Last year, we were talking to a record label about how they could use our social media platform Media Factory to better engage fans and maybe make money again. My gut feeling then was that the future of artist-fan relationships was in a personal subscription model. As part of my research, I joined Take This
Does the Canadian iTunes store carry DRM-free music? iTunes Canada carries songs free of DRM? After Googling this question a couple times, I thought I would make it easier to find the answer. The answer is yes, but not all songs. You can tell by the words “iTunes Plus” above the buy now button. I
It only took the government 50 or so years to finally do something about major labels monopolizing radio by paying off the radio stations. Why would they do that? Limit consumer choice, squash the indies. Fast-forward to tonight’s news. Rumour has it that the Apple is pitching the labels on a flat license that allows
Last week, iTunes music store started carrying shows from major Canadian broadcasters. First to the party are CBC and CTV. Finally, Canadians have a choice of where to get their video entertainment besides buying it from the Devil (Rogers) and his much-less-hip cousin, Bell. Someone wants this to fail