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Report: Samsung Pondering Acquisition of SanDisk

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 5, 2008 - 6:50am.
Los Angeles - Korean electronics firm Samsung is considering an acquisition of flash-based memory card and MP3 player maker SanDisk (NASD: SNDK), PaidContent reported, citing a local Korean outlet. "We are looking at various opportunities regarding SanDisk, but nothing has been decided yet," a Samsung spokesperson was quoted as saying.

Shares of SanDisk Plunge After Surprise Loss

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 22, 2008 - 10:41am.

Milpitas, Calif. - Shares of SanDisk (NASD: SNDK) dropped 24% on Tuesday, a day after the maker of flash storage cards and MP3 players reported a second-quarter loss that sunk well below analyst expectations.

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SanDisk Acquires Wi-Fi MP3 Player Maker MusicGremlin

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 10, 2008 - 8:15am.

Milpitas, Calif. - SanDisk (NASD: SNDK), a maker of MP3 players and flash storage media, announced on Tuesday that it has acquired MusicGremlin, the maker of a Wi-Fi-enabled digital audio player. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded in 2003, New York-based MusicGremlin's eponymous device was one of the first to allow music direct music downloads over a Wi-Fi connection without the need of a computer.

Analysis: Digital Music Downloads at Starbucks from Zune?

Authored by Jay Baage on January 28, 2007 - 9:15pm.
Zunemaster at a Starbucks (via Flickr)Starbucks Chairman Howard Schultz last week gave some insight into the company’s future music strategy at a talk in New York, stating: "Within 12 months, probably, you're going to be able to walk into a Starbucks and digitally be able to fill up your MP3 player with music”. He also added that "over the next 6 to 18 months you will see us look at it, perhaps test it”. The question is - why would people buy their music at Starbucks in the first place?

It is fairly clear why it makes sense for Starbucks to sell music: diversification of revenue streams; increasing foot traffic and time spent in stores; as well as the opportunity to increase sales per customer. However, Starbucks removed CD-burning machines out of most stores that trialed them last year. It seemed like a natural step to replace those machines with technology for downloading music to MP3 players, since the general trend in the music industry is towards digital delivery - so far so good. But the question remains, why would people buy their music at Starbucks?

Will Trendsetting Millennials Shun their Parent’s iPod for Zune and Sansa?

Authored by Scott Goldberg on October 10, 2006 - 7:34am.
In July, the Solutions Research Group reported on iPod ownership demographics, and aside from the obvious market share results (which, according to Piper Jaffray, is 79% in the past 6 months), there was one statistic that might represent an ominous sign for Apple in the short run. The biggest year over year increase in iPod ownership: People between 30-49, who comprised 12% of iPod owners in 2005, and 33% in 2006.

[Millennial Modes, a weekly column that covers the trends, attitudes, and tastes of the millennial generation is made possible by Cdigix.]