in addition to the post down below, some remarkeable insights, note this on the subscription business model in contrast to the single-download-pay-business model: The beauty of subscription services, beyond the inherent value of unlimited listening for a reasonable price, is that they feel free. […] beyond the inherent economic value of unlimited portability of a […]
OK, Yahoo entered the music business and stirred the market … yet, the bigger (and more interesting) story might be Yahoo! Music Engine, the service client … Yahoo opens up the API and aims to integrate those user generated innovations that will enhance the overall worth of the Yahoo music ecosystem … this is definitely […]
An interesting article on the failing business model of placing kiosks in public spaces i.e. retail outlets like Walmart etc. … The concept seems great: Place CD-burning kiosks that can manufacture out-of-stock albums in retail stores and offer customized compilations, too. But after numerous false starts, retailers, hardware suppliers and the major labels say a […]
David Kusek and Gerd Leonhard bring on this excerpt from their book “The Future of Music: Manifesto for the Digital Music Revolution” … read on at themusic.com.au
This is strange, those mobile carriers are showing a deep misunderstanding of the nature of competition in the music business today … and I assume they don’t understand their customers too […] carriers are entertaining unrealistic expectations of potential revenue and consumer price points for mobile downloading of songs. The carriers are reportedly deluded by […]
