There was a point in the past decade when it seemed as if technology, largely by way of illegal peer-to-peer downloading, was going to ruin the music industry. But recent numbers show otherwise. According to the industry trade group IFPI, global music sales rose 0.3 percent last year to $16.5 billion for the first time since 1999…. Read More…
These days, it seems like you can buy anything on Amazon. That certainly became more true today. The Seattle online giant just introduced a new Entertainment Collectibles Store where you can find more than 350,000 entertainment-related items from an autographed B.B King guitar for $14,400 to an autographed photo of John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn for $30,000…. Read More…
Amazon.com is bringing its Cloud Player music service to vehicles equipped with Ford Sync AppLink, including new Mustangs, Fusions and F-150s. That means Amazon Cloud Player users with an Android phone can connect their app to Ford Sync, pulling up their entire music collection. In other words, no more CDs cluttering the glove box. “We… Read More…
Myspace is back, and it’s nothing like it was before. After going through invite-only beta testing in July and previewing the site a few months ago, Myspace is officially open to the public now. And I have to say I’m impressed. Music is the new focus of Myspace. That’s evident with the always-embedded music player… Read More…
For the first time, Rhapsody is going international. GigaOM reported that Seattle-based Rhapsody will launch in 16 European countries in the second quarter of this year. It’s a move that will keep Rhapsody, the longest running music subscription service in the U.S., competitive with Spotify, which hit one million paid U.S. users last month. In December… Read More…
If you’re like me, you’ve probably got hundreds of old CDs laying around the house that rarely get used. Now, Amazon is launching a nifty little service to get some digital airtime out of those old CDs, as wel as newer purchases. The company is introducing AutoRip, a free service that converts CDs purchased via… Read More…
There’s a lot of chatter out there about the transformation of the music industry, with the rise of online music services such as Spotify and Pandora altering the landscape. And while many are bemoaning the changes, music sales continue to go up, buoyed in part by strong performances by female artists such as Taylor Swift,… Read More…
Nope, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton aren’t joining Amazon.com. But the fast-growing Seattle tech juggernaut recently hired another former President. Dave Dederer, one of the founding members of Seattle rock band The Presidents of the United States of America, has joined Amazon.com as MP3 content lead. Dederer is being a bit elusive as to what… Read More…
Seattle-based Rhapsody continues to make it easier for music-lovers to access its service. We wrote last week about how you can now listen to music on Rhapsody with Xbox Live. Now, the on-demand music service is allowing its subscribers to pay for the Rhapsody service with their wireless bills. Rhapsody already announced a simliar joint… Read More…
Audiogalaxy, a music streaming service that was initially created more than a decade ago by developer Michael Merhej, has been acquired by fast-growing Dropbox for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition has led to all sorts of speculation that a cloud music service might be on the way for Dropbox, which could be an interesting twist… Read More…
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