Posts Tagged ‘Sony’
iTunes, Media, Sony, Universal
In General on Thursday, 12 February 2009 at 14:22
Billboard recently reported that Total Music, a joint venture between Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment, has finally ceased operations. The two music giants have “agreed to stop funding the effort, citing both business and economic factors for doing so.”
As far as I’m concerned, this thing was doomed from the start. It was born, like many of the hare-brained music companies’ schemes, out of thinking they could out-do iTunes. It was just one of several ventures that some of the labels entered into in ridiculous attempts to damage iTunes so they could somehow get back to the wonderful world of selling albums, not singles, at $15 a pop, like the good ol’ days of CDs.
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DRM-free, iTunes, Media, Music, Sony
In Uncategorized on Thursday, 10 January 2008 at 15:28
DRM-free, Media, Music, Sony
In Uncategorized on Wednesday, 9 January 2008 at 0:10
Just a few days ago BusinessWeek ran a story that Sony was looking to sell DRM-free music, thereby joining the other “big” labels (Universal, Warner, and EMI) in offering at least a part of their catalog DRM-free. There was no mention of iTunes; speculation was that, like Universal and Warner, iTunes would be avoided and Amazon would be the online store of choice.
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iTunes, Media, Music, Sony, Warner
In Uncategorized on Friday, 4 January 2008 at 12:27
DRM-free, Media, Music, Sony, Universal, Warner
In Uncategorized on Saturday, 13 October 2007 at 20:43
Apple, iPhone, iTunes, Media, Music, Sony, Universal
In General on Saturday, 15 September 2007 at 14:12
iTunes, Media, Music, Sony, Universal
In Uncategorized on Tuesday, 11 September 2007 at 13:51
Oil and water. Matter and anti-matter. Sony and Universal. These are apparently combinations that just don’t mix.The brilliant minds at the record labels have come up with a new idea for the holiday season. They’re going to sell “ringles.” Heh. Ringles. I just had to see that name again.
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