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 16th, 2008
Borders, the international book retailer, has begun selling audiobooks as downloads from their online store.
15,000 titles are planned to be available for download in mp3 - which means DRM-free, of course - and can be played on pretty much any digital music device. In addition, the audiobooks are available in WMA format - which looks [...]
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 [...]
March 20th, 2008
It’s about time I got my ugly mug off the icon for my podcast audio show, so here, finally, and after a huge amount of deliberation, is the new look. It’s distinctive yet playful, and I feel reflects my new energy about creating this kind of content.
MT#36 should be out later today, if I can [...]
December 28th, 2007
As much for research as pleasure, I have tasted a whole bunch of independent audio books in recent months. The majority I do not care for - a matter of personal taste regarding both content and style more than anything else - but some did stand out as being well worth the listening time.
In no [...]
