i was surprised to see the list of mujsic apps, but this is an interesting
read over all.
tj
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Daily Snapshot
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Paul Resnikoff
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*Apple Confirms iPhone Release Date, Starts Advertisements
*Remy Martin Sponsors Summer Hip-Hop Performances
*Ericsson, Napster Grab Swisscom Mobile Exclusive
*McCartney Album Release Date Arrives, Catalog Spreads
*Digital Sheet Music Upstart Grabs $2 Million Round
*Online Ticket Broker Seatwave Grabs $8 Million Round
*Lala Pushes Direct-to-iPod Model, Licenses Warner Content
*IFPI, Pricewaterhouse Deliver Drizzly CD Sales Forecast
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Top ten music applications, ranked by installation level:
1. Windows Media Player (65.7%)
2. RealPlayer (38.6%)
3. iTunes (27.0%)
4. RecordNow (Roxio / Sonic Solutions) (24.9%)
5. Nero (19.5%)
6. Musicmatch Jukebox (Yahoo) (11.1%)
7. WinAmp (AOL) (10.0%)
8. Rhapsody (RealNetworks) (8.6%)
9. MSN Music Assistant (8.2%)
10. MTV Urge (6.5%)
Data pulled from the Digital Media Desktop report, a collaborative
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ARTICLES
Apple Confirms iPhone Release Date, Starts Advertisements
Apple has now solidified an iPhone release date of June 29th, less
than four weeks away. The date closely follows comments by Apple
chief Steve Jobs, who pointed to a late June push during an interview
last week at D5: All Things Digital in Carlsbad, CA. Ahead of the
release, Apple is now spinning a number of television advertisements,
and offering more information about the device in the process.
"There's never been an iPod that can do this...or this...or this," one
spot says while a hand deftly flips through album covers, photos, and
answers a phone call. Another spot, called "Calamari," shows a user
quickly shifting from viewing Pirates of the Caribbean to locating and
making reservations at a seafood restaurant. The other offers a basic
how-to description of various features, a showcase that reveals an
amazingly smooth handheld. All of the ads brand the device as part of
the "new at&t," and peg the June 29th date.
The advertisements are beyond alluring, though some fine print is also
worth noting. According to the spots, a new, two-year subscription
with AT&T is required to secure the device, though viewers are likely
to miss the quickly-shifting subtext. The advertisements also fail to
mention Herculean price tags of $500 (4GB) and $600 (8GB), and early
information indicates that AT&T will not be subsidizing discounts.
That creates a nosebleed entry point, though the smartphone market is
mostly characterized by heavier price tags. Looking ahead, less
expensive iPhones could emerge in future months, though Apple has been
characteristically guarded on its roadmap. Meanwhile, Apple is aiming
to capture one-percent of the larger smartphone market, according to
earlier statements.
A link to the various spots can be found at
http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/060407iphone
Related article (registration required):
"Jobs Chats iPhone, Promises Best iPod Yet," May 31, 2007
http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/053107iphone
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Remy Martin Sponsors Summer Hip-Hop Performances
Cognac and finer spirits were once limited to high-brow connoisseurs,
though rappers quickly altered that clientele. Smashes like "Pass the
Courvoisier" by Busta Rhymes signaled a major shift in alcohol
preference, one that unexpectedly boosted profits for higher-end
distillers. Other drinks, like Louis Roederer Cristal and Belvedere,
are frequently interlaced into rap lyrics, thanks to their pricey
reputations. Another heavily-mentioned drink is Remy Martin, owned by
the Remy Cointreau Group, a company that is now aggressively chasing
its enthusiastic hip-hop audience.
According to information recently shared with Digital Music News, Remy
Martin is now backing a collection of dates this summer from artists
like Ca$his, Slum Village, Duece Poppi, Unk, and L.E.P., among others.
The initiative, called "One Interesting Summer," is now being
showcased at getinteresting.com, and dates are already underway. Remy
Martin is featuring a total of ten performing artists over a 90-day
period, according to the site. Each artist will cater to a specific
market over several gigs, and participating cities include Atlanta,
Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, Cincinnati, Detroit, Miami, New York,
Oakland, and Washington, DC.
The Remy website also includes a number of other goodies, including
iPod giveaways and even simple avatars of featured hip-hoppers. A
number of other companies are also involved in the online effort,
including EURweb and Blue Maze Entertainment, a developer of virtual
CDs.
Permalink: http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/060407remy
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Ericsson, Napster Grab Swisscom Mobile Exclusive
Ericsson and Napster recently grabbed an exclusive music distribution
deal with Swisscom Mobile, according to information received this
morning. The deal will position Napster Mobile, a joint venture
between Napster and Ericsson, onto Swisscom decks starting this week.
The Swiss mobile operator is blitzing the full-track service with a
series of local advertisements, according to the group. Napster
Mobile offers a collection of roughly three million songs, and a
selection that includes harder-to-find independent material. The
service also includes a number of personalization options, and
metadata extras like artist images. "We are very pleased that
Swisscom has selected Napster Mobile as their mobile music service and
look forward to providing the more than 4.6 million Swisscom Mobile
subscribers with a music experience that really delivers," commented
Stefan Koetz, country manager at Ericsson Switzerland.
Story by news analyst Alexandra Osorio.
Permalink: http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/060407napster
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McCartney Album Release Date Arrives, Catalog Spreads
Starbucks is now unleashing a massive marketing blitz for the latest
McCartney album, Memory Almost Full, a campaign that includes digital
and physical aspects. The disc is being released on the
Starbucks-controlled Hear Music label, a collaborative effort
involving Concord Music Group. Starbucks customers worldwide are now
being wrapped with in-store playback, and encouraged to continue the
experience with a purchase. In total, the album is being saturated
across more than 10,000 Starbucks locations in 29 countries, a
footprint traverses nearly six million coffee drinkers. "Customers
from Taipei to Topeka have the opportunity to experience this
extraordinary album all within a span of 24 hours," promised Ken
Lombard, president of Starbucks Entertainment. That could spell
short-term insanity bouts for certain employees, though the move is
designed to create an unrivaled release-day splash.
For McCartney, the move is part of a decidedly non-major approach, one
that caters towards a more engaged retail consumer. The Starbucks
tie-in has already bolstered the artist, and fueled heavy pre-release
media coverage. Meanwhile, the album is finding its way into a large
number of digital outlets, most notably the iTunes Store. The
download giant received a prized pre-release exclusive, though others
are also pushing the collection. That includes eMusic, which is now
offering the album in the unrestricted MP3 format. "We know that Paul
McCartney's new album will, without a doubt, hit the sweet spot for
many eMusic subscribers," said company chief executive David Pakman.
Meanwhile, a number of non-traditional players are also grabbing the
release, including high-end download provider MusicGiants. According
to information received by Digital Music News on Monday, MusicGiants
will offer the album in a DRM-free, ultra-high fidelity Windows Media
Audio Lossless format for $18.98. MusicGiants caters to a wealthier
music aficionado, one that has already invested in premium in-home
audio systems. Traditional, brick-n-mortar music retailers will also
position the disc as well.
Permalink: http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/060407mccartney
Related article (registration required):
"Apple, iTunes Grab Paul McCartney Digital Exclusives," May 15, 2007
http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/051507mccartney
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Digital Sheet Music Upstart Grabs $2 Million Round
Digital sheet music upstart FreeHand Systems recently pulled a $2
million third round, powered by repeat investor Vision Capital
Advisors, LLC. The flagship FreeHand product is the MusicPad Pro
Plus, a digital tablet that stores immense volumes of digital sheet
music. That allows performers to bypass cumbersome, paper-based
collections, and greatly expand on-hand repertoire. The funds will
allow FreeHand to further promote the Pad and broaden its customer
base. "This additional capital will allow FreeHand to continue on its
path toward achieving its profit and sales goals and toward meeting
our aggressive product rollout expectations," said Kim Lorz, chief
executive of FreeHand Systems, Inc.
The MusicPad may require time to gain traction, especially among more
traditional performers. Most musicians have accumulated large
paper-based collections, and transitioning into a digital system may
appear daunting. An $899 price tag may also cool uptake, especially
among starving artists. But once the jump is made, the benefits begin
to accrue. The MusicPad eliminates the possibility of forgetting
music, and also allows on-the-fly transpositions and alterations.
Plus, markings and modifications can be easily wiped clean, unlike the
more traditional paper-and-pencil. And once on stage, the MusicPad
allows for easy page flips, eliminating the need for a third person.
Musicians can scan their own sheet music for the Pad, or purchase
music directly from FreeHand.
Permalink: http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/060407free
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Online Ticket Broker Seatwave Grabs $8 Million Round
London-based Seatwave, an online ticketing marketplace, recently
rallied an $8 million round. The Series B infusion comes courtesy of
financiers Mangrove, Oliver Jung, and Atlas Venture, according to
information from company cofounder Fred Destin. Earlier, the company
received $3 million from early-taker Atlas. The Seatwave model
focuses on the secondary ticketing market, and mirrors stateside
initiatives like StubHub. Both feature fan-supplied tickets and a
vibrant marketplace for a broad number of events, including shows and
sporting events.
According to Destin, Seatwave soft-launched in December, and has since
handled volumes of roughly 40,000 tickets. "We have a highly funded
and aggressive competitor in Viagogo, but on today's indicators we are
convinced we can take this market," Destin asserted. The startup
also involves Joe Cohen, who previously held positions at Ticketmaster
and Match.com.
The fresh class of investors bring a considerable amount of experience
into the fold. Mangrove financed Skype and UK-based community
destination Piczo, while German angel investor Jung helped to fuel
StudiVZ and Xing. "If you don't know Mangrove you should," blogged
Destin. "There is much more to these guys than the Skype story and
they are (in our view) clearly a key emerging manager in the European
landscape." Seatwave is planning to use the funds to bolster staff
and expand into other European markets.
Story by news analyst Alexandra Osorio.
Permalink: http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/060407tickets
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Lala Pushes Direct-to-iPod Model, Licenses Warner Content
Confusing markets demand fresh approaches, though well-financed
upstart Lala is now tossing a potentially wild pitch. Lala currently
offers a used CD-swapping service, an innovative concept that allows
users to trade existing collections. Now, that model is broadening
considerably to include anywhere access to digital collections, and a
paid download component. The action begins with a plug-in that scans
existing music collections, and offers access to that collection from
any internet-connected computer. The universal access is powered by
Lala servers, which offer duplicate copies of the tracks. The songs
can be ported directly into an iPod from any location, a methodology
that skips the need for fixed, computer-based collections.
Additionally, the system will allow free streaming access to a large
percentage of the Warner Music Group catalog, the first major on board
with the initiative.
Other majors are also expected to join, mainly because Lala is
licensing the content for streaming access. Hundreds of independents
are also reportedly part of the play. Depending on eventual uptake,
company founder Bill Nguyen estimated in interviews Monday that
royalty fees could climb as high as $140 million over the next two
years, and losses could surpass $40 million. The model aims to entice
purchases of downloads though sampling, though music will only be
available in a bundled, album format. Meanwhile, downloads can only
be moved onto an iPod and not onto other hard drives, according to
early information, though it remains unclear exactly how that
limitation is being structured technologically. It also remains
unclear if Apple will combat the direct-to-iPod concept, or if labels
will support the anywhere access plan. Lala is initially aiming to
leverage an existing user base of approximately 300,000, many of whom
are ardent CD swappers but may also be comfortable with
the well-oiled iPod+iTunes.
Permalink: http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/060407lala
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IFPI, Pricewaterhouse Deliver Drizzly CD Sales Forecast
Global sales of physical music formats are expected to drop 61 percent
by 2009, according to a recent estimate created by the IFPI,
PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Asian digital music provider Soundbuzz.
The soggy forecast emerged in a recent BusinessWeek report, one
focused on the Asian market. The trio pegged current industry sales
at $29.3 billion, a figure expected to plunge to $18 billion over the
next two years. Part of the downturn is being fueled by massive
piracy, both online and off. In markets like the United States, most
pirated content is circulated online, though markets like China
feature immense volumes of pirated discs. Just recently, a European
Commission report estimated that China accounts for 93 percent of all
discs seized by European authorities.
That has the IFPI pushing for greater levels of enforcement,
especially given the heavy drag on label revenues. "These statistics
underscore the urgent need for the EU to step up pressure on China
before the WTO," said Frances Moore, IFPI regional director for
Europe, in a recent statement. "China is producing and exporting
millions of pirate products around the world." Meanwhile,
mobile-based revenues continue to show strong gains in Asia, thanks to
ravenous consumption levels among teenagers and twenty-somethings.
Roughly 85 percent of the $4.2 billion in digital music sales in Asia
last year came from the mobile sector, according to PwC, which called
for bullish gains ahead.
Story by news analyst Alexandra Osorio.
Permalink: http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/060407ifpi
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Bearish Album Sales Patterns Persist, US-Based Slide Continues
US-based weekly album sales dropped a modest 3.2 percent over the
previous period, and a gaping 16.2 percent over the same week last
year. The figures, recently published by Nielsen Soundscan, cover the
week ending May 27th. On a cumulative basis, yearly albums sales
remain far behind comparable, 2006 levels, a problem that shows little
signs of subsiding. Specifically, aggregated sales recently surpassed
185.4 million, about 16.6 percent less than year-ago figures of 222.4
million. The gulf suggests that second quarter sales are not
recovering, and first half figures are likely to mirror recent first
quarter returns.
Meanwhile, paid download sales continued their heady increases, moving
to 340.2 million for the year, up more than 50 percent over comparable
volumes last year. For the week, digital tracks topped 15.1 million,
up 42.1 percent over the same week last year.
Story by news analyst Alexandra Osorio.
Permalink: http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/060407cds
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