Comments on: Sony Music makes Back Catalog Available Through eMusic http://www.pampelmoose.com/2009/06/sony-music-makes-back-catalog-available-through-emusic music . media . web. culture Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:16:05 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Joseph http://www.pampelmoose.com/2009/06/sony-music-makes-back-catalog-available-through-emusic/comment-page-1#comment-144972 Joseph Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:16:20 +0000 http://www.pampelmoose.com/?p=2280#comment-144972 FWIW, there is a facebook group for matters relating to the emusic price hike and sellout to Sony: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=81281012678 FWIW, there is a facebook group for matters relating to the emusic price hike and sellout to Sony:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=81281012678

]]> By: eMusic and Sony - The Fiasco - Where Is Their Community Manager? | pampelmoose Dave Allen of Gang of Four's Music and Media Blog http://www.pampelmoose.com/2009/06/sony-music-makes-back-catalog-available-through-emusic/comment-page-1#comment-144946 eMusic and Sony - The Fiasco - Where Is Their Community Manager? | pampelmoose Dave Allen of Gang of Four's Music and Media Blog Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:07:08 +0000 http://www.pampelmoose.com/?p=2280#comment-144946 [...] Sony Music makes Back Catalog Available Through eMusic [...] [...] Sony Music makes Back Catalog Available Through eMusic [...]

]]> By: Sonic Youth and iLike, Sony and eMusic, Pearl Jam and Target - WTF? | pampelmoose Dave Allen of Gang of Four's Music and Media Blog http://www.pampelmoose.com/2009/06/sony-music-makes-back-catalog-available-through-emusic/comment-page-1#comment-144880 Sonic Youth and iLike, Sony and eMusic, Pearl Jam and Target - WTF? | pampelmoose Dave Allen of Gang of Four's Music and Media Blog Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:59:05 +0000 http://www.pampelmoose.com/?p=2280#comment-144880 [...] Dave Allen: eMusic editor-in-chief Yancey Strickler posts some thoughts on the Sony/eMusic deal. Doe... [...] [...] Dave Allen: eMusic editor-in-chief Yancey Strickler posts some thoughts on the Sony/eMusic deal. Doe… [...]

]]> By: Dave Allen http://www.pampelmoose.com/2009/06/sony-music-makes-back-catalog-available-through-emusic/comment-page-1#comment-144878 Dave Allen Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:27:10 +0000 http://www.pampelmoose.com/?p=2280#comment-144878 eMusic editor-in-chief Yancey Strickler posts some thoughts on the Sony/eMusic deal. Doesn't mollify the long time subscribers... eMusic editor-in-chief Yancey Strickler posts some thoughts on the Sony/eMusic deal. Doesn’t mollify the long time subscribers…

]]> By: eMusic and Sony: a rocky start, a risky move? « zed equals zee http://www.pampelmoose.com/2009/06/sony-music-makes-back-catalog-available-through-emusic/comment-page-1#comment-144868 eMusic and Sony: a rocky start, a risky move? « zed equals zee Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:22:10 +0000 http://www.pampelmoose.com/?p=2280#comment-144868 [...] As you may have heard, eMusic inked a contract with Sony to make the label’s back catalog available for download (with a moving wall of two years), including albums by Bruce Springsteen, Modest Mouse and, um, Michael Jackson. I don’t have an MBA from Harvard, and I’m not a self-described ‘Internet (insert buzzword) guru’. But I can’t imagine that any business strategy that starts by alienating your most loyal customers is the way to go, and that’s exactly what eMusic did. Not in the nebulous, ‘the cool kids won’t like it’ way (which they may also have done), but in the real, live ‘hits you in the wallet’ way, as long-term subscribers are losing their grandfathered-in plans at the end of July and getting fewer tracks for the same price; in my own case, dropping from 50 downloads a month to 30. Needless to say, people are unhappy. [...] [...] As you may have heard, eMusic inked a contract with Sony to make the label’s back catalog available for download (with a moving wall of two years), including albums by Bruce Springsteen, Modest Mouse and, um, Michael Jackson. I don’t have an MBA from Harvard, and I’m not a self-described ‘Internet (insert buzzword) guru’. But I can’t imagine that any business strategy that starts by alienating your most loyal customers is the way to go, and that’s exactly what eMusic did. Not in the nebulous, ‘the cool kids won’t like it’ way (which they may also have done), but in the real, live ‘hits you in the wallet’ way, as long-term subscribers are losing their grandfathered-in plans at the end of July and getting fewer tracks for the same price; in my own case, dropping from 50 downloads a month to 30. Needless to say, people are unhappy. [...]

]]> By: joshk http://www.pampelmoose.com/2009/06/sony-music-makes-back-catalog-available-through-emusic/comment-page-1#comment-144860 joshk Tue, 02 Jun 2009 07:55:11 +0000 http://www.pampelmoose.com/?p=2280#comment-144860 how profitable is emusic as an entity? is it struggling or growing? how profitable is emusic as an entity? is it struggling or growing?

]]> By: John P http://www.pampelmoose.com/2009/06/sony-music-makes-back-catalog-available-through-emusic/comment-page-1#comment-144858 John P Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:32:15 +0000 http://www.pampelmoose.com/?p=2280#comment-144858 Here is a link to eMusic's blog and a note from the Editor in Cheif: http://17dots.com/2009/06/01/how-we-approach-sony/ They update pretty frequently so I'm sure the staff will have more responses to this in the coming days. Here is a link to eMusic’s blog and a note from the Editor in Cheif:

http://17dots.com/2009/06/01/how-we-approach-sony/

They update pretty frequently so I’m sure the staff will have more responses to this in the coming days.

]]> By: Matt http://www.pampelmoose.com/2009/06/sony-music-makes-back-catalog-available-through-emusic/comment-page-1#comment-144857 Matt Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:23:00 +0000 http://www.pampelmoose.com/?p=2280#comment-144857 To add to my original comment... it's a bit telling that eMusic has opted to add a free booster pack to member accounts in early AUGUST, not in July, probably because they're already banking on a lot of people bailing.... but hoping that they'll get people to stick around at least an extra month at a higher price per download. To add to my original comment… it’s a bit telling that eMusic has opted to add a free booster pack to member accounts in early AUGUST, not in July, probably because they’re already banking on a lot of people bailing…. but hoping that they’ll get people to stick around at least an extra month at a higher price per download.

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