Here Come the AppleBerry Rumors (NewsFactor)
June 5, 2006NewsFactor - Since Apple's iPod became the must-have gadget of the decade, it seems as if each week now brings a fresh new rumor about the company's next big iPod-related development.
New ad-supported P2P music service signs up EMI (Reuters)
June 5, 2006
Reuters - EMI Group said on Monday it would make
its music catalog available to the first advertising supported
peer-to-peer service as the entertainment industry embraces the
same technology that once nearly crippled it.
COMPUTEX: Toshiba Claims Highest-Density Hard Drive (PC World)
June 5, 2006PC World - Device is expected to be used in a new audio player designed to rival the iPod.
Univision sets up digital shop (Reuters)
June 5, 2006Reuters - Digital music sales have long lagged behind physical sales in the Latin music world. The launch of a digital music store by Univision Communications, the largest Spanish-language media company in the United States, may shift that dynamic.
Emmis stations add iTunes stores to their websites (Reuters)
June 5, 2006Reuters - Listeners to hip-hop bastions WQHT New York and KPWR Los Angeles have a new way to enjoy music -- at 99 cents a pop.
In digital pricing wars, music's value open to debate (Reuters)
June 5, 2006Reuters - The major labels put aside their fight with Apple Computer over the pricing of digital music when they all signed new one-year licensing deals for the iTunes Music Store in April. But the industry debate over what a song should cost is anything but over.
Defunct file-sharing network to relaunch (AP)
June 5, 2006AP - The firm behind the defunct Qtrax online file-swapping network has inked a licensing deal with Britain-based EMI Music Group PLC and aims to relaunch later this year as an ad-supported recording industry-friendly online music service.