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Music cartels’ relationship with Apple remains as tense and antagonistic as ever
MacDailyNews —
... as another display of his tough bargaining tactics, made possible by Apple’s position as the dominant seller of music." "Mr. Schmidt-Holtz, wanted the pricing to go into effect right after the announcement, while Mr. Jobs wanted a longer time horizon. According to a person briefed on the telephone call, Mr. Schmidt-Holtz and Mr. Jobs had a heated exchange by phone on Christmas Eve. Eventually, Sony gave in and agreed to a longer waiting period," Arango reports. Full article here . MacDailyNews Take: The greedy music cartel bastages who collectively had no idea how to run ...
QOTD
Digital Daily —
QOTD
They believe they created MTV, and will say they revived Apple.
– Dave Goldberg, former general manager of Yahoo Music, on music industry hubris ...
Apple is a tough negotiator in the music industry
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence —
... According to the New York Times, Apple, led of course by Steve Jobs, is now pushing its weight around in negotiations with the record labels. They admittedly are a bit afraid of Apple ...
NYT: Music execs operate 'in fear of Apple'
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... In today's New York Times, Tim Arango tells a story of a heated conversation between Sony Music's Rolf Schmidt-Holtz and Steve Jobs on Christmas Eve -- one that "ricocheted around the music industry." ...
Record labels still wary of Apple's wrath
Macworld —
... that the record labels would finally give up DRM, while Apple would allow them the flexible pricing they so greatly desired. But according to a music industry executive who spoke to The New York Times , the situation is still as tense as ever, with Apple's dominating presence in the music market giving it a disproportionate amount of leverage over the labels—and the company isn't afraid to use it, either. A number of high-level music execs, speaking anonymously, have claimed that they've operated in fear of Apple's removing a label's songs from the iTunes store over a ...
Record labels still wary of Apple's wrath
MacUser —
... that the record labels would finally give up DRM, while Apple would allow them the flexible pricing they so greatly desired. But according to a music industry executive who spoke to The New York Times , the situation is still as tense as ever, with Apple's dominating presence in the music market giving it a disproportionate amount of leverage over the labels—and the company isn't afraid to use it, either. A number of high-level music execs, speaking anonymously, have claimed that they've operated in fear of Apple's removing a label's songs from the iTunes store over a ...
Music industry still not thrilled with iTunes control
(Obsolete Feed) —
... Despite what seemed like a happy arrangement between Apple and record labels over iTunes pricing and DRM, "the relationship remains as tense and antagonistic as ever" according to a report from the New York Times. ...
Steve Jobs Bullied Record Execs Into iTunes Deal on Christmas Eve [ITunes]
Gizmodo —
While Steve Jobs wasn't personally at Macworld to reveal that iTunes was going DRM-free and OTA downloadable, he's the one who made it happen—he bullied Sony Music's chairman over the phone on Christmas Eve. The New York Times' account of the behind-the-scenes negotiations that led to iTunes going totally DRM-free, getting downloads over 3G and variable pricing is fascinating for several reasons. One, it reveals that while Jobs said he was taking the holidays off to spend time with his family instead of preparing for Macworld, ...
Daily Apple: Blow Phone, Pro Processors, & Video Talk [TheAppleBlog]
Pipes Output —
Music Execs Fear Apple’s Power
iPodObserver —
Music executives fear the power that Apple has garnered as the biggest game in music sales in the U.S., according to the New York Times . The industry apparently lives in perpetual fear that apple might pull their music off of the iTunes Store, and most didn't want to give their names to the Times's reporter for "fear of angering Apple." Music executives also confirmed that dropping DRM was demanded by Apple in exchange for the variable pricing on music downloads that Apple ...
Steve Jobs' Christmas Eve Showdown With Record Exec
DailyTech Blog Feed —
... in and Apple won yet again. The widely reported conversation and the resulting victory represent yet again the power Apple holds over the music industry. And it serves as a reminder of the ongoing resentment over this power that the music industry holds. While neither company commented on the conversation, analysts have. Dave Goldberg, the former general manager of Yahoo Music who is now an entrepreneur in residence at Benchmark Capital, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm, states in the ...
Details Emerge on Steve Jobs' Christmas Eve Showdown With Record Exec
DailyTech Blog Feed —
... in and Apple won yet again. The widely reported conversation and the resulting victory represent yet again the power Apple holds over the music industry. And it serves as a reminder of the ongoing resentment over this power that the music industry holds. While neither company commented on the conversation, analysts have. Dave Goldberg, the former general manager of Yahoo Music who is now an entrepreneur in residence at Benchmark Capital, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm, states in the ...
Making Sense of Apple's iTunes New Prices
Bits —
... priced the recent Pink single “So What” and the elegantly titled Kelly Clarkson single, “My Life Would Suck Without You,” at $1.29. Universal Records’ Interscope label has priced the new Black Eyed Peas, Lady Gaga and Soulja Boy songs at $1.29 as well. Warner has songs from country crooners the Zac Brown band at the higher tier as well. But songs from Disney’s Miley Cyrus’s and EMI’s Coldplay and Kate Perry, all popular artists, remain at 99 cents. The new scheme was the result of sometime rancorous negotiations between Apple and the music labels. The Times reported in ...
ITunes' variable pricing gives Amazon's music store a leg up
L.A. Times Tech Blog —
... Don't expect Amazon's and Wal-Mart's one-up in the online music market to equate to a level playing field. An anonymous music industry executive told the New York Times that Apple's main concern in the negotiations was securing music distribution on the iPhone and iPod Touch. ...
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