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NEWS ABOUT: Amazon MP3

Amazon MP3 stories: 6 news summaries

(Newser) - Faced with crumbling CD sales and a digital market without enough oomph to compensate, online music sellers are slashing prices to lure buyers, the Boston Globe reports. “It is the schoolyard crack dealer approach,” one analyst said. Amazon MP3 offers sought-after albums for $3.99, and others for... More »

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Internet • music industry • digital music • iTunes Store • Amazon MP3 • recording industry • falling prices


Amazon MP3 Sales Aren’t Hurting iTunes

New download service taps into unique demographic

Apr 15, 08 9:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Amazon.com’s digital music download store isn’t stealing iTunes customers—the six-month-old service is attracting a new consumer demographic, analysts say. A market research firm found that only 10 percent of Amazon MP3 customers surveyed in February previously bought iTunes music, AppleInsider reports. That’s a “healthy... More »

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iTunes • Apple • digital downloads • digital music • digital video • Amazon MP3 • Amazon.com

Sony BMG
Will Bail
on DRM

Label becomes fourth and final industry giant to ditch copy protection

Jan 4, 08 1:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Sony BMG will begin offering at least part of its music catalogue online without restrictive digital rights management mechanisms, Business Week reports. The decision comes after the other three major labels—Warner, EMI, and Universal—decided to ditch DRM in 2007, challenging Apple's 80% share of the legal music downloads... More »

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Apple • DRM free music • DRM • Amazon MP3 • music label • Sony BMG

Amazon Gets Funky With Warner Music

DRM-free iTunes competitor continues to attract big labels

Dec 27, 07 2:21 PM CST
(Newser) - Amazon’s burgeoning mp3 service landed another big fish today, adding Warner Music’s catalog to its online store. The Amazon shop aims to compete with Apple’s iTunes, selling songs for 89 cents as opposed to Apple’s 99 cents and without digital rights management software that makes sharing... More »

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music industry • Apple • DRM free music • digital music • DRM • Warner Music • iTunes Store • Amazon MP3 • Amazon.com

Apple Slashes Price of DRM free iTunes

Songs now cost the same with or without copy protection

Oct 16, 07 4:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Apple has dropped the price of its Digital Rights Management (DRM)-free iTunes Plus songs from $1.29 to 99 cents, the same price at which it offers its copy-protected songs, news.com reports. The move looks like a response to  the September 25th launch of Amazon's mp3 store, which offers... More »

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Apple • DRM • iTunes Store • Amazon MP3

Amazon Aims at iTunes With Own Digital Music Store

Low prices, lack of DRM major selling points

Sep 25, 07 4:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Amazon threw down the guantlet to iTunes today when it launched its digital music store, Amazon MP3. Roughly 2 million songs are available for 89-99 cents each, with albums going for $5.99 to $9.99. Not only do those prices beat iTunes's, but all the files are DRM-free. Selection... More »

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iTunes • Apple • iPod • iTunes Store • Amazon MP3 • music label • Amazon.com

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