Repeat after me: it’s just a rumor. Record company sources deny it. But if the anonymous tipster who e-mailed Mac Daily News is telling the truth, and Apple is indeed going to offer an all-you-can-download iTunes subscription service for for $129.99 a year (or $179.99 a year …
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It will look like this: Rumored iTunes subscription would be a bargain
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Here’s an amusing song from Chicago-area house DJ Andre Harris: “10 Things Not to Say to A DJ.” A lot of DJs hear this song and think “right on.” But allow me to add an 11th: can you please stop just playing records and actually make some music?
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Starwood Hotels, one of Microsoft’s initial partners for the Surface touch-table, has begun rolling the tables out in some Sheraton Hotels. I happened to be in downtown Seattle this morning and stopped by the Sheraton there to check it out.
Come on, come on, come on and touch me, …
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It will look like this: Microsoft Surface could be a great jukebox
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A couple weeks ago, game developer Cliff Harris asked a simple question on his blog: why do you pirate my games? Then, he broke the responses down into several categories. Subtracting out the folks who view all intellectual property as theft or who admitted they’re too broke or cheap …
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In past years, I often bought a full album because I heard one or two tracks I liked on the radio, only to find that the entire record was a letdown. One way to cure this problem is to offer larger free samples, like game demos that last more than …
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Imeem is starting to break away from the pack of countless music start-ups that have launched in the last two years. I hated the service when it first launched–confusing interface, unclear mission–but since then it’s grown to become the third-largest social networking site on the Web with 27.7 …
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According to a report in the Hollywood Reporter by way of Reuters, Microsoft is talking to talent agencies and production studios in Hollywood in hopes of licensing some exclusive video content for the Zune. This isn’t a first for Microsoft: the company has exclusive Internet-only shows on MSN Video …
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Most musicians want to concentrate on writing, performing, and recording. The first two are like breathing and eating, and the third has become much easier in the last decade thanks to the ongoing revolution in digital technology–you can set up a decent computer-based recording studio for a few thousand bucks.
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It will look like this: World’s first "record label replacement" service
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When the history of the early 21st century is written, I’m afraid Radiohead will be included for pioneering a new business model rather than their groundbreaking music. Last year’s digital-first release of In Rainbows allowed users to pay whatever they wanted for the download. Now there’s an …
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It’s so cute when the major labels do this digital thing–they’re sort of like your doddering old uncle who once got a patent for a new kind of horse-and-buggy harness and now sits in the basement tinkering with bridles all day.
One more time, just because it'…
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