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Best Buy Noses Into Online Movie Market

Streaming service will come pre-loaded on gadgets

Nov 3, 09 10:11 AM CST
(Newser) - Best Buy has partnered with online provider CinemaNow to develop a movie downloading service that will come preloaded on the bulk of its Internet-capable electronics. The move follows a 13% slump in DVD sales for the year that has had the company casting about for a new revenue stream. It... More »

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digital downloads • digital video • consumer electronics • Best Buy • online movie rentals • retail businesses • DVDs • CinemaNow


 Libraries Embrace 
 E-Book Lending 

Compatibility issues and reticent publishing industry slow progress

Oct 15, 09 10:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - More than 1 million e-books books were checked out of libraries this year—25% more than all of last year—as libraries offer more and more digital lending. Borrowers can check the book out online—obviating the trip to the library—and can read them on a computer or Sony... More »

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iPhone • digital downloads • Kindle • ebooks • publishing industry • library • public library • e-readers • Sony Reader

ANALYSIS

Watch an Ad, Get an MP3 Download: Genius or Goof?

Free All Music is innovative, but still might not work

Oct 2, 09 2:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new site thinks it has the answer the music industry’s woes: Free All Music will allow users to download a high-quality mp3 with no copy restrictions in exchange for watching a 15-second video ad of their choosing. The site then takes a user’s handle and uses it... More »

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music • music industry • music downloads • advertising • iTunes • digital downloads • MP3 • MP3s • Free All Music

Apple Sells 1.5B iPhone Apps in First Year

App Store is the leading retailer of mobile programs

Jul 14, 09 4:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Apple’s App Store has had a pretty good year—since its inception, the store has sold 1.5 billion applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch, making it the leading retailer of mobile applications, CNet reports. Not only has the App Store done well, its success seems to be... More »

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Steve Jobs • iPhone • Apple • digital downloads • iPod Touch • iPhone applications • App Store • Jay-ZTV

(Newser) - Apple has sold 928 million programs to mobile users and plans to celebrate its billionth App Store download by awarding a random customer a huge haul of merchandise, CNET reports. The lucky customer will walk away with a MacBook Pro, a 32GB iPod Touch, and a $10,000 iTunes gift... More »

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iPhone • iTunes • Facebook • Apple • digital downloads • iTunes Store • iPod Touch • software applications • App Store • MacBook Pro • Crash Bandicoot

 Clarkson Soars to Top of Charts 

New single rocketed from 97th spot in Hot 100

Jan 29, 09 8:22 AM CST
(Newser) - Kelly Clarkson’s new single has jumped from No. 97 to No. 1 , breaking the record held by Britney Spears’ “Womanizer” for the largest leap to the top spot, Billboard reports. “My Life Would Suck Without You” sold 280,000 digital downloads in one week and is climbing... More »

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music • radio • Kelly Clarkson • celebrity • digital downloads • record • music sales • Billboard charts • album • Hot 100

iTunes to Sell Music Without Copy Protection

Prices change:
They'll range from $0.69 to $1.29

Jan 6, 09 3:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Apple will remove DRM anti-piracy software from the music it sells on the iTunes store, the New York Times reports. As part of a new deal reached between Apple, Sony BMG, the Universal Music Group and the Warner Music Group, songs will be DRM-free and will be priced differently. New... More »

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music • music downloads • iTunes • Apple • digital downloads • iTunes Store • Macworld • Amazon


 Hard Day's 
 Night for 
 Beatles 
 iTunes Deal 

Apple vs. Apple talks fall through

Nov 25, 08 3:43 AM CST
(Newser) - Don't expect to download Hey Jude any time soon. Negotiations between the Beatles' label, EMI, their holding company, Apple Corps, and Apple Inc. to release the legendary band's hits on iTunes and other internet music services have stalled, reports AP. Bad feelings remain between the two Apples over their long-running... More »

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Paul McCartney • iTunes • Apple • copyright • digital downloads • EMI • Beatles • Internet music portal • Apple Corps • Electric Arguments

HBO: Coming to a Hard Drive Near You

iTunes will sell shows and movies, but they may be pricey

May 12, 08 6:51 PM CDT
(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... More »

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


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

Amazon Keeps Building
on Digital Transformation

Firm develops download stores for books, music and movies

Apr 7, 08 3:16 PM CDT
(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... More »

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digital downloads • digital music • digital video • Kindle • Amazon.com • Amazon • ebooks

Audio Books Lose Copy Protection

Major publishers' downloads can be played on all devices

Mar 3, 08 12:02 PM CST
(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 More »

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

OPINION

Hollywood Shouldn't Fear the Internet

Viewers will flock
to online movie downloads: Economist

Feb 22, 08 9:42 PM CST
(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... More »

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

Vicious Bugs Lurk in
Digital Photo Frames

Cute photos can be latest back-door way to destroy files

Jan 27, 08 12:41 PM CST
(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... More »

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hacker • digital downloads • computer virus • hackers • malware • digital photo frames

Amazon Will Sell Sony BMG Music Sans Copyright Curbs

Fourth major label
to join up

Jan 11, 08 5:45 AM CST
(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... More »

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

Radiohead Album Offered Free Online Tops Charts

'In Rainbows' still popular even after months of free downloads

Jan 10, 08 8:00 AM CST
(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... More »

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

Digital Music Packaging Getting Jazzed Up in '08

Downloads to start offering more than just music

Jan 2, 08 1:12 AM CST
(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... More »

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

Apple Wants Slice of Movie Rental Biz

Fox deal presages plans to shake up online distribution

Dec 27, 07 11:53 PM CST
(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... More »

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

Radiohead: Pioneers of the New Music Industry

On In Rainbows: a business watershed

Dec 8, 07 5:00 PM CST
(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... More »

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digital downloads • Radiohead • record industry • music label

Beatles Works Set for 2008 Online Debut

Long-awaited move follows settlement of Apple trademark case

Nov 16, 07 12:54 PM CST
(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... More »

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

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