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Napster Boosts Revenues, Earnings Remain Problematic

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...

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 recent quarter approached €1.08 billion ($1.37 billio... 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...

MySpace, Nylon Magazine Collaborate on Music Issue

Paul Resnikoff

May 23, 2006

With so much music action happening online, what is a print magazine to do? Most recently, Nylon Magazine has tapped MySpace to deliver an energized music edition with online ties. The blended result includes band features with MySpace profile links, and dire... Read More...

Women Fueling Digital Music Boom in Britain, Study

Alexandra Osorio

May 16, 2006

Women are powering a significant portion of the digital music boom in Britain, according to a recently-released report. The study, conducted by London-based Emap, noted that women listen longer and discover mo... Read More...

Allman Brothers, Cheap Trick v. Sony Music

Paul Resnikoff

May 7, 2006

Last Saturday I interviewed David Frey, the manager of Cheap Trick for my Internet radio show, the “Future of the Music Business” at myrealbroadcast.com. The topic was the lawsuit filed by his band and the All... Read More...

Napster Debuts Online, Advertiser-Supported Service

Paul Resnikoff

May 1, 2006

Napster has just cracked the gate open on its subscription service, offering music fans access to tracks within an advertiser-supported site. As part of the play, Napster.com is allowing fans to stream any song five times, free of charge. For those that wan... Read More...

Legislation Seeks Compensation on Radio-Based Downloads

Paul Resnikoff

April 27, 2006

New radio platforms are rapidly gaining strength, though time-shifting and storage capabilities are generating major concerns. While consumers are increasingly opting for on-demand models, groups like the RIAA... Read More...

Legislation Seeks Compensation on Radio-Based Downloads

Paul Resnikoff

April 27, 2006

French Lawmakers Consider Legalized P2P Framework

Paul Resnikoff

March 8, 2006

French lawmakers will soon vote on a measure that would pave the way for a legalized, P2P file-sharing framework. The vote, scheduled for March 14th, follows a late-session amendment in December. That has since undergone some modifications, though the underly... Read More...