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POPSiTunes Eats Amazon's Lunch Even though Amazon's mp3 store isn't making much money, don't expect it to fail or go away -- record labels want viable online retail alternatives to iTunes, so Steve Jobs can't tell them what to do.
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POPSWeird Al Will Release Music As He Records It Parody musician "Weird Al" Yankovic says that thanks to the internet, he can now release songs whenever he completes them, and doesn't have to wait until he's got a whole album done. It's a big deal for an artist like Al, who produces very topical music -- and perhaps its another nail in the coffin of album-centric music. Why go through all the cost and complication of recording, releasing, and promoting an album every few years, when you can just cheaply churn out singles and provide a more reliable revenue stream?
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POPSZune Is For Babies How do you know your product is a dud? When your marketing strategy requires winning over unborn children.
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POPS10 Cents To Rent A Song? This seems to me like another attempt by the music industry to put the genie back in the bottle. I can't imagine anyone would pay 10 cents to listen to a song under these onerous requirements, when for the equally low price of 99 cents they can download it -- or for free, they can pirate it.
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POPSFacebook Launching A Music Service? These rumors have been bubbling for a while, but it's looking like Facebook is really considering this. Taking to labels is not the same thing as actually launching a service -- but Facebook would potentially be a huge player in the music retail market, so it's worth keeping an eye on.
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