Archive for the 'warner music' Category
AnywhereCD back in CD Business
6 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello June 7th, 2007 in A-List Bloggers, Digital Music, Foolishness, Fun with PR, anywherecd, deals, lawsuits, michael robertson, streaming music, warner music.Back in April, Michael Robertson launched his latest Internet venture called AnywhereCD, which was supposed to sell CD’s with MP3 tracks that could be downloaded immediately. No sooner had the companies press release hit the Blogosphere then Warner Music pulled its music from the site. The lawsuits started to fly and the AnywhereCD was reduced [...]
AnywhereCD and the $12 MP3 Album
1 Comment Published by Siddiq Bello April 23rd, 2007 in Conjecture, Digital Music, Music Musings, Record stores, anywherecd, lawsuits, michael robertson, mp3, pyrrhic victories, stupid ideas, warner music.Last week serial business starter and aging Internet super-star, Michael Robertson, launched the 6th iconoclastic Internet venture in his portfolio of disruptive ventures. The new business, called AnywhereCD, billed itself as an MP3 music vendor with a CD delivery option. And while the business itself is a bit of a yawner, its pricing and sales [...]
Fallout from Steve Jobs anti-DRM Bomb
1 Comment Published by Siddiq Bello February 9th, 2007 in Apple, Digital Music, Entertainment, IFPI, Music Musings, Pundit Spats, RIAA and Record Labels, Steve Jobs, anti-drm, business, drm, great companies, iPod/iTunes, michael robertson, mp3, trend, warner music.Earlier this week the Chief Evangelical Officer of Apple Computers Inc., Steve Jobs, channeled the spirit of Ronald Regan (media moguls tear down these digital walls) and wrote an open letter (read my post here) aimed at the music barron’s in their Bling’d-out offices. In it he basically says that DRM sucks, iPods rock and [...]
