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– IDC forecast shows booming MP3 player market: Audio player market is expected to reach nearly US$58 billion in revenues by 2008
– Why Napster Rocks: Roxio’s Napster and RealNetworks’Rhapsody will make both of those companies tempting acquisition targets.
– Yahoo To Focus On Subscriptions: The company plans “incentives” for consumers to buy monthly subscriptions to its online music service
– Cdigix provides music, movies: Music ‘n movies debut at Yale…
– Disney Premieres New Music Videos on AOL Music First View:
– iTunes still failing independent labels: In UK, indies attempts to license their music to the download service have repeatedly failed
– Woolworths promises all chart hits on Downlo@d site: In UK, Woolworths’ service is differentiating itself by offering every track that appears in the top 50 singles chart and the top 100 album chart
– Groove Armada lend support to digital download service: In UK, Tribal Tunes, launching next month with Groove Armada’s back catalogue, will initially focus on the dance market but hopes to add new genres monthly
– Collecting societies – not yet “six feet under”: Collecting societies will keep providing services to authors, users and the public facilitating the management of rights and performing additionally certain important social and cultural functions…
– Fortune on MSN Music: Should Apple be worried? Not yet
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