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Hosting: Music in the cloud
In spite of high take-up of streamed music, poor returns all round mean providers are having to change their business models and offer downloads and even physical CDs as well
Music piracy
While deep divisions remain over what to do about illegal file-sharing and music downloading, content owners, ISPs and government are having to band together against piracy
Music subscriptions
Having built their success by offering music for free online, funded by advertising, can music services possibly persuade consumers to then pay to get expanded content on mobile?
Paul Brown, Spotify
Having taken up the reins of Spotify in the UK, Paul Brown is determined the service will succeed where many have failed, as an ad-funded digital music hub
Opinion
Polaroid's Lady Gaga partnership is a stroke of genius
What do you think of Lady Gaga? Do you even know who she is? A short introduction to the 23-year-old American singer might include the likes of ‘po-po-po-poker face’, that coat made from heads of Kermit the Frog puppets, an array of number one singles. Oh, and the fact she’s the new creative director and inventor of speciality products for Polaroid.
Analyst Speak: Has online distribution robbed music of its value?
Jamie Gavin, senior marketing analyst, ComScore
What chance a one-stop web shop for all media?
Rick Lippiett, creative director, Skyron
Content owners bring piracy on themselves
Recently it was reported that a DVD-quality copy of Sony Pictures’ recent sci-fi thriller District 9 was downloaded more than a million times in 24 hours from file-sharing sites during Labor Day in the US.
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