Well...Sony, which has been well-known for its Walkman series in music domain, gave up its own music store-Connect and its own file format - ATRAC in the long run and instead, it is trying to make partnership with MS to focus on mp3p itself. I think it would be not so easy for big device maker like Sony to deal with digital music. In this context, Apple is terrific... they already went beyond some limitation of hardware-oriented perspective. What about Nokia? Its starting point seems not so impressive so far!
Sony closing down their Connect digital music store
8/31/2007
Sony closing down their Connect digital music store
8/29/2007
Nokia unveils Nokia Music Store
Tech Digest: Nokia unveils Nokia Music Store, its iTunes rivalling digital music store
Welcome Nokia for joining this digital music space! I really want to see its upcoming PC client.
Story-telling is crucial in even digital music.(eMusic's case)
eMusic has 200 editorial staff to create some story and context behind artist and album.(Dialogue: More with eMusic's Pakman ) They are trying to conveying some message to users for why this would make sense. I think it's another way of music recommendation by expert. but it seems that cost a lot!
8/28/2007
Long tail is not only Long, but strong in digital music space(eMusic's case)
The average iTunes customer buys one song per month, spends about $10 a year on iTunes. The average eMusic customer buys 20 songs per month and spends $168. Is this model for everybody? Of course not. But we’re not trying to appeal to everyone. (in Dialogue with eMusic CEO Pakman)
>>> it means there must be a meaningful niche market for indie music in US. What a interesting! He want to go beyond music category and reach other entertainment area because he believes eMusic could and should be direct marketing entertainment retailer. Long-tail knowledge could be transferred in other areas?
No. of Unique visitors in music services
Net effect: That's Real-ly entertainment
It contains unique visitor information among top music service including iTunes, Rhapsody and etc.
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