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Apple, Softbank plan iPod mobile phones

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Japanese Web and telecom   conglomerate Softbank Corp. (9984.T: Quote, Profile, Research)  is working with Apple   Computer Inc.(AAPL.O: Quote, Profile, Research)  to develop mobile telephones with   built-in iPod music players, Nikkei reported on Friday.>> Reuters

Emmis Web Sites Get In Tune With iTunes

May 19, 2006
By   Susan Visakowitz

Emmis Communications and Apple iTunes are singing in harmony. The companies are teaming up to bring fully integrated iTunes Music Stores to the Web sites of two Emmis R&B/hip-hop stations: KPWR (Power 106) Los Angeles and WQHT (Hot 97) New York.>> Billboard RADIO MONITOR

Gotshrimp >> It's nice to se the industry developing in line with how we at IIP think it should. Apple just comes up with better ideas than the competition. It's my dream to show Mr. Jobs what we are doing to make listening and buying music easy and a cool experience for everybody....VIVA!

Universal Music Group's Q1 Earnings Up 136%

By Brian Garrity, N.Y.

Universal Music Group’s first quarter earnings from operations increased 136% to €90 million ($115.5 million), aided by the margin on higher sales volumes, and the recovery of a €50 million ($64.2 million) cash deposit connected to a UMG lawsuit with TVT Records.>> Billboard

Gotshrimp >> Remember the music industry is going down ;-)

Sony Ericsson's W850 Walkman tri-band GSM/UMTS slider

Sony just announced their new W850 Walkman cellphone and this baby's hot. Available in black or white as designs tend to go these days, this tri-band GSM 900/1800/1900 slider also delivers UMTS 2100. >> Engadget

Major Labels Sue XM Satellite Radio Over Time-Shifting Device

he recording industry has just sued XM Satellite Radio over its recently-released, time-shifting Pioneer Inno. The device offers both satellite receptivity and the ability to store 50 hours of broadcast content within a 1GB drive. Those recorded tracks can then be accessed on-demand, as long as the user maintains an XM subscription. Additionally, consumers can also port 512MB of WMA or MP3 content from their hard drives to the device. A similar player from Samsung, known as the Helix, will be hitting store shelves soon. "The service transforms XM's satellite transmission from a radio broadcast to a digital download delivery service that provide subscribers with permanent copies of individual songs," the complaint reads. >> Digital Music News XM radio

Paid Downloads Losing Steam in Second Quarter

Paid, online downloads are losing some momentum this quarter, following explosive fourth and first quarter performances. Overall, weekly paid download purchases from outlets like the iTunes Music Store are double levels from last year, though purchases have been sagging in the second quarter. Citing Nielsen Soundscan data, research analyst Richard Greenfield pointed to week-over-week declines. "In 2006, despite the aggregate year-to-date strength in digital tracks, weekly performance continues to decline, with every week during the second quarter below the year-to-date average," he said.

>> Digital Music News

Private P2P Pando Grabs $7 Million, Second Round

Private P2P application Pando Networks Inc. has just grabbed a healthy round of financing, led by Intel Capital partners. The $7 million, second round also included BRM Capital and Wheatley Partners, who were involved with the venture at the beginning. The Pando application is designed for the private transfer of home movies, massive amounts of photos, and business presentations, most of which are too large to send via conventional email accounts. Intel Capital is financing the venture as part of its Digital Home Fund, a portfolio focused on next-generation, digital home technologies. >> Digital Music News

Gotshrimp >> Again a new technology based on an old principle that in potential enables illegal use of IP. Next step will be making it easy to share, but wth repect to owners of IP.  Good job done and let's all work on making the digital music experience become a seamless and easy thing. Music everywhere...

Early morning Paris

Yesterday we took the train to Paris for a meeting with a potential client. Paris is so big and beautiful and expensive...aarch 5 euro for a coffee is quite normal. It's more expensive than London.

Ayaan

Gotshrimp >> Normally I stay away from politics. This because I rather go directly to secure my objectives ;-) The last couple of days we had an interesting discussion in our politically fucked up country. >> website >> Die Welt    >> NYT

I am not a big fan of Ayaan, but think everybody that wants a better place to develop should be able to do this. Imagine you arrive in a new country and don't know anybody, would you start of with the truth or the best story to get you in? Anyway our Dutch politicians and Ayaans party members are so damn stupid and hypocryt I would prefer we all put them in a plane and send them to the US or another place far away from our once so tolerant and exeptional country.

the longtail

>> longtail.com  It seems like music is the ultimate business to apply this stuff to. For me personally the longtail means something different ;-) It's interesting stuff though