My reasoning on why recorded music will mainly be sponsored by advertising in the future is that advertising by definition always makes the most money.
CDs and downloads are products which can be associated with plays just like any other product. When you hear a song on the radio and end up buying [...]
Per Coolfer:
In the New York Times’ Bits blog, Saul Hansell makes a case that iTunes may be Apple’s best business segment.
Last year, PacificCrest analyst Andy Hargreaves estimated iTunes’ operating margin to be 10% and possibly as high as 15% (it would be better today due to the increases in volume). Earlier this year, Billboard’s [...]
After I thought more about RCRD LBL’s economics, I came to a couple conclusions.
I don’t think they’re selling their spots at the listed rates. I think the ads they are selling might be part of package deals with other sites that I don’t know about, because they can’t deliver enough traffic for major brands [...]
RCRD LBL is a music blog. Or a label. Or a webcaster. Hard to say exactly, but those are the times we live in.
Here’s how they explain themselves to advertisers:
Launched in November of 2007, RCRD LBL is an online record label releasing exclusive and completely free music from emerging and established [...]
My earlier blog entry on the economics of ad-sponsored on-demand music was reblogged on Silicon Alley Insider.
One thing that I should point out is that SAI did some rewrites and though these were mainly improvements to tighten up and clarifying the writing, the new headline is something I would never say: Ad-sponsored music won’t [...]
The place for a dedicated song page is in the media player. Media players need to be extended to have the ability to show a web page associated with a song; they should always show the web page, and shouldn’t require the user to take action. Listening to media in a media player [...]
What are the economics of ad-sponsored streaming music services like iMeem? Labels want some amount, most commonly quoted as a penny a play, and the question is whether this price makes sense, or if not what the price will have to be.
A song lasts 3.5 minutes. The majors have been asking $.01 [...]