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The Motley Fool
April 18, 2006
Tim Beyers |
Help! Coming for Downloads How about if Apple Corps and Apple Computer settle their silly lawsuit and arrange a new deal for Apple to distribute Beatles songs through iTunes? There's no reason an agreement can't be reached if both sides are willing to compromise a bit.   |
InternetNews
February 5, 2007
Ed Sutherland |
Apple Inc. Settles with Apple Corps Ltd. Apple Inc. can continue using the "Apple" name and logo with its iTunes store. |
The Motley Fool
February 5, 2007
Tim Beyers |
Apple, Beatles Let It Be A trademark infringement case ends. A distribution deal should follow. |
The Motley Fool
May 9, 2006
Tim Beyers |
Apple Beats the Beatles A London court tells the Beatles' label, Apple Corps., to let iTunes be. What will all of this mean for Apple Computer? Investors need to know. |
Home Theater
October 31, 2008 |
Gamers Meet the Beatles MTV-Harmonix, maker of the game platform Rock Band, will develop a new game based around the Beatles. Is this a prelude to Beatles' downloads coming to iTunes? |
Wired
August 12, 2009
Jeff Howe |
The Beatles Make the Leap to Rock Band On September 9, after three years of ardent courtship, tech wizardry, and dizzying legal acrobatics, MTV Games is releasing The Beatles: Rock Band, a multiplayer title spanning the group's entire career. |
The Motley Fool
August 8, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Kicking Axe and Taking Names The music label turned heads when CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr. lashed out at Activision's Guitar Hero and Viacom's Rock Band over licensing. |
BusinessWeek
August 6, 2009
Tom Lowry |
Video Games: Will The Beatles Rock MTV? Viacom is counting on the Fab Four to rejuvenate MTV Networks' flagging Rock Band video franchise. |
The Motley Fool
April 2, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Apple Strikes a Chord Apple and EMI are hooking up to promote unlocked digital downloads. Is EMI an unlikely first mover among its major-label brethren? Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
March 30, 2006
Tim Beyers |
Apple Can't Let It Be Apple Records, the company formed by The Beatles to market their music, contends that Apple Computer violated a 1991 settlement between the two companies when it chose to include the Apple logo in its marketing of iTunes. |
InternetNews
December 27, 2007 |
Amazon Adds Warner Music to MP3 Downloads Amazon.com has signed on Warner Music Group to its music download service, which aims to compete with Apple's industry-dominating iTunes online store. |
The Motley Fool
April 2, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
EA Wants to Be a Rock Star The Rock Band video game is a new spin on an existing idea, but the spin sounds promising so far. However, some gamers (and video game investors) have wished EA would get a bit more creative instead of relying on rehashes. |
The Motley Fool
December 5, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Apple Ain't The Beatles If Apple is a band, it's probably not The Beatles. Sorry. Aim lower. A lot lower. |
The Motley Fool
May 21, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
EMI's Cold Play EMI turns to private equity as an exit strategy. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
March 5, 2010
Cathy Applefeld Olson |
EMI's Bittersweet Symphony Industry consolidation may lie ahead. |
The Motley Fool
December 10, 2008
Anders Bylund |
Music Industry 2.0 How to invest in what looks like a deeply troubled music sector. Hint: Think outside the CD case. |
The Motley Fool
December 30, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Bring On the Cacophony The band pushers are possibly starting their own band. Oh no! |
The Motley Fool
October 14, 2008
Anders Bylund |
Music Games Aren't Child's Play There's grown-up money to be made as Guitar Hero and Rock Band give the music industry a much-needed makeover. |
The Motley Fool
May 2, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
Apple Sticks With Dollar Downloads Standard pricing for iTunes downloads won't be changing soon. |
The Motley Fool
September 4, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Can Apple Save the Music Industry, Again? Interactive digital albums may give new hope to the dying record industry. |
InternetNews
March 19, 2008 |
Apple Talks to Labels About Unlimited Music: Report A new pricing plan for iTunes? |
The Motley Fool
September 9, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Smashing Plastic Guitars The guitar games keep coming, but consumers don't seem to care anymore. |
InternetNews
August 31, 2007
Nicholas Carlson |
Apple, NBC Fight Over TV Shows NBC said it won't renew its iTunes contract. Apple said 'see ya.' |
The Motley Fool
September 17, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
The DJ Is in the House at Activision Viacom, the video gaming giant behind the Guitar Hero franchise, is working on a disc jockey mashup game called DJ Hero. |
Home Theater
July 9, 2007 |
Universal Balks at iTunes Renewal Vivendi's Universal Music Group declined to renew its annual agreement with iTunes, selling content only "at will." |
Wired
Jeff Howe |
Why the Music Industry Hates Guitar Hero Even though the popular video game has breathed life into old bans and helped popularize new ones, the record labels are still whining about licensing fees. |
InternetNews
September 6, 2007
Nicholas Carlson |
NBC Doing Just Fine After Apple Break NBC Universal TV content is now available on Amazon Unbox, Amazon.com's digital video download service. |
Home Theater
August 10, 2007
Mark Fleischmann |
Universal to Test No-DRM Downloads Universal Music Group, the world's largest music label, takes a decisive step away from Digital Rights Managed music, and moves closer to a more open DRM-free download retail environment. |
The Motley Fool
February 10, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
A Fool Looks Back Digital media downloads set the stage for a busy walk down Wall Street this past week: Digital dizziness... One against four... |
InternetNews
February 7, 2007
Nicholas Carlson |
An Apple Flip-Flop on FairPlay? Apple CEO Steve Jobs is calling for music labels to stop selling music encrypted with digital rights management software. |
The Motley Fool
November 16, 2010
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Apple's Long and Winding Road The Beatles finally "let it be" and come to Apple's iTunes Music Store. |
InternetNews
January 8, 2008 |
Apple Seen Set to Resolve EU iTunes Case Charges that Apple broke European rules by pricing songs country-by-country may soon be ended. |
Popular Mechanics
June 26, 2009
Kyle Orland |
The Beatles--Rock Band: Questions For Lead Designer Chris Foster What's key is that it's a game really about the Beatles and telling their story. |
The Motley Fool
January 17, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Bobbing for Apple Is there room for Apple to charge more for tracks? Probably, but does Universal want to be the one to open up that Pandora's Box? |
The Motley Fool
March 23, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
A Fool Looks Back Beatles and buyouts set the stage for a busy walk down Wall Street this past week. The Sorry State of Music... Claire the Room... |
The Motley Fool
October 2, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
Radiohead's Sonic Boom Radiohead will allow its fans to pay whatever they like for its newest album, available on the Web, giving fans the opportunity to cut out the middleman and deal directly with their favorite bands. Is this the future of music? |
InternetNews
October 2, 2007
Nicholas Carlson |
You Name the Price for Next Radiohead Album Radiohead tells fans they decide how much to pay in next week's online-only album release. |
InternetNews
March 24, 2008 |
Gibson Sues Over Guitar Hero And Rock Band Gibson Guitar filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Viacom's MTV Networks, Harmonix and Electronic Arts relating to the wildly popular Rock Band video game and Harmonix's previously developed game, Guitar Hero. |
InternetNews
January 11, 2008
Kenneth Corbin |
Sony BMG Opens DRM-Free Content to Amazon Sony BMG's move gives Amazon a new boost in its quest to upend iTunes, but where do the record labels' priorities' really lie? |
The Motley Fool
July 18, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Warner Stops Serenading EMI Warner may still want EMI. It may even negotiate with Terra Firma for the pieces it covets down the road. But there's no point for Warner to overpay -- or for EMI shareowners to overdream. |
InternetNews
July 2, 2007
Andy Patrizio |
Universal, Apple Set To Play Chicken The Universal Music Group, the largest of the four major record labels and a subsidiary of Vivendi SA, is reportedly trying to change the terms of its contract with Apple for selling digital music through the iTunes store. |
Popular Mechanics
September 8, 2009
Seth Porges |
Rock Band's Beatles Take on Guitar Hero 5's Eclectic World Another year, another dueling release from the Rock Band and Guitar Hero franchises. |
The Motley Fool
March 30, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Apple's Five-Finger Discount Albums are getting cheaper on iTunes if you bought a single. |
The Motley Fool
February 10, 2011
Anders Bylund |
It's the End of "Guitar Hero" As We Know It Guitar Hero is dead, but Activision goes right on making money. |
InternetNews
August 10, 2007
Nicholas Carlson |
Best Buy, Universal Join DRM-Free Jam Universal Music Group will make some of its music available without digital rights management software. |
The Motley Fool
February 20, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Warner Still Loves EMI The Warner Music Group and EMI merger chatter is alive again. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
December 5, 2007
Morgan Housel |
NBC Says Sayonara to iTunes NBC Universal confirmed that it won't renew its contract with iTunes. The move should be no surprise to anyone monitoring the recent bickering between Apple and NBC. |
The Motley Fool
December 23, 2008
Anders Bylund |
The Tale of an Extinct Business Model A business model that never existed before this decade kills off the music industry at large. |
The Motley Fool
November 17, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
No Label, No Problem With MySpace having a CD out in stores, and more to come, how many more bands do you think are likely to make the service their musical mainstay and staple their amps to a virtual MySpace subdomain? Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
June 18, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Amazon Catches a Coldplay Marking down Coldplay is Amazon's trap for digital-music lovers. |
