Category Archives: business
The XX Advertising on The Deck
Saw this in NetNewsWire earlier this week. Seems obvious in retrospect, considering the kinds of people The Deck targets. By the way, good album.
eMusic and Netflix Cancellation Messages
With both eMusic and Netflix you can choose to cancel an account or simply put it on hold until you decide to come back. What’s interesting is how they both approach the same thing. If you cancel eMusic you get … Continue reading
A Trip to PetSmart
Going to PetSmart on Saturdays is always a treat, not just because the ASPCA brings the dogs over, but because it’s a case study in retail management and product marketing. For instance, if you thought Snuggie was enough by itself … Continue reading
eMusic’s Credit Economy – Feel the Pinch
Here’s another annoyance with eMusic. You can click-through to the Flickr page if you need to see it bigger, but basically this is a screenshot of the new Vitalic album on eMusic. It’s also a good demonstration of how eMusic’s … Continue reading
The (eMusic) Final Countdown
Earlier this year eMusic changed their pricing plans. For years I had been on a 90-download per month plan. The time on my yearly plan is almost at an end and I’ll need to decide whether to resubscribe at the … Continue reading
Link: eMusic CEO Explains Controversial Price Increase, Sony Deal
Wired interviews eMusic CEO Danny Stein about their recent price increases and the addition of Sony’s back catalog. Wired.com: What do you have to say to longtime subscribers who are so upset about prices going up? Stein: We knew it … Continue reading
Link: Textbook rant
Seth Godin posted a rant about the college textbook industry. As far as I can tell, assigning a textbook to your college class is academic malpractice…This industry deserves to die. It has extracted too much time and too much money … Continue reading
Link: Sony Adding All Songs Over Two Years Old To EMusic; EMusic Raising Prices [Cheap Music]
Sony is coming to eMusic, and eMusic will raise prices. This is the first I’m reading about the price increase. I haven’t received an email about my plan changing – I’m on an annual plan so I’m not sure they … Continue reading
Link: The New Pop Music Revolution – Pitching Products
From the New York Times What happens to the music itself when the way to build a career shifts from recording songs that ordinary listeners want to buy to making music that marketers can use? That creates pressure, subtle but … Continue reading
Maybe the labels just haven’t re-encoded it…
Have you ever wondered why one of your favorite albums you purchased on iTunes isn’t offered at 256kbps AAC with iTunes Plus? The reason could simply be that the label hasn’t re-encoded it. As a publisher on iTunes, one of … Continue reading