM PST

A profile of Kenneth Lombard, who was recently appointed as head of Starbucks’ entertainment division. Lombard helped Earvin “Magic” Johnson build a business empire...in this newly created post, Lombard…

PIcs of The New Starbucks Music Cafe - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 19 Mar 2004 07:04 AM PST

Some nice yet blurry pics of the new Starbucks music-burning cafe which opened up in Santa Monica…