Apple is negotiating with the big record labels to allow unlimited iTunes downloads so people can download the music they've paid for to many devices, Bloomberg reports. (Right now, you basically have to download the music once, and then sync it across many devices on your own, primarily thro... Read more...
Microsoft may be taking a shot at Pandora: the company is hiring developers to work on a project code-named Ventura, a set of services that will "revolve around music\video discovery and consumption," reports Mary Jo Foley at ZDNet. The service will reportedly include ratings, recommendations, and... Read more...
A man’s eyes open as he lies in a bed with crisp, white sheets; he has a startled look on his face as he tries to gather his thoughts. A woman says, “G’mornin’ Eames.” The man looks over his shoulder with a blank, calm look on his face at a beautiful, slender built, Black woman who’s... Read more...
Read this and make sure you read between the lines NPD’s growing portfolio of information offerings for the wireless industry covers who’s buying mobile devices, which mobile applications and services they are using, and why they are using them. We’ve just added two more services for an... Read more...
Nelly Furtado and Beyonce proved this week that artists can bring in big bucks even when they aren't headlining a major world tour. Both singers have scored a cool $1 million for performing for family members of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi (amid pressure, they handed the money over the char... Read more...
It's official: outgoing Universal Music Group chairman Doug Morris will become Sony Music Entertainment's chief executive officer on July 1. The announcement was made on Wednesday by Sir Howard Stringer, Sony Corporations' chairman, CEO and president. "I have known Doug Morris for many years,... Read more...
by Paul Hiebert Close to 17 years ago, Kurt Cobain died. Conspiracy theories about his death abound — as they tend to do with people of note — but most agree it was Cobain’s own decision to end his life. Since today would have been his 44th birthday, we bring you 44 facts about the man who ... Read more...
Antwan Davis links up with producers Madface Productions to present "Jet Life". "Jet Life" is the 1st single from Antwan's upcoming album entitled "Beyond The Music". #BeyondTheMusic will be available for free download 03/14/11 at www.antwandavis.com Jet_Life_feat_Jane_Doe// < ![CDATA[ var ... Read more...
BIG APPLAUSE to Mike Marqusee's article "The 'world music' fallacy." That condescending term has begged to be called out for quite some time. That every non-Western style can be lumped into the same weirdly oblique category merely speaks toward the grip that economic and political imperialism ho... Read more...