Our Digital Music » Music Store http://www.ourdigitalmusic.com Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:28:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 eMusic to fight iTunes with… Social? http://www.ourdigitalmusic.com/2008/07/emusic-to-fight-itunes-with-social/ http://www.ourdigitalmusic.com/2008/07/emusic-to-fight-itunes-with-social/#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:41:05 +0000 http://www.ourdigitalmusic.com/emusic-to-fight-itunes-with-social/ Post from: Our Digital Music

]]> emusic.jpgWhat’s the key to fight the ultra-mega-super-giant iTunes? According to eMusic, social networks. eMusic will start adding links to their song pages where you can easily share your song of choice with the rest of the world, or just your friends. You’ll soon be able to share the song through del.icio.us, Digg, Facebook, and Twitter. Also to be added is the band’s Wikipedia page, Flickr pictures, and YouTube videos relating to the band.

“The aim is to make eMusic relevant for an audience that would otherwise link to bootlegs on blogs and elsewhere to get the same material.” -David Pakman, eMusic’s chief executive

I’m not sure about some, but I’ve seen plenty of iTunes links being shared around Twitter, Digg, and del.icio.us. Also, will adding Web 2.0 content like Wikipedia and Flickr content to the band pages make eMusic a better buying experience? My money is on no. Last.fm easily beats eMusic in the social networking field because they have been on the scene for some time now and already lets you add your friends to networks and find other people with similar tastes. My money is on Last.fm.

Via [Electronista]

Read [Fortune]

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]]> Who said the digital music market is just iTunes? Apparently, Activision wants to see if they can shake things up by making their own online music store. guitar_hero.jpg Now, what would a gaming company have to do with music downloads? Well, not much… Until you consider the fact that Activision is the publisher of Guitar Hero.

“I don’t think there have been a lot of credible alternatives to iTunes, but Guitar Hero certainly has that potential.” -Bobby Kotick, chief executive of Activision Blizzard

Well, you keep thinking that Bobby. I agree that Guitar Hero has potential in the online market, but they’d be better off joining iTunes and producing a joint product where you could tag songs that you play for download later on iTunes. Will they follow that road? Probably not because there isn’t a business that hasn’t followed my lead (and probably for good reason), but it’s definitely something they should consider.

Via [Financial Times]

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