Paul Resnikoff

British Labels Shed Serious Sales, US Figures Loom

January 2, 2007

Album sales in the United Kingdom dropped 10 percent last year, according to just-released figures from trade group BPI. The downturn represents a significant dent, though the organization withheld specific ... Read More...

MusicIP Gets Wordy, Brokers LyricFind Partnership

Paul Resnikoff

January 1, 2007

Lyrics have always been integral to the music listening experience, yet homegrown sites have dominated the landscape since the 90s. Now, bigger players are getting into the game, including Gracenote, Yahoo, ... Read More...

Online Music Community iLike Grabs Ticketmaster Investment

Paul Resnikoff

December 20, 2006

Ticketmaster has invested a healthy $13.3 million in music discovery community iLike, according to various reports. The infusion will give Ticketmaster a 25 percent controlling stake in iLike, and considerab... Read More...

Gracenote Finalizes Major Lyrics Licenses

Paul Resnikoff

December 6, 2006

Lyrics are always in high demand, though the internet is mostly populated with unlicensed catalogs and results. For the uninitiated, a search on Google for "lyrics beyonce" offers a quick introduction to the... Read More...

eMusic Modifies Pricing Plan, Lowers Monthly Download Quota

Paul Resnikoff

November 2, 2006

eMusic will soon modify its pricing scheme, a shift that will offer less bang to subscribers. eMusic offers a hybrid subscription and download model, one that allocates a specific amount of download per mont... Read More...

Archos Tosses 160GB Portable Video Player Into Market

Paul Resnikoff

October 25, 2006

As storage prices drop, bigger portable MP3 players continue to emerge. Just recently, French portable manufacturer Archos tossed a 160GB player into the ring, a behemoth capacity designed to accommodate heavy... Read More...

Resnikoff’s Parting Shot: Interoperability Lost

Paul Resnikoff

September 18, 2006

Interoperability has been a fleeting mirage for the digital music market, and now the situation is getting worse. The music industry - and in particular major labels - have long painted a vision of seamless in... Read More...

Napster Boosts Revenues, Earnings Remain Problematic

Paul Resnikoff

August 3, 2006

Napster recently issued its fiscal first quarter earnings scorecard, which featured record revenues, lowered cash burn, and continued profit and subscriber concerns. Revenues topped $28.1 million, a 34 perce... Read More...

Bebo Battles MySpace Music, Attracts Early Following

Paul Resnikoff

July 31, 2006

MySpace is surrounded by social networking competitors, all of whom are hoping to tap a wellspring of connected teenagers and twenty-somethings. Pundits are predicting an eventual erosion in MySpace dominanc... Read More...

Universal Music Group Quarterly Revenues Notch Upward

Paul Resnikoff

July 28, 2006

Revenues at Universal Music Group notched upward during the second quarter and first half. According to financial information revealed Thursday by parent company Vivendi Universal, revenues during the most rec... Read More...

Research Group Puts Price Tag on Interoperability Quagmire

Paul Resnikoff

June 14, 2006

The inability of several industries to resolve their differences over DRM could stunt the evolution of future digital markets, while potentially putting "hundreds of billions of dollars" at risk. This comes fr... Read More...

BurnLounge Exits Beta, Pushes Distributed Sales Model

Paul Resnikoff

June 12, 2006

BurnLounge, a distributed, decentralized system for selling digital downloads, has just exited its beta phase. The concept works by empowering individual resellers, who can position downloads on their websit... Read More...

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