The App Eclipse: Bigger Than CDs, Bigger Than Downloads…
Take one skyrocketing format, then juxtapose it against another, plummeting format, and the result is simple. According to a projection from app store GetJar, mobile apps will be worth $17.5 billion by 2012, a global figure. That easily trumps an IFPI-published projection for CDs of $13.83 billion, itself a lofty expectation. The $17.5 billion figure was produced by independent firm [...]
EMI Loses the Case Against Pink Floyd; What Happens Next?
What a wretched week for EMI. The latest bad news comes from London, where Pink Floyd has now won its court case against the label. A High Court judge ruled that EMI indeed violated its artist contract by offering unbundled, a-la-carte songs from the band.
Report: Apple Urging Labels to Reject Amazon MP3 “Daily Deals”
Apple has begun urging record labels not to participate in a discounted MP3 promotion offered by rival Amazon.com and withdrawing iTunes Store marketing support for some releases featured as Amazon “Daily Deals,” Billboard reported, citing sources.