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Digital Music Sources and Price Elasticity

Holy crap. You ever notice how many places you can grab music from these days? Almost too many.

iTunes Amazon Amie Street Lala.com eMusic

And more.

So now when I want to buy something new there are five sources to check. Why not just get everything through iTunes? Because other places might have it cheaper. Not a few cents cheaper, but dollars.

The [...]

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 this message:

Which is wrong anyway. The whole reason I decided to cancel my account is because [...]

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 credit economy is broken.

For starters, most albums now cost 12 credits – which is alright because [...]

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 new rates or ditch eMusic for good.

For years I had been one of eMusic’s biggest [...]

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 was going to be tough breaking the news about the price increase, so we’ve been listening to [...]

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 can do much until I resubscribe in the fall.

Today eMusic will announce that Sony is [...]