The hard question for Apple is whether it can build a meaningful paid-subscription business without grossly cannibalizing its current per-track paid download business. There are very few examples of those two… Read more »
Any subscription music service from Apple could fundamentally alter the entertainment business. But it may come only when iTunes’ current gas runs out, and we’re not quite there yet. Read more »
Publishers saw the iPad as a chance to turn back the clock and convince consumers to pay for content in a new form. But that dream has collided with reality, and… Read more »
The digital living room was also the scene of a lot of activity in the fourth quarter. Microsoft rolled out a major upgrade to its Xbox Live platform, adding dozens of… Read more »
Connectivity changes everything. That’s the credo driving just about every corner of our day-to-day lives. As human beings, we are now connected to one another through not just our social networks… Read more »
Apple has plans for putting iTunes in the cloud, but a subscription service that provides users access to its entire content library is not among them, according to a new report… Read more »
Spotify is a huge hit in Europe, where it provides ad-supported, free streaming music via desktop application. It’s attracted roughly seven million users there, and is now in the process of… Read more »
Big change in TV distribution is in the wind, if the Wall Street Journal’s reporting on Apple’s (s aapl) “all you can eat” iTunes television plan is true. According to the… Read more »
Big Cable has just been given a lot more to worry about in a landscape that is already rapidly changing under its feet. All Things D is saying that Apple (s… Read more »
Mary Jo Foley reports on her ZDnet blog that Microsoft (s msft) is seriously considering making Zune services, such as the subscription-based Zune Pass, available to other platforms — and that… Read more »