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IT News Sweden What.se · 2 years ago

That's nice. Really nice. Good one, Warner. Will I reach it from my cell as well? Like Diino.com or Orb?

Marc Cohen · 2 years ago

We are at the beginning of the advertising supported music revolution. Time spent listening to recorded music is up and so too should be recording industry revenues. Ad-supporte monetizes the time people spend listening.

Check out the Ad-Supported Music Central blog:
http://ad-supported-music.blogspot.com/

Big Hugh · 2 years ago

"we are at the beginning of advertising-supported music revolution"...

How is this different from Internet radio?

OK.. I get to pick the songs, but do I actually want to do that one song at a time, or just pick a genre.

Adam · 2 years ago

Dang, this is incredibly exciting... but particularly if other labels follow suit.

I've been wanting to showcase songs -- even snippets of songs -- on my own blog for years. Rhapsody and Napster have offered limited free-song-plays, but only behind ridiculously cumbersome registrations, pop-up windows, etc. In fact, I bemoaned this situation (and presented an alternative) in this blog entry:
http://www.bladam.com/main/entry/fair-use-mashups/

It's shocking to me how long it's taking for labels to get the fact that... letting the world mix and match your content and passionately showcase it is going to result in MORE money -- via advertising, CD sales, download sales, merchandise, etc.

Can't wait 'til the clue finally sinks in more broadly. And hey, thanks for highlighting this new situation with imeem. I'll definitely re-check that site out :)

OnTheMobile · 2 years ago

Speaking of cell or iPhones, music on the iPhones:
http://blog.wired.com/music/2007/07/play-mp3-bl...

Gerd Leonhard · 2 years ago

yeah, cool, so it's free for the end-user but is it free for imeem? How much of the company did WMG get, and how much did Imeem pay to WMG to get this deal done? If Imeem got the licenses based on revenue share ONLY - hey, great. Otherwise - let's get some answers for these questions before we get too excited. (disclosure: I run wwww.sonific.com which offers Music Widgets called songspots which are licensed to play full-length tracks from over 45.000 artists and labels, but not WMG)

Nike · 2 years ago

Absolutely agree with you.

memvox wp · 1 year ago

Loui$$ from Blogging Secret just asked me how I was displaying adsense ads only on post (item) pages and inside the post i.e. in the beginning and the end of each post. For this I use the same if statements from my hack Display widgets only on pages you prefer but widget are not involved in this one as widgets cannot go inside a post.

First let me acknowledge the sources from which I learnt some essential adsense tricks for Blogger Beta:

Ruben Cardos · 1 year ago

Record labels may be taking a new route in which the music itself is only the catch to get back-end sales for other merchandise offered.

Who knows?

Ruben Cardos · 1 year ago

Looks like record labels are taking a new route, where the music itself is just the way to introduce other back-end sales merchandise.

Who knows?

Ruben Cardos · 1 year ago

Sorry about the double comment. I thought something wasn't working properly!