Archives: March 2005 - BusinessWeek
Think back to the heyday of Napster, when a befuddled music industry was confronted for the first time with massive file sharing. It was a crisis. Since then, the tech Have you ever wished your buddies were right there, watching the game with you
The Music Wars from 30,000 feet: Meet Chris Castle - The Register
Interview Ebullient lawyer Chris Castle has a unique perspective on the Music Wars. A former Sony and A&M executive who “switched sides” to Silicon Valley, then found himself defending the original Napster, which he called one of the greatest
Apple and the Digital Rights Management debate - New Zealand Herald Blogs
iTunes couldn’t work for Apple without Digital Rights Management (DRM), as then you could buy a song once and pass it on to three million people. The music companies Apple uses to supply content to the iTunes store would totally spit the dummy. While
Beware This Dinosaur Business Model - Motley Fool
So a lot of stocks are on sale these days, right? Sure, but that doesn’t mean any of us should go for dinosaur companies whose livelihoods rely on protecting old and broken business models. It is, however, a perfect time to seek the winning
Best Buy® Employees Make the Difference for Customers this Season - PR Inside
www.bestbuy.com - Best Buy, the nation”s leading consumer electronics retailer, celebrates the commitment and expertise of its employees this season by putting them front and center in a series of inspiring holiday-themed ads. The “True Stories
Metallica Considers Future Internet Only Releases - Cinema Blend
Oh how ten years can alter one’s perceptions. Crusader against Napster and ardent art enthusiast Lars Ulrich has taken pause to consider Metallica’s future. The drummer has been overwhelmed by the outpouring of support for the new album, Death
Digital Media - CNET News
It wasn’t a blockbuster, but Black Friday wasn’t a bust, either. ComScore on Sunday reported that online, nontravel retail sales on the Friday after Thanksgiving, traditionally a big day for consumer spending, reached $534 million. That’s up from the
Report: Online to be larger piece of shrinking music pie - Ars Technica
Prince’s CD giveaway another nail in the album’s coffin Napster 4.0 eschews the desktop in favor of the browser. Is anyone listening? eMusic’s European expansion Online music is making up a growing chunk of music sales overall, although its growth
Book review: ‘Remix’ calls for a truce in the copyright wars - Santa Cruz Sentinel
For ten years Stanford law professor Lawrence Lessig has watched the entertainment industry train its legal guns on everything from Napster to YouTube, blasting away at children and their parents, college kids and remix artists. In “Remix: Making Art
Vatican forgives John Lennon for Jesus quip - ABS-CBN
VATICAN CITY – The Vatican’s newspaper has finally forgiven John Lennon for declaring that the Beatles were more famous than Jesus Christ, calling the remark a “boast” by a young man grappling with sudden fame. The comment by Lennon to a London
Vatican: Beatles Music Better Than Today’s Songs - CBS 3 Philadelphia
VATICAN CITY (AP) ? Vatican media are praising the Beatles’ musical legacy and sounding philosophical about John Lennon’s boast that the British band was more popular than Jesus. Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano recalls that Lennon’s comment
Music to our ears - The Times
I often wonder how different the music I make would be if I had grown up hearing Miriam and not Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey Miriam Makeba touched millions around the world with iconic hits like Pata Pata and The Click Song. By Diane Coetzer When
Vatican media hails Beatles’ music - yorkshirepost
Vatican media are praising the Beatles’ musical legacy and sounding philosophical about John Lennon’s boast that the band was more popular than Jesus. Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano recalls that Lennon’s comment outraged many when he made it
Miley Cyrus, Beyonce, Jonas Brothers, Kanye West to perform on - COX.net for San Diego
LOS ANGELES (Associated Press) — With performances by some of music’s hottest acts _ Beyonce, Christina Aguilera, Kanye West, the Jonas Brothers and 15 others _ who needs awards? The American Music Awards, presented Sunday during a live broadcast on
Dems Pledge Speedy Action On Obama Recovery Plan - CBS 2 KCAL 9
WASHINGTON (AP) ? President-elect Barack Obama wants the new Congress to approve massive spending and fresh tax cuts in January, “a big number” probably far distancing a $175 billion campaign proposal, so he can sign it after taking office, top
MTV holds its first African music awards - ABC 33/40 News
ABUJA, Nigeria - Two Nigerian singers won top awards Saturday as MTV held its first-ever music award program for Africa, with acts from across the world’s poorest continent being nominated for prizes. Nigerian singer D’banj won the artist of the year
JETS 34, TITANS 13 - Indiana Gazette
Favre, New York hand Tennessee first loss of season : NASHVILLE , Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans are unbeaten no more. Brett Favre and the New York Jets served notice they will be a factor in the AFC this season. Favre threw two touchdown passes
Music: Blake Shelton’s ‘Startin’ Fires’ - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Blake Shelton announces that “I’m a lucky man” near the start of his fifth album, which is exactly how someone dating fellow country singer Miranda Lambert probably should feel. That relationship gives “Startin’ Fires” its verve and spirit, a love
Napster Mobile Expands Availability to More Than 13 Million AT&T - MSN MoneyCentral
LOS ANGELES and DALLAS , Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Napster NAPS and AT&T Inc. T today announced the availability of Napster Mobile to more than 13 million AT&T customers, a significant expansion of the service. Napster Mobile lets music fans
Napster expands availability to AT&T customers - MobileTechNews
[Napster Mobile music service expansion is due to less restrictive digial rights management requirements from labels and Napster’s use of more flexible technology.] Los Angeles, Dallas — Napster and AT&T Inc. announced the availability of Napster
With new concert tour, Madonna puts new spin on her old classics - New York Daily News
Click to see photo gallery of Madonna’s Sticky and Sweet concert at the Meadowlands. Madonna broke another convention at the first U.S. date of her Sticky and Sweet tour, held at the Izod Center in the Meadowlands Saturday night. After a career spent
A twist in the story of John Vesely - Newsday
In 2005, John Vesely was desperate. He was working at Neiman-Marcus, playing bass in Menlo Park, Calif., punk and ska bands on the side, but he knew he had to record the pop songs that were swirling around in his head. So he took all the money he had
Fresh thoughts on new music - Detroit Free Press
A treasure trove for Bob Dylan fans both casual and obsessive, “Tell Tale Signs” (FOUR STARS out of four stars, out Tuesday on Columbia) is filled with a ton of previously unreleased material taken from the past 20 years of the iconic singer
A Critical Lack Of Judgment - San Francisco Gate
A couple of weeks ago Donald Rosenberg, the longtime and deeply respected classical music critic for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, found a new one. He attended concerts by the Cleveland Orchestra and wrote what he thought about them. Now, you might
Discord over the phone that comes with free music - Guardian Unlimited
Kings of Leon top the UK download chart, but most young consumers are not prepared to pay for music It sounds too good to be true: the world’s largest mobile phone company launches a service allowing its customers to download an unlimited number of
Quigley builds new chamber orchestra on Seraphic Fire’s success - Miami Herald
Patrick Dupré Quigley has been performing music for as long as he can remember: in church, hymns lent gravitas to the ritual of Catholic mass; in school, piano lessons and choir practice filled his afternoons; on road trips to visit his grandparents
Sonova Tries Cool to Fight Stigma, Shrinking Hearing-Aid Sales - Bloomberg
Sept. 25 (Bloomberg) — Swiss soap-opera actress Isabel Florido appeared at Zurich’s trendy Puls 5 gallery this week to see a photo-exhibit of rock stars with their hands to their ears, sponsored by hearing-aid maker Sonova Holding AG . As cocktail
Oh it’s on: Amazon MP3 vs. iTunes - CNET News
Quite a bit happened Tuesday at T-Mobile’s conference introducing the G1 , the world’s first Android-based phone. Sure, it offers GPS, apps, and an open platform to make every iPhone lover cringe, but one major announcement that many have glossed
EMI Music and Sony ATV Sign on to Groundbreaking ‘MySpace Music’ - MSN MoneyCentral
MySpace, the world ’ s premier social network, alongside its landmark joint venture partners which include EMI Music, SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group WMG , and Sony ATV/ Music Publishing today unveiled the