Interesting news/reviews/deals from the portable audio market
Amazon’s mp3 store is drm free, and they are attracting a new ‘mp3 crowd’...more->
They launched the public beta in 2007. The mp3 store features two million songs from 180,000 artists and 20,000 labels, DRM free. Songs sell anywhere from $.89 to $.99 and full albums will range $5.99 to $9.99. Best sellers will sell for [...]
More details regarding Amazon’s upcoming music service: 20% off physical CDs for subscribers; non-subscribers get to download the CD in WindowsMedia format as soon as they order it. Some thoughts of ours regarding Amazon’s foray into the digital music arena can be found here.
The WSJ reports [via] that Amazon.com could be entering the music subscription services arena as soon as this summer—according to the paper, they’re in advanced talks with the major labels (EMI, Sony BMG, Universal, Warner). I was stunned to read that the company has already hired a staggering 3000 (that’s: three thousand) employees to work [...]