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<title>Report: iTunes totals 60 percent of digital music sales</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/02/28/music.store.has.gone.from.ipod.supplement.to.profitable.enterprise/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1211/Apple-iTunes11-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple's iTunes was originally conceived (and run for a number of years) as a more-or-less "break even" music service that was little more than a value-added feature driving buyers to the high-margin iPod line. Today, the iTunes empire pulls in $13.5 billion annually, of which music sales still play an enormous part -- around $4.4 billion, of which about $3.4 billion goes to music publishers large ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 06:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Neil Young tackles iTunes with Pono player, music service</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/09/28/neil.young.continues.crusade.to.improve.digital.music/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1209/pono-music-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Neil Young has made an appearance on the David Letterman show to promote a new music player and digital music service branded Pono. The new Pono players will support the playback of audio master files stored digitally in high-resolution, 192kHz/24-bit sound, reports Rolling Stone. The new Pono service, which will launch next year, has the backing of Warner Music Group with Meridian and Dolby invol...]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/09/28/neil.young.continues.crusade.to.improve.digital.music/</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 10:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Digital music set to outsell discs; streaming leads growth</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/08/16/streaming.revenue.growth.outpaces.downloads.by.5x/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn3.macnn.com/news/1107/pandora-html5.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Digital music revenues are forecast to finally excede physical media sales globally sometime as early as 2015, driven by strong growth from streaming services such as Pandora and Spotify, according to research firm Strategy Analytics. Spending on digital music, including downloads and streaming services, is expected to increase by 17.8 percent to $8.6 billion in 2012, as revenue from packaged sale...]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/08/16/streaming.revenue.growth.outpaces.downloads.by.5x/</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 05:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Digital music vet: labels collude, make profit impossible</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/12/12/michael.robertson.reveals.record.company.practices/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1112/mick_robertson_gallery2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Writing for GigaOM, Michael Robertson the founder and former CEO of MP3.com has lifted the lid on the onerous financial arrangements that record companies impose on digital music subscription services. He argues that online music services such as Spotify, Rhapsody, MOG, Rdio and others are so much at the mercy of the deals that record companies impose on them that the likelihood of turning a profi...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lawsuit accuses record labels of price fixing</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/07/20/judge.approves.class.action.status/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn1.macnn.com/news/1107/itunes-newtemplate.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[US District Jude Loretta Preska has allowed a class-action lawsuit against RIAA music labels to continue forward. The lawsuit, which accuses major labels of conspiring to fix prices for digital music distribution, will be pursued under the Sherman Act to explore potential antitrust violations of federal law. Similar antitrust actions under New York state law will also be investigated, as well as o...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 03:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Real to give Sprint unified mobile music store</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/02/11/will.provide.music.ringback.and.ring.tones/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1002/realrhapsody-tivosm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Sprint and RealNetworks have announced an agreement that will give Sprint's mobile customers digital music through a unified storefront. Initially the service will provide full-track music, ringtones, and ringbacks through a simplified user interface. The move is expected to create a better user experience as well as save resources for for Sprint....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Napster offers free trial on Lenovo PCs</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/09/05/napster.and.lenovo.team.up/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0805/napstermp3.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Desktop and notebook PC maker Lenovo and Napster announced an agreement on Friday that will have Napster provide buyers of Lenovo PCs with a free 14-day trial to Napster's Napster To Go digital music service. The offer is valid for most of the models Lenovo sells in North America, and will give the customers access to more than 6 million songs and audio tracks in the Napster MP3 store introduced e...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cover Stream 2.0: iTunes Cover Flow for the desktop</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/05/10/cover.stream.20.released/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0805/10-coverstream.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Snarb.tk has released Cover Stream 2.0, an update to its iTunes controller that extends iTunes Cover Flow to the desktop. The upgrade features new graphics, a playlist and search filter, an integrated songs browser, Last FM and Apple Remote support, full screen mode, Apple-flavored bezels, desktop artwork, and much more. Cover Stream, a popular iTunes controller, was developed exclusively for Mac ...]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/05/10/cover.stream.20.released/</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 21:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Tivoli weeks away from shipping NetWorks</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/05/07/tivoli.to.ship.networks/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0805/7-tivoli-esta.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Tivoli on Wednesday announced that the NetWorks ñ the company's mono digital music player ñ will ship within a few weeks. The unit is capable of streaming internet radio over WiFi or Ethernet, and also includes a USB port and audio input port for connecting to a number of different portable music devices. The player is expandable, with options for stereo output, CDs, a subwoofer, or surround sound...]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/05/07/tivoli.to.ship.networks/</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 21:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple backpedals on 10m iTunes song claim</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/05/02/only.6m.songs.on.itunes/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0804/27-itunes.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple has quietly backpedaled on its claim of 10 million songs in the iTunes catalog. Earlier this week, in touting iTunes' fifth birthday (the store, not the software), the company noted that its catalog contained more than 10 million songs, but since then the company has updated its own iTunes marketing to reflect the previously announced 6 million number (also noted by setteB.IT). As reported o...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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