- Wed Feb 7 2001 Bertelsmann: Making music with Napster
The German music giant has a plan for Napster. Now it has to sell customers--and the other big recording studios to buy in.
- Thu Nov 2 2000 Commentary: Music industry, Web music are maturing
Recent deals, such as Bertelsmann's investment in Napster and Listen.com's offer to buy Scour's assets, indicate that the music industry and Web distributors are waking up and facing the Internet music.
- Tue Dec 15 2009 Americans are glued to the couch, study says
A new study says American prefer watching television over any other leisurely activity, including computer time.
- Fri Apr 11 2003 Apple may buy Universal Music
The Mac maker's shares dip on word that the company is in talks to buy Universal Music Group--a move that would speed its evolution into a digital media company.
- Thu Nov 6 2003 Music merger to create new giant label
Showing signs of a music business struggling to adapt to new digital realities, Sony Music and the Bertelsmann Music Group agree to create a new joint venture.
- Fri Dec 11 2009 Lala chief could steer iTunes away from downloads
The music service Apple just acquired may have underachieved, but its founder could be the right man if iTunes moves away from downloads and into streaming music.
- Thu May 4 2006 New group to standardize digital music data
Apple, Microsoft and Sony BMG team with industry leaders to better track digital-music sales and royalties.
- Wed Dec 19 2007 NPD: Mac users saving music business
According to a survey, Mac users are much more likely to have purchased a song online in recent months than their Windows counterparts, but does that really mean Apple's growing market show will translate into booming business for music companies?
- Fri Dec 4 2009 Apple's next big thing is Steve Jobs
On September 9, Steve Jobs returned to the public eye in his first major launch announcement since his medical leave and subsequent liver transplant surgery. At the event, he announced a new line of i...
- Mon Apr 28 2003 Apple unveils music store
The Mac maker's new digital music service offers downloads for 200,000 songs at 99 cents each, with unlimited CD burning and iPod transfers--among the most liberal licensing terms to date.




