Amazon MP3Digital Distributor WaTunes Offers CDs on Demand via AmazonAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 31, 2009 - 6:21am.
Detroit
- WaTunes, a social media service that lets artists and record labels
distribute their music for free on iTunes and other digital retailers,
announced on Friday that it has partnered with Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) to offer physical CD
distribution on-demand. Under the terms, WaTunes VIP customers will gain free
access to the Amazon On-Demand and Amazon MP3 store, while customers of
WaTunes' free service can pay a service fee of $10 per album to make their
music available on CD through Amazon.
Streaming Service Imeem to Launch Own Digital Song StoreAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 7, 2009 - 7:46am.
San
Francisco - Streaming music
service imeem is quietly testing its own digital music download store,
TechCrunch reported, with the company saying that it will continue to offer the
existing links to purchase songs heard on its service from Apple's (NASD: AAPL) iTunes Store
and Amazon MP3 (NASD: AMZN) when its own store launches.
Amazon Launches MP3 Store in GermanyAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on April 2, 2009 - 11:55am.
London - Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) has
launched an MP3 store in Germany
with a library of 5 million songs, Billboard reported. The company launched its
second MP3 store in the U.K.
in December. Similar to Amazon's other MP3 stores, some 2,000 top titles sold
at the German store will be available for about $6.61.
Amazon.com's "Daily Deal" Discounts U2 MP3 Album to $3.99Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 4, 2009 - 1:51pm.
Seattle
- As part of its "Daily Deal" promotions, Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) is offering U2's
new album "No Line On The Horizon" as an MP3 download for just $3.99
today, VentureBeat noted. Apple's (NASD: AAPL) iTunes Store is offering the album at the standard
$9.99 price point, and has also discounted the band's catalog to $7.99 for the
release; Amazon also discounted the rest of the band's catalog, to $5.99 per
album. Amazon has previously offered new release deals on records from artists
including Bon Iver and Prodigy.
iTunes Replaces Amazon MP3 as "Grand Theft Auto" PartnerAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 12, 2009 - 1:48pm.
New York
- Video game publisher Take-Two Interactive (NASD: TTWO) has decided to dump Amazon's (NASD: AMZN) MP3
store in favor of Apple's (NASD: AAPL) iTunes Store as the digital music retail partner for
its forthcoming "Grand Theft Auto IV" expansion, "The Lost and
the Damned," Variety reported. Gamers will be able to tag songs they hear
during the course of the game for later purchase at iTunes. Variety postulated
that the decision stems from Apple's ditching of DRM on the iTunes Store --
previously an advantage for Amazon.
Nine Inch Nails Album Offered Free on P2P Tops Amazon SalesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on January 6, 2009 - 1:21pm.
San Francisco - The top-selling album of 2008 on Amazon MP3 (NASD: AMZN) was "Ghosts I-IV," notable in that the instrumental album from Nine Inch Nails was also made available entirely for free by the band on file-sharing networks. The Creative Commons-licensed album also sold over $1.6 million at retail, and garnered two Grammy nominations. Amazon Launches MP3 Store in the U.K.Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 3, 2008 - 1:34pm.
London - Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) on Wednesday launched its MP3 store in the U.K., Music Ally reports. The store is offering several albums, from artists including Coldplay and Kings of Leon, for an introductory promotional price of about $4.43, while many other new albums are priced at about $9.59. Individual tracks at the store range in price from about $0.87 to more than $1.20. Music Ally noted that at launch, the store is lacking some big U.K. artists' music, including Arctic Monkeys, Oasis and Franz Ferdinand Report: iTunes Continues Dominance; Amazon, Rhapsody GainAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 9, 2008 - 10:35am.
tags: Music | Reports | Apple | RealNetworks | Napster | Amazon | Retail | Rhapsody | Research | iTunes Store | Amazon MP3 | Ipsos |
YouTube Adds Click-to-Buy Links on Some U.S. VideosAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 8, 2008 - 8:14am.
tags: Games | Video | Music | Google | YouTube | EMI | Electronic Arts | iTunes Store | User-Generated | Amazon MP3 |
Amazon to Expand MP3 Store Into U.K. Next MonthAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 18, 2008 - 12:10pm.
London - Amazon.com has held a series of talks with U.K. record labels, and plans to launch its MP3 download store in the U.K. next month, New Media Age reports. The store was launched a year ago in the U.S., and currently offers over 5 million songs, from all four major labels and a bevy of independents. CreateSpace MP3 Places Indie Artists' Songs on Amazon MP3Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 9, 2008 - 12:44pm.
Scotts Valley, Calif.
- Amazon.com's (NASD: AMZN) CreateSpace on-demand distribution unit on Tuesday launched a
new service, CreateSpace MP3, that lets independent musicians and labels sell
their albums and songs as DRM-free MP3s through the Amazon MP3 store. There is
no setup fee for the service, which also provides the option for artists to
simultaneously sign up to sell their CDs through the CreateSpace Disc on Demand
service.
Amazon Launches SoundUnwound Music Database WikiAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 3, 2008 - 9:20am.
Seattle
- Online retail giant Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) has launched a new wiki-styled online music
database, SoundUnwound, which allows any user to post and update informational,
multimedia profiles on musical artists.
tags: Video | Music | YouTube | Amazon | MusicBrainz | User-Generated | IMDb | Amazon MP3 | Wiki | SoundUnwound |
Report: Amazon Likely to Power MySpace Music ServiceAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 25, 2008 - 10:22am.
San Francisco - The forthcoming MySpace Music joint venture service with the major labels is "likely" to partner with Amazon to power its e-commerce sales of digital music, although Apple and Rhapsody are also in the running, TechCrunch reported, citing an anonymous source. MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe said earlier this week that the joint venture, which will sell music downloads, offer subscription plans, and sell other things like ringtones and concert tickets, will launch in September. Paul Westerberg Album "49" Offered as 49-Cent MP3 DownloadAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 22, 2008 - 12:52pm.
Los Angeles - Paul Westerberg, frontman for the 80's alternative rock band, has made his latest solo album, "49," available for download from the Amazon MP3 and TuneCore stores for just 49 cents. "He finished it on Monday, sent it to me on Tuesday and it was out this weekend," Westerberg manager Darren Hill told Billboard.com. "It's just wonderful that you can actually do this. The freedom an artist can enjoy these days is fantastic. Can you imagine me pitching this idea to a label?" Report: Amazon to Launch DRM-Free MP3 Store in U.K.Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 24, 2008 - 10:09am.
London - Amazon (NASD: AMZN) is preparing to bring its MP3 store to the U.K., the Telegraph reports, and Amazon executives met with British record label heads last week to firm up the details. People familiar with the matter told the Telegraph that the store, which launched in the U.S. last year and is the only digital retailer to offer DRM-free MP3 tracks from all the major labels, is due to launch in the U.K. before the final quarter of the year. New Amazon Promotions Offer Deep Discounts on MP3 AlbumsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 17, 2008 - 11:56am.
Seattle - Online retail giant Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) on Tuesday began publicizing a pair of ongoing promotions that offer customers deeply discounted albums from its MP3 store. DMW Vlog: Napster COO Chris Allen On The New MP3 StoreAuthored by Jay Baage on May 20, 2008 - 4:30pm.
DMW's Jay Baage interviews Christopher Allen, COO, Napster, regarding the launch on Tuesday of the company's new MP3 store with 6 million tracks from major and independent labels. In the interview, Allen also talks about his views on piracy, what the consumer is willing to pay (he is not willing to budge on its 99-cent per song pricing) and what he believes is the future of the music business. Napster Launches MP3 Store with 6 Million TracksAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 20, 2008 - 9:06am.
Amazon Launches MP3 Clips WidgetAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 15, 2008 - 12:35pm.
Seattle - Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) on Thursday launched the Amazon MP3 Clips Widget, which bloggers and website owners can post on their sites to offer song samples from the catalog of over 5 million tracks at the Amazon MP3 store. Users can also generate revenue if they join the Amazon Associates program, which offers up to 10% in referral fees when visitors click through the widget to purchase songs from Amazon. "American Idol" Contestant's Album Pulled from Amazon.comAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on April 23, 2008 - 9:26am.
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