In Rainbows

Amplive Gets OK From Radiohead for "In Rainbows" Remixes

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 13, 2008 - 1:50pm.

San Francisco - An Oakland-based producer called Amplive has reportedly received approval from Radiohead to release his remix album based entirely from tracks off the band's recently released "In Rainbows," and has posted it for free download online, Wired.com reported. Amplive was apparently contacted by representatives of the band earlier in the process of creating his "Rainydayz Remixes" project, and told to cease and desist. The remix album features guest vocals from artists including Too Short, MC Zumbi of Zion I, Chali2na of Jurassic 5, Codany Holiday, and Del tha Funkee Homosapien.

Radiohead Talking With iTunes; Will Shutter "In Rainbows" Site

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 6, 2007 - 11:33am.

London - Radiohead will end the choose-your-own-price experiment with the online release of its "In Rainbows" album on Monday, and is now in talks with Apple (NASD: AAPL) on an iTunes Store release for the record, Billboard reports.

Report: 38% of Consumers Paid (About $6) for Radiohead Album

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 5, 2007 - 12:22pm.
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Reston, Va. - Just 38% of consumers paid an average of $6 to download Radiohead's "In Rainbows" album during October, while 62% of global downloaders chose to pay nothing, according to a report from comScore, which counts a worldwide database of 2 million people whose online behavior it tracks. The percentage of consumers downloading for free in the U.S. (60%) was a bit lower than in the rest of the world (64%), although U.S. paying customers shelled out more on average ($8.05 per download) than did their international counterparts ($4.64).