October 9, 2005

EMI: A Different Tune

051006_ENTGorillaz_wide.hlarge.jpg A good article in Newsweek on the major labels fighting back against digital rivals, pirates and freeloaders, and working out new (mobile) business models.

... Ring tones and tunes now gross more than $4 billion a year, and mobile download is poised to take off as a slew of new music phones hit the market later this year. "There are key individuals in the industry who get it now," says Rob Glaser, founder of RealNetworks, which owns the online music site Rhapsody.

Image left: EMI is experimenting with new models for digital music, including the Gorillaz, an animated hip-hop band that just signed a ring-tune contract for its single "Dare".

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