You are here: > Archives for music

Apple debuts ‘Mastered for iTunes’ section, publishes guide

From PC Mike feeds on

While still not a place serious audiophiles would be caught dead shopping from, Apple has opened a "Mastered for iTunes" section on the iTunes Music Store. The new section features albums from a variety of artists that have been remastered from the highest-fidelity source files and tuned specifically for optimum reproduction within the limits of iTunes' 256kbit AAC file format. The company also issued guidelines for mastering practices.... Read more...

Early Google Music sales said disappointing

From PC Mike feeds on

Google Music isn't generating the sales Google wanted, contacts uncovered Thursday. Although still in its first quarter, the Android-focused music store's sales were enough below estimates that CNET's music industry insiders had reason to be "concerned." There wasn't an immediate alarm as Google was hoping to "correct certain issues" and market Google Music more heavily, but it was undercutting low expectations.... Read more...

Microsoft working on new Spotify-like service on Xbox, Windows and smartphones (Digital Trends)

From PC Mike feeds on

Digital Trends - As reported this week by CNET, Microsoft is apparently chatting with several record labels regarding the development of a music application that would be more similar to Pandora, Spotify, Rdio, MOG and other streaming music, subscription services than the Zune Music Pass. Conceptually, Microsoft would brand this service with the Xbox Live name rather than the failed Zune brand name and launch the application on the Xbox 360, Windows smartphones and the upcoming revision of the Windows operating system. Read more...

Warner: digital music revenue up 17%, streaming grows faster

From PC Mike feeds on

Warner Music Group was reported its fourth quarter sales, and while they stayed consistent, at $780 million, revenue from digital music sales increased by 17 percent. What's more, it is now a 28 percent slice of the pie of all sales Read more...

Grooveshark launches pure HTML5 web app, faces threats

From PC Mike feeds on

Rogue music service Grooveshark is attempting to do an end-run around apps that have been pulled from both the iOS App Store and the Android Market by posting a "web app" version of the player in pure HTML5, which should work with most smartphones and tablets as well as most web browsers. In a blog post, the company says it is trying to "reach as many mobile music listeners as we can" but already faces lawsuits from all of the major labels, who accuse the company of illegally misusing rights to the music.... Read more...