eardrumbuzz: edbdigital media trends(Untitled)- February 28, 2004 Microsoft to Save Napster to Save WMA "In the battle over digital music, Microsoft may be forced to play kingmaker - or else be reduced to a pawn. There are dozens of online music stores that back Microsoft's digital format, but they may be too fragmented to successfully dent the lead of Apple's iTunes software, analysts said. So Microsoft has been quietly shifting some of its marketing muscle to back a few of the rival stores - particularly Napster," Stephen Lynch reports for The New York...http://www.eardrumbuzz.com/blog/categories/edb/2004/02/27.html#a990 (Untitled)- February 26, 2004 Grey Tuesday More than 300 Web sites and blogs staged a 24-hour online protest Tuesday over a record company's efforts to stop them from offering downloadable copies of DJ and record producer Danger Mouse's "The Grey Album." The underground hit is a mashed version of The Beatles' "The White Alblum" with rapper Jay-Z's recent "The Black Album". The New York Timeshttp://www.eardrumbuzz.com/blog/categories/edb/2004/02/25.html#a989 |