Sony BMG Promotes Platinum MusicPass MP3 Card To Latin Market
Sony BMG is promoting its new Platinum MusicPass MP3 retail card with a new campaign targeting the Latin music market. MusicPass albums by Alejandro Fernandez, Calle 13, Jennifer Lopez and Camila are among the 37 Latin acts whose albums will now be available. The credit-card sized cards are available from BestBuy, Fye, Target and others. The cards not only contain the entire album encoded as 320kbps MP3 files, but also feature music...
European Commission Muscles Apple Into Reducing Prices On UK Version Of iTunes
The European Commission announced a settlement of sorts with Apple regarding an investigation into Apple’s “overcharging” of iTunes customers in the UK. As a result, music fans in the UK will pay about 10% less for downloads from Apple’s iTunes stores within six months. The European Union’s top antitrust watchdog said the move would bring to a close its proceedings against Apple, “the Commission is...