Tuesday, December 13, 2005

Apple, iPod, and the Music Business

In article in Business Week, December 19, 2005, titled "Apple May Be Holding Back the Music Biz"
the authors, Lowry and Grover, talk about how Apple may be withholding the capability for its music players to work with other music services (other than iTunes) because of the way it sells rights versus renting through subscriptions.

From a business model standpoint, and a business strategy, what could this mean fro Apple?

"The concept of a jukebox in the sky is not something consumers intuititively get." said an executive from REAL.

"iTunes is still the most margin-rich source of sales for record labels."

Downloads. Music. TV, Movies?

Think about it.

Gene A. Wright

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