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<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 07:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The 404 802: Where we're breaking bread with the Gut Man (podcast)]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[(Credit:Flickr user: BakerB)The Audiophiliac Steve Guttenberg makes an unusual midweek appearance on today's 404 episode and as usual, the discussion topics cover Steve's audiocentric stream of consciousness with a touch of disillusionment, like a Web site that takes the creativity out of naming your band, a mask that enhances audio, the unnatural origins of 3D, and the degrading quality of CD-Rs over time. The 404 Digest for Episode 802<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Spotify signs on EMI for U.S. launch]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 08:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[It's getting closer: Spotify has finalized a U.S. distribution deal with EMI Music, multiple sources tell me.Both EMI and Spotify declined to comment.Coupled with last month's Sony deal, Spotify now has the approval from two of the four major music labels for an American launch. But that still doesn't guarantee you'll see the streaming music subscription service in America anytime soon.In order to make a credible offer to U.S. users, Spotify will need to at least get Universal Music Group, the world's biggest label, on board, and it's not there yet.It would also be nice if Spotify could land Warner Music Group, which now seems more doable than in the past, given Warner CEO Edgar Bronfman's increasingly positive comments about the company.If and when Spotify does come to the U.S., it will also have to contend with new rules from Apple, which will require a 30 percent cut of any subscriptions the service sells through Apple's iTunes platform. That tariff is going to be a significant problem for many of Spotify's peers, who are working on slim margins to begin with' I don't know how Spotify plans to address this one.Story Copyright (c) 2010 AllThingsD. All rights reserved.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Rhapsody bites back at Apple]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 08:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Rhapsody is the first company to take issue publicly with Apple&amp;39's new App Store subscription policy.(Credit:Rhapsody)With Apple officially sharing the details of its new App Store subscription plan, which lays the groundwork for Apple to take a 30-percent cut from publishers who sell content within their apps, we were waiting for some reaction from content providers. Well, one, Rhapsody, has finally braved Apple's wrath and issued a statement saying Apple's new arrangement was &quot;economically untenable.&quot; And while it didn't threaten legal action, it certainly hinted at it. Here's the full statement from Rhapsody's President, Jon Irwin:Rhapsody is the leading digital music subscription service in the U.S.,with 750,000 subscribers. Music fans can access the service using free apps from any Internet-connected device, be it on an Android, Sonos, Tivo, BlackBerry, iOS or personal computer. Today, Rhapsody subscriptions are available for purchase exclusively via Rhapsody.com.Rhapsody offers a content-based subscription service that makes millions of tracks available to fans pursuant to longstanding partnerships with thousands of rights holders, all of which then distribute revenues to artists and other creators.Our philosophy is simple too--an Apple-imposed arrangement that requires us to pay 30 percent of our revenue to Apple, in addition to content fees that we pay to the music labels, publishers and artists, is economically untenable. The bottom line is we would not be able to offer our service through the iTunes store if subjected to Apple's 30 percent monthly fee vs. a typical 2.5 percent credit card fee.We will continue to allow consumers to sign up at www.rhapsody.com from a smartphone or any other Internet access point, including theSafari browser on theiPhone andiPad. In the meantime, we will be collaborating with our market peers in determining an appropriate legal and business response to this latest development.While Apple is reportedly giving publishers and content sellers several months (June 30) to remove any links within their apps to outside-the-App Store purchasing options, a major battle is brewing and it remains unclear just what heavyweights such as Netflix, Barnes &amp; Noble, and Amazon, which has sold millions of e-books via its iPad and iPhone apps, will do. Under the new rules, it appears that Amazon will be forced to sell those e-books directly from the app, with Apple taking its 30 percent royalty. For iPad-centric publications like the recently launched The Daily, Apple's 30 percent is baked into the business plan. But this probably doesn't work for many content sellers that can't afford to have those percentages skimmed off sales. Whether there's a viable workaround for companies or whether this is a negotiating tactic by Apple is unclear. But eventually this may develop into a game of chicken, with companies threatening to pull their apps from the App Store and initiate legal action while Apple continues to flex its muscles and demand what it feels is its proper due for creating a huge market. According to law professors interviewed for a Wall Street Journal article, Apple's new subscription service could draw antitrust scrutiny.As we said, Rhapsody hasn't quite played the pull-out card yet, but it seems to be moving in that direction. Should make for an interesting few months and I'm sure we'll be writing a lot more about this growing tussle as we get closer to June. More: Apple unveils subscription service in App Store         David Carnoy     Full Profile E-mail David Carnoy   E-mail David Carnoy If you have a question or comment for David Carnoy, you can submit it here. However, because our editors and writers receive hundreds of requests, we cannot tell you when you may receive a response.   Submit your question or comment here: 0 of 1500 characters       Hunkered down in New York City, Executive Editor David Carnoy covers the gamut of gadgets and writes his Fully Equipped column, which carries the tag line &quot;The electronics you lust for.&quot; He's also the author of &quot;Knife Music,&quot; a novel that's available at Amazon, barnesandnoble.com, and as a Kindle or Nook e-book.  <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Apple&'s PC market share expected to grow &8211' if you consider iPad a PC]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Could the iPad be Apple&amp;'s key to gaining a bigger slice of the global personal computer market If you consider it a PC like Goldman Sachs does, then yes.Goldman Sachs on Monday resurrected its analyst coverage of Apple with a note from the newly hired Bill Shope, formerly of Credit Suisse. The note, packed with praise for Apple and bearing a stock-price target of $430, has created a stir &amp;8212' including on Wall Street, where Apple&amp;'s stock popped on Monday before drifting back down a bit today to about $321.Shope noted the growth in the &amp;''global PC personal computer market,&amp;'' but he includes tablets such as the iPad in that market a4&quot; including when he tracked the growth of Apple&amp;'s share of the &amp;''PC market&amp;'' over the past 15 years.While there is overlap in the markets for tablets and computers (some people are buying the former rather than the latter), it seems strange to just lump them together for purposes of historical analysis. He wrote that &amp;''Apple&amp;'s share of the PC market has been below 5 percent for most of the past 15 years,&amp;'' but that, with tablets from all vendors now in the mix, that share will rise to 12 percent next year.However the data might be framed, it does show why other PC makers are (or should be) stepping up their development of tablets. Shope forecasts that Apple will sell 37.2 million iPads next year, which would give it a 68 percent share of the tablet market.Macs, meanwhile, are more than holding their own, despite the iPad&amp;'s cannibalization. NPD Group on Monday said Mac sales will break a record this quarter, with more than 4 million being purchased. Sales are up 20 percent so far this quarter compared with the same period last year. Growth is faster overseas than in the United States, NPD said. About half a million of those sales will be of the MacBook Air.For Shope, the key to Apple&amp;'s growth story is the &amp;''ecosystem&amp;'' of software and content the company has created. In his 59-page report, he says that people buy Apple hardware products for their design, but once they buy in, they stay because of the &amp;''switching costs&amp;'' involved with moving to another platform. He says Apple&amp;'s revenue growth relative to operating expenses a4&quot; nearly triple since iTunes launched in 2003 a4&quot; is traceable in large part to this lock-in. Once you buy an Apple product, you&amp;'re likely to buy many more Apple products because they&amp;'re all tied to the platform.John Melloy of CNBC took note of an otherwise-overlooked aspect of Shope&amp;'s report: the $50 billion in cash Apple is sitting on. So far, the company has &amp;''steadfastly refused to part with this cash hoard,&amp;'' Shope wrote. He predicts a big dividend.Some observers say the cash is best used to improve efficiency, which improves margins. Others note the incredible growth in the stock, and the missed returns that represents for Apple.But Dan Nathan, an options trader quoted by Melloy, said that &amp;''Apple invests only in Steve Jobs&amp;' ego. &amp;''They have made a monumentally horrible decision on this cash management issue, and believe it or not it has cost investors in a serious way. Their arrogance will be the thing that brings them back down to the stratosphere with every other once dominant tech company.&amp;''That might be more than a bit harsh, but, as noted by Fortune&amp;'s Philip Elmer-Dewitt, revenues have grown seven times faster than operating-system R&amp;amp'D spending. Dewitt chose to characterize this as being evidence of the &amp;''bang [Apple] gets for its R&amp;amp'D expenses.&amp;''Apple hasn&amp;'t reported how much it spends on Jobs&amp;' ego.Previous Story: Justin Bieber, World Cup, Haiti, iPad top 2010 trends on Facebook and TwitterPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: iPad, pc mac, tabletsCompanies: Apple, Goldman SachsPeople: Bill Shope, Steve Jobs          Tags: iPad, pc mac, tabletsCompanies: Apple, Goldman SachsPeople: Bill Shope, Steve JobsVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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