Comments on: Five billion iTunes songs sold. One looming problem: AmazonMP3 is better

By: Where’d the iTunes Plus area of iTunes vanish to? » VentureBeat

Where’d the iTunes Plus area of iTunes vanish to? » VentureBeat — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:10:42 +0000

[...] its main rivals like Amazon, have all of the major music labels selling DRM-free tracks in their store. While that hasn’t hurt iTunes’ sales yet (it is [...]

By: iTunes adds (a bad selection of) TV shows for under $10 » VentureBeat

iTunes adds (a bad selection of) TV shows for under $10 » VentureBeat — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:06:46 +0000

[...] movies for under $5 for a limitied time. For movies, this is brilliant, for music, it brings iTunes closer to AmazonMP3 in terms of deals. Today, iTunes has added a third discount section: Television shows. It’s [...]

By: Could a digital music royalty price hike force iTunes into subscriptions? » VentureBeat

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:14:56 +0000

[...] is the dominating force in online digital music right now. It has sold over five billion tracks and is the number one retailer for music in the United States (that includes both digital stores [...]

By: Confirmed: Amazon brings its MP3 store to Android. But no video yet » VentureBeat

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:57:39 +0000

[...] that Apple was working on making that happen. The music labels, it would seem, are determined not to give Apple any more power in the market, and instead are backing rival services like Amazon with DRM-free [...]

By: AndroidTunes? Amazon launching a mobile music/movie store for Google’s platform » VentureBeat

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:11:43 +0000

[...] on Android will almost for sure be a mobile version of its AmazonMP3 online digital music store, which is gaining popularity, but still far behind iTunes. Any video store would seem to be based on Amazon’s just relaunched Video On Demand service. [...]

By: AndroidTunes? Amazon launching a mobile music/movie store for Google’s platform » VentureBeat

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:11:43 +0000

By: Yahoo: The ultimate music search engine — for four artist tracks and 25 playbacks at least » VentureBeat

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:09:45 +0000

[...] The way I search for music is currently fragmented. If I think I know what song I’m looking for, I’ll open iTunes and hunt it down. Once I find its preview clip and determine if I want it, I’ll open AmazonMP3 to search for it again, this time to buy it. (I like AmazonMP3’s offering better than iTunes — for more on that.) [...]

By: Genius features underscore the need for iTunes to go DRM-free » VentureBeat

Genius features underscore the need for iTunes to go DRM-free » VentureBeat — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 02:46:38 +0000

[...] in my opinion, makes AmazonMP3 a better store than iTunes, and that is why I do my music shopping there. This new Genius sidebar feature turns iTunes into [...]

By: Amazon kills Unbox, brings Video on Demand to life » VentureBeat

Amazon kills Unbox, brings Video on Demand to life » VentureBeat — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:45:58 +0000

[...] as AmazonMP3 is now a compelling (if not superior in some regards) rival to Apple’s iTunes music store, Video on Demand is a legitimate rival to the iTunes [...]

By: iTunes continues reign as music retailer king as Amazon rises and MySpace Music looms » VentureBeat

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:35:30 +0000

[...] I continue to use AmazonMP3 instaed of iTunes as I believe it has a superior offering. All of the tracks found on AmazonMP3 are DRM-free (as opposed to just some on iTunes — despite Apple chief executive Steve Jobs’ promises to improve the selection) and many are cheaper than on iTunes. [...]