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Rhapsody, Hot Topic Reach for Slice of iTunes' Pie

Rhapsody and the retail chain Hot Topic are looking to capture some of iTunes' market by offering users full-length song previews and making their catalogs DRM-free. Also, ShockHound, Hot Topic's upcoming online store, hopes to create a record store experience online.

Rhapsody, Hot Topic Reach for Slice of iTunes' Pie

Rhapsody and the retail chain Hot Topic are looking to capture some of iTunes' market by offering users full-length song previews and making their catalogs DRM-free. Also, ShockHound, Hot Topic's upcoming online store, hopes to create a record store experience online.

Rhapsody's New e-Music Download Service Takes on iTunes

The subscription-music site Rhapsody (owned by RealNetworks (RNWK)) on Monday said it will start selling unprotected songs online as it tries to drum up sales and challenge the dominance of Apple Inc. (AAPL) and its popular iTunes service. Rhapsody previously offered consumers access to its library of 5 million songs for a monthly fee, but its service does not work on Apple's iPod. It also sold songs individually, though the music was encoded with anti-piracy DRM software. Under its new strategy, Rhapsody will sell music in an unprotected MP3 format and those songs will now be playable on an iPod or iPhone. The music will be compressed at a variable rate of 256 kilobits - double the rate used by iTunes for its DRM-encoded songs

Sync your iTunes libraries

iTunes can easily share its content over your local network. But if you want a complete copy of your media library on more than one Mac, you’ll need to synchronize some files. However, merely copying, say, a folder full of AAC files from one Mac to another is not enough; you must also copy the iTunes Library files containing metadata, playlists, and other important information. And therein lies the rub: If you’ve changed the contents of iTunes on both Macs, merely copying the iTunes Library files in one direction or the other (manually or with a file-synchronization utility) won’t synchronize their contents, so neither iTunes library will be correct. For example, songs present on both Macs’ hard disks may not actually show up in iTunes on one Mac or the other, and one Mac’s playlists might entirely overwrite the other’s.

iTunes K-12 launches with resources for students, parents

Since its launch a little over a year ago, iTunes U has grown into a large collection of educational material and resources from over 70 colleges and universities worldwide. Yesterday, at the National Education Computing Conference in San Antonio, Texas, iTunes K-12 was announced as a service on the iTunes Store, similar to that of iTunes U, but aimed at primary and secondary education. "K-12 on iTunes U" is a modest start in comparison to what iTunes U has become, but with 11 entities already, it's a start.

iTunes Movie Store Now Available Down Under

"Apple® today announced that movies from major film studios including 20th Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM), Sony Pictures Television International and Lionsgate are now available on the iTunes® Store in Australia (www.itunes.com/au) and in New Zealand (www.itunes.com/nz). Movie purchases and rentals feature iTunes’ legendary ease of use, which makes discovering and enjoying movies as simple and easy as buying music on iTunes has always been. The iTunes Store in Australia and New Zealand feature over 700 films for rent or purchase, with new release titles available for purchase on the same day as their DVD release, including favorites such as “National Treasure 2,â€� “Jumper,â€� “27 Dresses,â€� “Cloverfield,â€� “Vantage Pointâ€� and â

Rhapsody to challenge iTunes by embracing the iPod

A customer checks out Apple's iTunes in a file photo. Digital music seller Rhapsody is launching a $50 million marketing assault on Apple's iTunes, offering songs online and via partners including Yahoo Inc and Verizon Wireless, Rhapsody said on Monday. REUTERS/Kiyoshi Ota

Specialty Retail Chain Hot Topic to Launch MP3 Store

New York - Pop culture-inspired fashion retail store chain Hot Topic plans next month to launch its own digital music store, ShockHound, which will sell music from at least three of the four major labels in MP3 format, The New York Times reported on Monday. "For us, music merchandise is where the profit is," Hot Topic president Jerry Cook told The Times. "The reason we carry CDs in the stores is that to be in a music-centered business and not have music would be a contradiction. And you can't be an online music store and not have MP3s." In addition to MP3s from a wide range of artists, the ShockHound store also expects to sell t-shirts from more than 1,000 bands, as well as music on vinyl.

PC World doofus blames Apple for lack of DRM-free music in iTunes Store

"iTunes gave us the 99-cent song download, thus paving the way for honest people to buy music at a fair price. So why does the iTunes Store still employ digital rights management (DRM) for the majority of songs in its library? Blaming the record labels no longer holds water: AmazonMP3 and Rhapsody are among a growing number of services selling DRM-free MP3s from all the major labels, not just EMI. At least iTunes no longer charges extra for the latter's "iTunes Plus" selections, but why hasn't Apple given DRM the heave-ho once and for all? At least customers have alternatives now," Rick Broida reports for PC World.

Bands Avoiding iTunes For The Wrong Reasons

This is hardly a new phenomenon, but the Wall Street Journal is noting that some bands and some record labels are avoiding putting music on iTunes (or in some cases, pulling music off iTunes) in an effort to force people to buy the full album, rather than just a few tracks. There are plenty of reasons to dislike iTunes, but it seems hard to believe that this does anything positive for the bands in question. The article quotes Kid Rock's manager, who compares apples to oranges, by pointing out that people who are on iTunes sell more single songs than albums, but that's rather meaningless in comparing to an artist (like Kid Rock) who's not on iTunes at all. Not putting your music where people want it is only going to piss them off.

Rhapsody Tries to Drown Out iTunes

RealNetworks' Rhapsody is setting its sights on users of Apple's iTunes with its "Music Without Limits" initiative, which includes the DRM-free sales of songs from the four major music labels. Rhapsody has also struck deals with Verizon Wireless, Viacom and iLike.

Rhapsody Tries to Drown Out iTunes

RealNetworks' Rhapsody is setting its sights on users of Apple's iTunes with its "Music Without Limits" initiative, which includes the DRM-free sales of songs from the four major music labels. Rhapsody has also struck deals with Verizon Wireless, Viacom and iLike.

Rhapsody Tries to Drown Out iTunes

RealNetworks' Rhapsody is setting its sights on users of Apple's iTunes with its "Music Without Limits" initiative, which includes the DRM-free sales of songs from the four major music labels. Rhapsody has also struck deals with Verizon Wireless, Viacom and iLike.

iTunes 7.7: shuts down when attempting to access the iTunes store

Some iTunes users have noticed that upon accessing the iTunes store the program will shut down and give an "iTunes unexpectedly quit" error message along with a crash report.

Rhapsody Challenges iTunes by Embracing iPod

Digital music seller Rhapsody is launching a $50 million marketing assault on Apple's iTunes, offering songs online and via partners including Yahoo and Verizon Wireless, Rhapsody said on

Rhapsody to challenge iTunes

Digital music seller Rhapsody is launching a $50-million marketing assault on Apple's iTunes, offering songs online and via partners including Yahoo and Verizon Wireless, Rhapsody said on Monday.

Rhapsody to Challenge iTunes by Embracing iPod

Digital music seller Rhapsody is launching a $50 million marketing assault on Apple's iTunes, offering songs online and via partners including Yahoo and Verizon Wireless, Rhapsody said on

Rhapsody to challenge iTunes by embracing the iPod

NEW YORK - Digital music seller Rhapsody is launching a $50 million marketing assault on Apple's iTunes, offering songs online and via partners including Yahoo Inc and Verizon Wireless, Rhapsody said on Monday.

Rhapsody to challenge iTunes

NEW YORK — Digital music seller Rhapsody is launching a $50-million marketing assault on Apple's iTunes, offering songs online and via partners including Yahoo Inc and Verizon Wireless, Rhapsody said on Monday.

Rhapsody to challenge iTunes by embracing the iPod

NEW YORK--Digital music seller Rhapsody is launching a $50-million marketing assault on Apple's iTunes, offering songs online and via partners including Yahoo Inc and Verizon Wireless, Rhapsody said on Monday.

Rhapsody to challenge iTunes by embracing the iPod

NEW YORK - Digital music seller Rhapsody is launching a $50 million marketing assault on Apple's iTunes, offering songs online and via partners including Yahoo Inc and Verizon Wireless, Rhapsody said on Monday.

Rhapsody to challenge iTunes by embracing the iPod (Reuters)

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Digital music seller Rhapsody is launching a $50 million marketing assault on Apple's iTunes, offering songs online and via partners including Yahoo Inc and Verizon Wireless, Rhapsody said on Monday.

Rhapsody to challenge iTunes by embracing the iPod

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Digital music seller Rhapsody is launching a $50 million marketing assault on Apple's iTunes, offering songs online and via partners including Yahoo Inc and Verizon Wireless, Rhapsody said on Monday.

Rhapsody to Challenge iTunes by Embracing the iPod

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Digital music seller Rhapsody is launching a $50 million marketing assault on Apple's iTunes, offering songs online and via partners including Yahoo Inc and Verizon Wireless, Rhapsody said on Monday.

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