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The Motley Fool April 4, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
How Do You Like Those Apples, Sam? When it comes to music, Apple has now done the unthinkable: It has passed Wal-Mart.  |
The Motley Fool November 22, 2005 Alyce Lomax |
iTunes Climbs the Charts Apple's music store makes the third quarter's top 10 music retailers. Surprised? Its investors aren't.  |
The Motley Fool March 30, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Apple's Five-Finger Discount Albums are getting cheaper on iTunes if you bought a single.  |
InternetNews January 11, 2008 Kenneth Corbin |
Sony BMG Opens DRM-Free Content to Amazon Sony BMG's move gives Amazon a new boost in its quest to upend iTunes, but where do the record labels' priorities' really lie?  |
InternetNews February 27, 2008 Kenneth Corbin |
iTunes Grabs No. 2 Spot in Overall Music Sales New market analysis from the NPD Group highlights just how far CDs have fallen.  |
The Motley Fool April 16, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Is Amazon Taking a Bite Out of Apple? Amazon is making headway in digital music, but it will be a long time before Apple needs to worry.  |
The Motley Fool June 18, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Amazon Catches a Coldplay Marking down Coldplay is Amazon's trap for digital-music lovers.  |
The Motley Fool August 31, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Amazon.com Cranks Up the Music Amazon, the country's leading online retailer, will launch its eagerly anticipated MP3 store in three weeks. The company will be selling songs in the MP3 format, free of digital rights management. Will it take a bite out of Apple?  |
The Motley Fool June 3, 2010 Adrian Rush |
Amazon Nibbles at Apple The leading online retailer makes a small gain on iTunes' dominance.  |
The Motley Fool August 22, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Before You Bite Into That Apple ... Investors, no one is building a better mousetrap than Apple, but a DRM-free world will be loaded with cheaper knock-off mousetraps. With the world's largest retailer and the country's most popular e-tailer nibbling on the cheese, something's going to snap.  |
The Motley Fool December 27, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Warner Warms to Amazon Warner Music Group becomes the latest big studio to sell DRM-free tunes through Amazon.com.  |
The Motley Fool September 26, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Amazon 2, Apple 0 Amazon's new MP3 store aims for Apple's jugular. Anyone who believes that Apple will maintain its gargantuan share of the digital-music world in a year or two has been resting on the mute button for too long.  |
The Motley Fool January 17, 2006 Alyce Lomax |
Troubles in Musicland Music and video retailer Musicland's bankruptcy filing underlines the trends of a changing industry.  |
The Motley Fool April 7, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Is Apple Being Drowned Out? Google or Amazon aren't going to overtake Apple in digital music anytime soon. However, as digital rights crater and variable pricing prompts comparison shopping, the iTunes ecosystem may not be as solid as it used to be.  |
The Motley Fool April 8, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Why'd You Do It, Amazon? Amazon.com matches Apple's music price increase, unfortunately.  |
The Motley Fool September 27, 2007 Mac Greer |
Fool Video: Can Amazon Compete With Apple? Whether or not Amazon.com's online music store can compete with Apple's iTunes is the topic discussed in this video.  |
The Motley Fool August 23, 2007 Alyce Lomax |
Wal-Mart's Dissonant Music iTunes doesn't have to worry about Wal-Mart, although heated competition is on the way.  |
The Motley Fool October 1, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Apple 1, Rick 0 Apple will always deserve a premium based on its stylish design and its innovative features, but it's dangerous to assume that the platform will rule forever once free-flowing MP3s dominate the market.  |
The Motley Fool October 3, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Apple Won't Unplug iTunes Unchanged royalty rates keep the virtual doors of Apple's music store open.  |
The Motley Fool March 19, 2007 Alyce Lomax |
Amazon's Classical Blowout Should investors blow a gasket over the e-tailer's cheap classical music?  |
The Motley Fool February 23, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Save the Grammy for Grandma You're not too old to invest in the new music revolution.  |
The Motley Fool March 24, 2004 Jeff Hwang |
Wal-Mart Gets in the Groove Online music downloads should help boost Wal-Mart's overall Web sales.  |
The Motley Fool March 30, 2006 Alyce Lomax |
A Towering Anachronism? Old-school companies like Tower and Musicland clearly still have some fight left in 'em -- but it seems so far that digital dominators like Apple and Amazon have little reason to worry. Investors, take note.  |
InternetNews January 28, 2008 Kenneth Corbin |
Amazon Taking Its MP3 Store Global Beginning later this year, Amazon plans to roll out international versions of its DRM-free music store.  |
InternetNews December 27, 2007 |
Amazon Adds Warner Music to MP3 Downloads Amazon.com has signed on Warner Music Group to its music download service, which aims to compete with Apple's industry-dominating iTunes online store.  |
The Motley Fool July 10, 2006 Anders Bylund |
Downloads: Music to Labels' Ears The music industry's complaints about dire downloading doom are largely unfounded.  |
The Motley Fool October 17, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Apple Drops the Digital-Music Shackles Apple lowers the price of its unrestricted song files. If a customer can buy a DRM-protected track on iTunes at $0.99 a pop, or pick up a DRM-free version at a sonically superior bitrate, it's an easy choice.  |
InternetNews April 3, 2008 Kenneth Corbin |
MySpace Music Goes Mainstream MySpace announced its long-awaited joint music venture this morning, unveiling details about a far-ranging service it will offer in partnership with three of the four major record labels.  |
The Motley Fool February 17, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Amazon Takes a Bite The digital revolution is knocking. Amazon will be rolling out a self-branded media player, along with a music subscription service. Apple will eventually need to muster a response. Investors, take note.  |
The Motley Fool May 20, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
4 Reasons Amazon.com Will Rule the World Shares of Amazon.com soar following an upgrade by a Goldman Sachs analyst.  |
PC World June 2004 |
Wal-Mart Does MP3s Wal-Mart's music downloads are cheaper than those from ITunes.  |
The Motley Fool May 28, 2010 Anders Bylund |
Is Amazon.com the Next Apple? Amazon excels at the digital and physical sides of the new music-industry equation.  |
BusinessWeek September 29, 2003 |
Steve Jobs, Apple Apple has broken the logjam and made it possible for the music industry to successfully sell tunes on the Web.  |
The Motley Fool December 5, 2007 Tim Beyers |
Amazon Gives Away a Billion Following the success of a 2004 team-up with Apple in which the pair gave away 100 million songs in 60 days, PepsiCo has inked a deal with Amazon to give away 1 billion songs.  |
The Motley Fool August 10, 2011 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Apple Kills Another One Wal-Mart is reportedly nixing its digital-music store.  |
The Motley Fool February 14, 2007 Nathan Alderman |
The Serpent in Apple's Garden Now that Apple's moving from music into movies and TV, has the Mac maker begun to jeopardize its success by aligning itself more with the content-creating industry heavyweights -- at the risk of alienating the customers responsible for its current download dominance.  |
The Motley Fool October 10, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
The Song Remains the Blame Tower Records goes to a liquidator, proving that some companies love misery. Let's see which of the few remaining music retailers make the choice to finally get it right.  |
The Motley Fool March 26, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Apple's 30% Mistake Record labels say some iTunes tracks will cost $1.29 next month.  |
The Motley Fool August 21, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Apple's Unlimited Appeal Apple's iTunes may be ready to roll out a subscription model.  |
The Motley Fool September 28, 2007 Tim Beyers |
Amazon. iTunes. Yawn. Amazon.com begins selling MP3 songs for $.89 each, a strategy that probably won't hurt iTunes, and may even indirectly benefit Apple.  |
The Motley Fool July 16, 2010 Jeremy Phillips |
Why Amazon Should Fear Wal-Mart Clearly investors like what they see at Amazon, but the company's management needs to keep an eye on Wal-Mart.  |
The Motley Fool February 6, 2004 Alyce Lomax |
Towering Inferno? Music superstore Tower Records hopes to avert going down in a ball of flames.  |
The Motley Fool June 19, 2006 Alyce Lomax |
Apple's Slow Burn Is Apple lagging behind in digital movie downloads? Apple used to be the first mover in digital content, and its investors may be disconcerted to wonder whether the company's coming late to the party for a change.  |
The Motley Fool January 15, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Watch Your Back, Mr. Mac PepsiCo will be giving away 1 billion MP3 downloads through Amazon.com.  |
InternetNews December 3, 2007 |
Pressure Mounts on Record Labels to Offer MP3s New promotions, successful tests and retailer demands could spell the end of DRM-protected music.  |
InternetNews July 2, 2007 Andy Patrizio |
Universal, Apple Set To Play Chicken The Universal Music Group, the largest of the four major record labels and a subsidiary of Vivendi SA, is reportedly trying to change the terms of its contract with Apple for selling digital music through the iTunes store.  |
The Motley Fool January 26, 2006 Alyce Lomax |
Wal-Mart Seeks Cool Points Will the discount retailer get an infusion of "hip" with its new online Soundcheck service? Investors, take note.  |
The Motley Fool September 4, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Can Apple Save the Music Industry, Again? Interactive digital albums may give new hope to the dying record industry.  |
The Motley Fool July 16, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Apple's Big Little Voice Variable pricing has a big impact on music sales at Apple.  |
InternetNews March 5, 2009 Mike Elgan |
Apple's Epic E-Book Fail Amazon's new Kindle for iPhone represents a massive exploitation of the short-sightedness of Apple. Apple should have read this market better.  |