U2’s Bono claims in an exclusive interview with Time that his band is working with Apple to develop a format for interactive, multimedia music wrapped in DRM. But the music industry’s… Read more »
Whether sold track by track or offered as a service, unbundled music has never generated the level of revenue or profit produced when music was only sold in bundles, Read more »
Google has acquired the curated playlist site Songza. Songza stands apart from services like Spotify and Pandora by offering human-curated playlists for various moods and activities, with no ads. Read more »
Amazon rolled out its rumored streaming music service for Prime members, Prime Music, overnight Wednesday. With about a million songs and little new content, this isn’t Spotify. But it’s ad-free and… Read more »
The U.S. Justice Department is reviewing antiquated antitrust rules in a move that might eventually lead to higher licensing rates for streaming music providers. Even if those rates aren’t increased, though,… Read more »
It looks as if you can add Amazon to the list of companies adding music streaming. A new report suggests the service is coming to Prime in June or July. Read more »
Apple is reportedly in talks to acquire Beats Electronics in a deal that would surely have as much to do with Beats’ new streaming music service as its line of electronics… Read more »
Apple can’t really start releasing Android-based products under its own brand. But it could release high-end Android products and services under the Beats brand. Read more »
Apple’s track record with services is pretty awful, but it’s acquiring talent and its cost of streaming music customer acquisition will be much, much lower than anyone else’s. Spotify and Pandora… Read more »