August 4th, 2008
eMusic this week announced their online music catalogue has just reached 4 million tracks!
Now affiliated with 40,000 record labels, and recently having shifted its service into a more web 2.0 social network environment, it seems eMusic is going from strength to strength. David Pakman, eMusic President and CEO said:
eMusic is redefining digital music retail for [...]
July 11th, 2008
As much as publishers panic at the thought of losing control of their products once out there on the mighty interweb, so we are seeing more companies offering professional audiobook products as DRM-free downloads.
PublishersWeekly is reporting that Simply Audiobooks is about to offer more than 5000 DRM-free products from Random House. This means Simply Audiobooks [...]
June 23rd, 2008
NewTeeVee is reporting that in a conversation with eMusic CEO, David Pakman, the online subscription music download service is looking at expanding into video.
Continuing the company’s policy to distribute their audio content free of DRM limitations, they are similarly for video. Pakman notes, however, with the current market for paid television content it may take [...]
June 19th, 2008
July 17 sees an increase in the standard subscription pricing at eMusic.com. If only it were that simple…
In a switch from the way most companies treat their existing customers while enticing new ones, eMusic seems to be rewarding their loyal, existing customers with the price increase.
eMusic’s basic membership plan for new users - the cheapest [...]
June 16th, 2008
Back to the abnormal this week with some waffle on the potency (or not) of increasing your show’s audience through promos placed on other shows, and a superbly positive experience in the USA with Budget Rent-a-Car. Tracks from Chris Juergensen and Dogs Must be Carried from the Podsafe Music Network and eMusic - get a free trial! Promos from The Fox.
April 22nd, 2008
I am officially old. Too loud, too long standing around. Too many irritating (and smelly, and tall) people about. Too much interference from the venue. Right, that’s off my chest so let’s set that to one side for now and talk about the actual gig.
I have been a fan of Björk, discovering her music not [...]
March 21st, 2008
It’s Minor Technicality 36 - Happy New Spring! This episode looks at the changes in PodShow over the past week, Alternative Kitchen Garden and growing vegetables, TableRappers signed to PodShow Press, rediscovering live music a bit quieter, and the free trial at eMusic.com/minortechnicality Promos from Hall of Mirrors and Made in the UK Tracks from [...]