comScore today released a study of online sales of In Rainbows, the new record album from the band Radiohead. The album‚Äôs release has challenged the music industry‚Äôs traditional distribution and sales model by allowing consumers to determine the price they are willing to pay. Unfortunately for the future of musicians everywhere, nearly 2/3rds of Radioheads […]

A Canadian study, The Impact of Music Downloads and P2P File-Sharing on the Purchase of Music, has found that people that people that use file-sharing services buy more music. People that don’t appear to understand the difference between a correlation and cause-and-effect are falling all over themselves saying that this study proves that illegal file-sharing […]

AT&T and Apple have sold 1.325 million iPhones, according to Strategy Analytics, making it one of the most popular mobile devices in the United States. “The iPhone has become AT&T’s top selling device, commanding some 13 percent of AT&T’s overall handset sales, and the 4th top selling handset in the US market,” according to Barry […]

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) today sent another new wave of 411 threatening letters to 19 universities nationwide. The RIAA sent letters to these schools schools: Drexel University (17 letters) Indiana University (23) Northern Illinois University (25) Occidental College (19) State University of New York at Morrisville (18) Texas Christian University (20) Tufts […]

Apple today announced that it has lowered the price of its iTunes Plus tracks to 99 cents, effectively killing the idea that DRM-free tracks are worth paying a premium for. Other online vendors, including Amazon and Wal-Mart, already offer DRM-free tracks at 99 cents or less. Apple introduced the iTunes Plus option just six months […]

Led Zeppelin will soon have a Whole Lotta Love for digital music fans – they’ve announced plans to make their entire catalog available as digital downloads. Starting November 13, Led Zeppelin will join the digital music revolution. They are one of the last remaining bands to hold out on releasing their music to iTunes and […]

Today’s Woot is the 30G Zune, for $100. The Zunes are factory refurbished, and are available in white, black and lovely Zune brown.

The music industry is working on an all-you-can-eat music model, Total Music, that is generating a lot of interest. The idea behind¬†Total Music¬†is that you’ll buy a portable music player or mobile phone¬†and either pay an inexpensive monthly fee¬†for access to unlimited music, or the cost will be hidden in either the purchase price for […]

The music industry is questioning its relationship with Apple and is looking for alternative business models. According to a Businessweek report, a strong contender in their vision for the future of commercial music is the idea of turning music into an all-you-can-eat service, Total Music, that would cost about $5.00/month, but would be rolled into […]

Madonna has reportedly joined other major musicians dumping their labels for non-traditional music deals. Madonna is close to signing a US $120 million deal with concert promoter Live Nation. In the deal, Madonna will receive a mix of cash and stock in exchange for allowing Live Nation to distribute three studio albums, promote concert tours, […]