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eMusic.com and Sony collaborate on song sales

EMusic.com and Sony Music Entertainment have announced a joint gig. Sony will offer its back catalog of tunes on music subscription site eMusic.com. The agreement lets eMusic sell recordings that are at least two years old from all Sony Music labels.

Posted 06/03/2009Bill BriggsPost a comment

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Digital music sales are expected to grow at 17% annually, study says

U.S. digital music sales, both downloads and subscriptions, will grow at a compound annual rate of 17% during the next five years, says a study by Forrester Research.

Posted 12/30/2008Katie DeatschPost a comment

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iTunes still rules, but Amazon and Rhapsody are gaining

In the world of digital music, Apple’s iTunes still is the alpha dog. But Amazon.com Music and RealNetworks Inc.’s Rhapsody brands are gaining fans, says the TEMPO Digital Music Brandscape study conducted by Ipsos.

Posted 10/15/2008Bill BriggsPost a comment

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Fast content delivery speeds Simply Audiobooks’ move into digital downloads

It used to take over an hour to download an audiobook, but that dropped to under 10 minutes when Simply Audiobooks employed the content delivery network of CDNetworks.

Posted 09/19/2008Katie DeatschPost a comment

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A record number of downloads keeps the beat going at eMusic.com

Having recently surpassed 200 million digital downloads, eMusic.com is adding more publishers to its growing books and music catalog, and expanding into Canada.

Posted 07/02/2008Mark BrohanPost a comment

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Customer trials double Christmas Day at eMusic

Online retailer of downloadable music and audiobooks surpasses 400,000 paid subscribers, less than two months after hitting 350,000 subscribers. Customers downloaded nearly 500,000 music tracks and books on Christmas Day.

Posted 01/04/2008Don DavisPost a comment

Amazon.com sounds off with competition for iTunes

In a move to challenge the dominance of Apple Inc.’s iTunes Music Store in the digital music market, Amazon.com today launched a public beta version of its Amazon MP3 digital music store, where shoppers can buy CDs as well as digital downloads.

Posted 09/25/2007Don DavisPost a comment

Walmart.com offers DRM-free MP3 music downloads

Walmart.com has launched DRM-free MP3 music downloads, selling for 94 cents per track and $9.22 per album.

Posted 08/22/2007Bill BriggsPost a comment