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  • May 2008

    • HBO: Coming to a Hard Drive Near You

      Portfolio  |  May 12, 08 6:51 PM CDT

      HBO: Coming to a Hard Drive Near You

      (Newser) - Apple and HBO are close to an agreement that would let iTunes sell episodes of HBO shows, Portfolio reports. Sources say HBO has cut a good deal—either by breaking iTunes' $1.99 video price ceiling or getting a bigger share of the same rate. But at least one HBO source is still grumbling: "We should have done this a long time ago," the insider said. More »

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      Apple  • cable TV  • iTunes  • Time Warner  • HBO  • digital downloads  • TV shows

  • April 2008

    • Amazon MP3 Sales Aren’t Hurting iTunes

      Apple Insider  |  Apr 15, 08 9:54 PM CDT

      Amazon MP3 Sales Aren’t Hurting iTunes

      (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 indication that the digital music customer pool can expand into new consumer groups,” an analyst says. More »

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

    • Amazon Keeps Building on Digital Transformation

      New York Times  |  Apr 7, 08 3:16 PM CDT

      Amazon Keeps Building on Digital Transformation

      (Newser) - Sales of downloadable digital media continue to gain ground on conventional formats—last week, Apple’s iTunes passed Wal-Mart as top US music seller. Not to be outdone, Amazon.com is rapidly expanding its venues for digital Web delivery, the New York Times reports. This year, the company debuted a music download store, its Unbox video service and the recent download-capable Kindle e-book reader. More »

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      Amazon.com  • digital music  • digital downloads  • digital video  • Amazon  • Kindle  • e-book

  • March 2008

    • Audio Books Lose Copy Protection

      New York Times  |  Mar 3, 08 12:02 PM CST

      Audio Books Lose Copy Protection

      (Newser) - Some major book publishers are planning to remove anticopying protections from digital audio books, allowing customers who download them to transfer the files between their computers and portable players. The world’s biggest publisher, Random House, will offer all its audio books as unrestricted MP3s this month, reports the New York Times , and Penguin Group seems ready to do the same. More »

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      iPod  • copyright  • online retailers  • iTunes Store  • digital downloads  • DRM  • portable media players  • MP3s  • DRM free music  • Random House  • Penguin Group  • Simon & Schuster

  • February 2008

    • Hollywood Shouldn't Fear the Internet

      Economist  |  Feb 22, 08 9:42 PM CST

      Hollywood Shouldn't Fear the Internet

      (Newser) - Hollywood is ignoring the public's desire to download films at its own peril, the Economist reports. It's no surprise that studios are sticking to their business model, especially with huge DVD profits, but the industry could reap fine earnings from downloads. Meanwhile, pirate sites like the surprisingly spiffy ZML.com are reaping the benefits. More »

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      DVD  • digital downloads  • movie rentals  • video downloads  • movie on demand

  • January 2008

    • Vicious Bugs Lurk in Digital Photo Frames

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  Jan 27, 08 12:41 PM CST

      Vicious Bugs Lurk in Digital Photo Frames

      (Newser) - Digital photo frames of the kids on shelves across America are cute and trendy—but they can hide computer heartbreak, warns the San Francisco Chronicle . Destructive bugs can lurk in the software and wipe out entire files as photos are being downloaded. "It was the nastiest virus I've ever encountered," said one man of a Christmas present that attacked his computer. More »

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      hackers  • hacker  • digital downloads  • computer virus  • malware

    • Amazon Will Sell Sony BMG Music Sans Copyright Curbs

      Reuters  |  Jan 11, 08 5:45 AM CST

      Amazon Will Sell Sony BMG Music Sans Copyright Curbs

      (Newser) - Amazon will sell songs from Sony BMG free of digital rights management, making it the first online music store to offer tunes without copyright enforcement mechanisms from all four of the major labels. Many consumers have long opposed the use of DRM because of its potential to hinder playback on their device of choice, or personal copying. More »

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      music  • Amazon.com  • music label  • digital downloads  • DRM  • Sony BMG

    • Radiohead Album Offered Free Online Tops Charts

      Chicago Tribune  |  Jan 10, 08 8:00 AM CST

      Radiohead Album Offered Free Online Tops Charts

      (Newser) - Rock band Radiohead's new album "In Rainbows" debuted in the No. 1 spot in record sales on Billboard charts this week despite being available for free on the band's website for months. The down side: only 122,000 copies were sold—good but not great—and the release topped the charts in part because there have been few other new offerings in this traditionally slow post-holiday stretch. More »

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      music  • music downloads  • music label  • Radiohead  • digital downloads  • Billboard charts  • Capitol Records

    • Digital Music Packaging Getting Jazzed Up in '08

      Reuters  |  Jan 2, 08 1:12 AM CST

      Digital Music Packaging Getting Jazzed Up in '08

      (Newser) - Part of the reasons CDs are still popular in the age of digital music is the extras, Reuters reports. When you buy a CD, you get extended album art, lyrics, and liner notes. With an album downloaded digitally, it's just song titles and thumbnail art. The industry hopes to change that in 2008, and Apple's iTunes is expected to lead the way. More »

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      music industry  • iTunes  • digital music  • music label  • digital downloads

  • December 2007

    • Apple Wants Slice of Movie Rental Biz

      Associated Press  |  Dec 27, 07 11:53 PM CST

      Apple Wants Slice of Movie Rental Biz

      (Newser) - Apple is getting ready to formally announce the launch of its online movie rental business, the AP reports. Fox is already on board, as the FT reported yesterday, and other studios are expected to follow in making their movies available for rent through iTunes. Apple's also planning a widespread licensing deal for its FairPlay anti-piracy technology. More »

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      movie  • Apple  • Fox  • iTunes  • film studio  • iTunes Store  • digital downloads  • online media  • movie rentals

    • Radiohead: Pioneers of the New Music Industry

      New York Times  |  Dec 8, 07 5:00 PM CST

      Radiohead: Pioneers of the New Music Industry

      (Newser) - Born of a “stoned philosophical conversation about the value of music,” Radiohead’s voluntary-pay download arrangement for its In Rainbows album has, the New York Times argues, made 2007 a watershed for the music industry. This year saw the creation of the music star free agent, as Radiohead and others turned down major-label contracts, becoming economically viable independents. More »

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      music label  • Radiohead  • digital downloads  • record industry

  • November 2007

    • Beatles Works Set for 2008 Online Debut

      Reuters  |  Nov 16, 07 12:54 PM CST

      Beatles Works Set for 2008 Online Debut

      (Newser) - The long and winding road leads to your computer: The Beatles' catalogue should finally arrive online in 2008, says Paul McCartney. The release has been expected since February’s settlement in the trademark dispute between record label Apple and iTunes-provider Apple. The Beatles' work is among the most high-profile still unavailable in digital format, Reuters writes. More »

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      Apple  • music downloads  • Paul McCartney  • Beatles  • digital downloads

    • Amazon Tries Something Novel With E-book Reader

      CNET  |  Nov 15, 07 9:58 PM CST

      Amazon Tries Something Novel With E-book Reader

      (Newser) - Online retail giant Amazon.com will unveil its highly anticipated electronic-book reader on Monday in New York,  an industry source tells CNET. In the works for more than a year, the Kindle is equipped with a Wi-Fi connection that taps into an Amazon e-book store, which users can access to buy new electronic books. More »

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      Amazon.com  • Wi-Fi  • consumer electronics  • digital downloads  • Jeff Bezos  • Kindle  • electronic books

  • October 2007
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