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Online music sales rise for RealNetworks in the first quarter

RealNetworks, which owns and operates the Rhapsody online music service, increased music sales by 15.8% to $44.1 million in Q1. But total sales decreased year over year by 4.6% to $140.8 million and media and software-related sales declined 23.1%.

Posted 05/13/2009Mark BrohanPost a comment

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Go Daddy Marketplace offers lifetime membership fee and cuts commissions

In a bid to draw more merchants into its new marketplace, Go Daddy is swapping its $5 monthly membership fee for a $19.99 lifetime membership.

Posted 04/17/2009Katie DeatschPost a comment

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eBay, Wal-Mart and Amazon top retailer searches in December

The name “ebay” was searched 22.3 million times, Nielsen Online says. The name “walmart” came in a distant second with 12.2 million searches, and “amazon” third with 7.5 million.

Posted 02/05/2009Katie DeatschPost a comment

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Online customer reviews get a critical blog review

Belkin, the provider of iPod accessories and home networking products, says it is still conducting an internal investigation regarding a Jan. 16 blog report that a Belkin employee offered to pay consumers to write positive reviews of Belkin’s products.

Posted 01/27/2009Katie DeatschPost a comment

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Analysts: Amazon will deliver solid, but hardly blockbuster Q4 sales

Deep discounting helped Amazon.com grow sales in Q4, but the biggest online retailer isn’t recession-proof. Some analysts have revised their projection for Amazon’s Q4 operating income downward.

Posted 01/21/2009Bill BriggsPost a comment

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eMusic serenades customers with personalized recommendations

EMusic.com has launched a recommendations engine that creates music profiles tailored for subscribers based on past behaviors and other data gathered from the Internet. The recommendation engine and a redesigned home page went live this month.

Posted 12/24/2008Don DavisPost a comment

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Amazon defends itself from charges of harsh conditions in a U.K. warehouse

An undercover reporter worked for a week in an Amazon facility and reported heavy workloads, short breaks and workers being threatened with dismissal for taking sick days, the U.K. newspaper The Sunday Times reports. Amazon is denying the charges.

Posted 12/16/2008Katie DeatschPost a comment

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New York & Co. expects about $40 million in web revenue this year

Multi-channel apparel retailer New York & Co. reported that web sales are on track for about $40 million, up by about 82% compared at the same time last year. But comp store sales declined 14% for the most recent quarter.

Posted 11/26/2008Mark BrohanPost a comment

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RealNetworks’ total sales grew by 5% in the third quarter

Online entertainment provider RealNetworks’ sales grew by about 5% to $152 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2008, up $6.9 million from $145.1 million in the prior year quarter.

Posted 11/05/2008Mark BrohanPost a comment

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Walmart.com is ending support of DRM-protected music files

Walmart.com plans to end server support of its DRM-protected digital music as it phases out music in the .WMA format. Users have been advised to copy such files to disks or risk losing them altogether.

Posted 10/08/2008Mark BrohanPost a comment