Nintendo: Digital Downloads Shouldn't Cut Into Physical Sales With DSi (CBS News)
Nintendo isn't expecting digital downloads to take over the retail games business with the launch of its new DSi handheld, Nintendo Of America President Reggie Fils-Aime told VentureBeat in a wide-ranging interview, but it's a "nice added business model. ... We'll be able to see the sales growth and plan for it. But I guess similar to home consoles, the consumer will want an experience that's ...
Nintendo: Digital Downloads Shouldn't Cut Into Physical Sales With DSi (paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance)
Nintendo isn't expecting digital downloads to take over the retail games business with the launch of its new DSi handheld, Nintendo Of America President Reggie Fils-Aime told VentureBeat in a wide-ranging interview, but it's a "nice added business model. ...
Mariah Carey - Ti Cements His Hold On The Top Of The Us Pop Charts (ContactMusic)
LATEST: Rapper T.I. has broken MARIAH CAREY's digital downloads record to rocket to the top of the U.S. pop charts, as expected. His duet with Rihanna, Live Your Life, ...
Copyright board leaves royalty rate for CDs, digital downloads unchanged (Canadian Business)
Ryan Nakashima October 2, 2008 - 6:36 p.m. LOS ANGELES (AP) - The federal Copyright Royalty Board on Thursday left the royalty that songwriters receive on sales of CDs and digital downloads at 9.1 cents per song for the next five years.
Sony seeks to harmonize music, electronics (AP via Yahoo! News)
Now that Sony Corp. and Bertelsmann AG have broken off their troubled relationship, known as Sony BMG, the Japanese company hopes to harmonize its consumer electronics and its music, a duo that was badly out of sync.
Music's digital divide actually a good thing for the resurgence of vinyl (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
"Do you have any more Beatles records?" That is one of the top questions asked of Dylan Posa of Reckless Records in Chicago. Followed closely by "Where else in the city can I buy records?"
Fils-Aime: 'We'll always need retail' (MCV)
Nintendo of America boss says digital downloads are merely 'added business'
Briefly in books (The Ithaca Journal)
The Wells College Book Arts Center has announced that Ronald Gordon of the Oliphant Press will present the 28th Susan Garretson Swartzburg ‘60 Memorial Book Arts Lecture. The talk, entitled “The Oliphant Press: Tradition & Transformation” will be given at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16, in the Stratton Hall Auditorium, Room 209. The event is free and open to the public; a reception for the speaker ...
DJ Z-Trip mixes for Obama (Seattle Times)
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Sony seeks to harmonize music, electronics (San Francisco Chronicle)
Now that Sony Corp. and Bertelsmann AG have broken off their troubled relationship, known as Sony BMG, the Japanese company hopes to harmonize its consumer electronics and its music, a duo that was badly out of sync. The music business combination four years...
