Rock group AC/DC, one of the last remaining big-name holdouts to digital distribution, has announced an exclusive¬†deal with Verizon Wireless’ V CAST Music’s digital music service to deliver their entire music catalog digitally.AC/DC must have negotiated a sweet deal with Verizon, because their deal looks like it could be a highway to digital music hell: […]

Despite the¬†tremendous popularity of legal music downloads, and the widespread availability of free legal music downloads,¬†music piracy¬†is at an all-time high, according to a report out today that urges the record industry to make legal buying easier and cheaper. Why? A¬†growing band of consumers are unconcerned about being prosecuted for illegal downloads, according to Entertainment […]

Apple today announced that more than three billion songs have been purchased and downloaded from the iTunes Store.i iTunes is the world‚Äôs most popular online music, TV and movie store. iTunes recently surpassed Amazon and Target to become the third largest music retailer in the US. ‚ÄúWe‚Äôd like to thank all of our customers who […]

Burst Media has released the results of a survey on media consumption of 18-24 year old college students, reporting that students spend more time with the Internet than with other media. Burst also reports that Internet audio and video were two of the students’ top reasons for using the Internet. According to Burst, many students […]

The British government has rejected a plea to extend copyright laws for sound recordings to beyond 50 years, prompting the music industry to accuse it of not supporting musicians and artists. The government would have had to push the European Commission for a change in the law but said such a move did not seem […]

From the department of bad ideas that won’t die comes word that Canada may be levying a fee on iPods & other portable media players, along with digital media, to meet demands of an organization that represents the interests of the music and movie industries. Legal blogger Dr. Micheal Geist has an excellent rundown on […]

If you’ve got an extreme fetish for iPod gadgets, you may want to check out Shanling’s $995 iPod dock/CD Player/Tuner & tube power amp. Apparently nothing brings out the warmth of compressed digital audio like vacuum tubes…… Here are the details: The Shanling MC-30 Music Center is a brushed aluminum CD player and tuner with […]

Blender¬†magazine has compiled a list of the players that are reshaping the music industry, the¬†Powergeek 25, and¬†Apple’s Steve Jobs¬†tops the list. ¬† In the last few years, Jobs and Apple have innovated their way to the head of the digital media world, with the company’s iPods, iPhones, iTunes and iTunes Store. “Music fans spend much […]

The UK’s Mail On Sunday has given away about three million copies of Prince’s new album, Planet Earth. The promotion has generated heated debate in the UK, because some consider the giveaway an insult to the music industry. The giveaway is a high-profile example of an established musician experimenting with new ways of getting their […]

Zoom has introduced a new portable recorder, the H2 Handy Recorder, designed for capturing interviews, musical performances,¬†seminars and conferences. According to Zoom, the H2 provides studio-quality stereo recording in an easy-to-use, ultra-portable device. Description: The H2 is the only portable recorder with 4 mic capsules onboard in an W-X/Y configuration, for recording from the front […]