News tagged with music retailers
Walmart closing online music store
American retail giant Walmart will close its online digital music store, Walmart MP3 Downloads, at the end of the month, a spokesman for the company said.
Aug 10, 2011 |
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Publishing experts take dim view of rules for iPads, iPhones
LOS ANGELES - Remember how Apple Inc. shattered the music business? Publishers do too - and they don't want it happening to them.
Feb 18, 2011 |
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Apple shutting Lala.com; 'Cloud' music on horizon? (Update)
(AP) -- Apple Inc. is shutting down its newly bought Lala online music service amid speculation it is creating a way for iTunes customers to listen to songs stored on distant computers.
May 01, 2010 |
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Pink Floyd wins battle with EMI over online sales
(AP) -- Album lovers may rejoice a little at last: a British court says Pink Floyd, purveyor of iTunes-unfriendly concept records, cannot be unbundled.
Mar 11, 2010 |
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Apple sells 10 billionth song -- a Johnny Cash tune
(AP) -- Apple Inc. said Thursday that it has sold 10 billion songs from the iTunes Store since it opened in 2003, cementing its position as the world's largest music retailer.
Feb 25, 2010 |
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Apple confirms purchase of music site Lala.com
(AP) -- Apple Inc. has purchased online music retailer Lala.com, a Silicon Valley startup that has threatened "the end of the MP3" with its fast song-streaming application.
Dec 07, 2009 |
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Engineers use song-annotating algorithms to study music playlists (w/ Video)
Electrical engineers recently pitted Genius - the music recommendation system in Apple's iTunes - against two experimental music recommender systems. Genius appears to capture acoustic similarities among songs ...
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Oct 27, 2009 |
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Music service Lala heralds MP3-killing iPhone app
(AP) -- Online music retailer Lala is preparing to launch an iPhone application that its co-founder says paves the way for the end of downloading songs in the MP3 format.
Oct 27, 2009 |
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Swedish crackdown on piracy leads to fall in illegal filesharing
Sweden's tough new anti-piracy law has led to a sharp drop in illegal downloading but critics say the effects will be short-lived and argue it is an excessive breach of personal privacy.
Aug 04, 2009 |
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Napster cuts music plan to $5 a month
(AP) -- Napster.com on Monday cut the price of its online music streaming service to $5 a month from $12.95, and threw in five song downloads for customers in a move to better compete with rival iTunes.
May 19, 2009 |
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Like Apple, Amazon, Wal-Mart change music prices
(AP) -- Apple's iTunes Store isn't the only one that has adjusted prices for its digital song downloads recently: Changes are showing up at Amazon's and Wal-Mart's online music stores, too.
Apr 08, 2009 |
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