Akamai Takes The Wraps Off Digital Music Net Usage Index
Akamai Technologies, Inc., a leading global service provider for accelerating online content distribution, has released the Akamai Net Usage Index for Digital Music. The index tracks and benchmarks global Web usage patterns of visitors to more than 40 digital music websites, including music download sites, music destination sites, and live radio broadcast services, such as XM Satellite Radio, Clear Channel, Premiere Radio, MTV,...
China Tightens Grip On Digital Music Distribution – Bans Foreign Investment
The Chinese Ministry of Culture (CMOC) has issued guidelines on the development and management of “network music”, saying that all the imported network music products distributed in China must be approved and registered by the ministry according to Xinhua. The term “network music” refers to music products distributed by wired or wireless means. It is mainly online music, played or downloaded from the internet,...






