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HBO Seen Selling Shows on Apple's ITunes: NEW YORK (Reuters) - Time Warner Inc's (TWX) HBO cable network is expected to start selling shows on Apple Inc's (AAPL) iTunes digital entertainment service, with flexible pricing, a source familiar with the discussions said on Monday. Episodes of some HBO shows are...; Tags: Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Digital Music, Pricing, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Marketing, Time Warner Inc.; News items 2008-05-12
Why Marketers Must Choose Between Passion and Pop: The Find: Marketers must tune their products and message either to a mass-appeal "pop" audience, or to a smaller, more cult-like "passion" crowd. But never in between. The Source: Marketing guru Seth Godin's consistently thought-provoking blog. The Takeaway: Seth...; Tags: Blogging, Digital music, Digital media, Jessica Stillman, Seth Godin; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Defend Your Rights to digital music: The U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property has requested public comment on digital music & copyright issues. Let people's voice be heard on the "management" of their rights to digital music. It is crucial that Congress hear from them on these important issues in order...; Tags: Digital media, Electronic Frontier Foundation, digital music, intellectual property, Internet; White papers
Case Study: Home Networked Appliances: Samsung retained the services of American Institutes for Research (AIR) in the development of an interaction identity for their line of home networked appliances, which included digital audio equipment, cell phones, PDAs, computers, home security systems, televisions, and refrigerators. To document the interaction identity, AIR produced a set of design...; Tags: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., digital audio, PDA, TV, cell phone, phone, computer; Case studies
Apple Record Earnings Exceed Predictions: Apple reported record quarterly earnings and revenue on stronger sales of Macintosh computers.Profits exceeded analysts' expectations, rising 36 per cent in the quarter ending in March to $US1.05 billion ($A1.11 billion). Sales rose 43 per cent from the year-earlier period to $US7.51 billion ($A7.96 billion), the Cupertino, California-based firm...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Earnings, Sales Strategy, Digital Music, Financial Accounting, Desktops, Digital Media, Sales Force Management, Sales, Personal Technology, Finance, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, DPA; News items 2008-04-24

Apple Profit Rises on Strong Mac, IPod Sales: SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters UK) - Apple Inc (AAPL) on Wednesday posted a 36 percent rise in quarterly profit, helped by strong sales of its Macintosh computers and iPod media players. The company, known for conservative financial forecasts, also gave a profit outlook for its current quarter...; Tags: Revenue, Apple Macintosh, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Sales Strategy, Digital Music, Digital Media, Sales; News items 2008-04-23
Business Hacks Poll: What's Your Gadget Load When Traveling?: When you head to the airport (or train station, bus depot, etc.), how many gadgets do you typically bring along? I expect for most users it's two: notebook and cell phone. But I know plenty of people who also pack an iPod, headset, travel charger, digital camera, second cell phone, and so...; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Rick Broida, phone; Blog posts 2008-04-17
Tesco to Launch Digital Download Service: LONDON (Reuters UK) - Tesco said on Tuesday it will open an online shop next month selling music, films, games and television programmes for iPods and other digital players. The supermarket chain's new download service will compete with Apple's iTunes site as well as British operators...; Tags: Tesco, Digital Music Sale, Sales Strategy, Digital Music, Sales Force Management, Digital Media, Sales, Personal Technology; News items 2008-04-15
Read E-books on Your iPhone or iPod Touch: Steve Jobs says people don't read books anymore? I say: hogwash. Proof positive is the server-busting popularity of TextOnPhone, a new service that serves up perfectly formatted e-books on iPhone and iPod Touch screens. You can see it in action in the above video, courtesy of jkOnTheRun. As...; Tags: E-books, Digital music, Digital media, Rick Broida, Apple iPod Touch, e-book, Apple iPod, Apple iPhone, Proof Positive; Blog posts 2008-02-18
HBR IdeaCast: Managing B Players: B players not only make up the majority of your employees, but they're often the heart and soul of your organization. Thomas DeLong describes three types of these solid citizens — those who have been A players, the truth-tellers, and the go-to managers — and the benefits each has to...; Tags: BNET staff, HBR IdeaCast; Blog posts 2008-02-05
A Contrarian View on Product Focus: Do More, Not Less: An ascendant philosophy in the area of product development and marketing goes like this: focus on a few products but do them better than anyone else; fire your least profitable customers and shower love on the money makers; choose carefully distribution partners who will add value rather than...; Tags: Product development, Product marketing, Sean Silverthorne, product portfolio; Blog posts 2008-02-05
HBR IdeaCast: Unleash Your Hidden Assets: Harvard Business School Press editor Melinda Merino is joined by Bain & Company's Chris Zook to discuss some of the ideas from his new book, "Unstoppable: Finding Hidden Assets to Renew the Core and Fuel Profitable Growth." In the near future, Zook says, the only way for the vast majority...; Tags: BNET staff, Chris Zook, Hidden Assets, HBR IdeaCast; Blog posts 2008-01-02
HBR IdeaCast: The Upside: Online Editorial Director Paul Michelman sits down with consultant and author Adrian Slywotzky, whose latest book is entitled "The Upside: The 7 Strategies for Turning Big Threats into Growth Breakthroughs." In the interview, Slywotzky explains how managing strategic threats as forms of risk can not only diminish their impact, but...; Tags: BNET staff, HBR IdeaCast; Blog posts 2007-12-19
Record MP3 Audio by Phone with Drop.io: Remember Drop.io, the online dropbox for files? The service just added a nifty new option: audio recording. Now, when you create a drop, you get a phone number and extension you can dial into to record meetings, podcasts, reminders, or whatever. Here's how it works: Dial the number, wait...; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Rick Broida, Remember Drop.io, phone; Blog posts 2008-01-15
HBR IdeaCast: The Joys of Deliberate Mistakes and Middlescence: The Art of Deliberate Mistakes: We all know we can learn from our mistakes. So why not go out and make some deliberately? In this interview with Harvard Business Review senior editor Gardiner Morse, you'll learn about a systematic approach to making carefully planned mistakes that pay off....; Tags: Workforce management, BNET staff, Deliberate Mistake, HBR IdeaCast; Blog posts 2007-11-28
NBC Exec Says Apple's Business Model Has No Core: Yesterday was the beta launch of Hulu.com (a joint venture between NBC Universal and News Corp. that will compete with iTunes by offering ad-supported TV and film downloads.) The timing was perfect for NBC U chief executive Jeff Zucker to explain why the company will not renew its deal with iTunes in December:...; Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Lori Deschene, Apple Inc., Jeff Zucker, Hulu, NBC, Apple iTunes, Internet video; Blog posts 2007-10-30
iTune, youTune, Almost allTune for iTune...Including News Corp.: NBC Universal's pulled its shows from iTunes over pricing disputes (NBC's demands would require iTunes to sell individual programs for $4.99, not $1.99), but Fox parent News Corp. isn't following suit -- despite wanting more control over pricing. Speculation is that Universal backed out because it expected its upcoming online distribution channel Hulu (a...; Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Lori Deschene, NBC, Apple iTunes, News Corp., Apple Inc., Hulu, pricing strategy; Blog posts 2007-09-11
Apple Unveils New iPod Touch Amid Media Frenzy: The bloggers at Apple's press conference in San Francisco today tapped madly at their keyboards to bring us a minute by minute account of Steve Jobs' revelations. The event is winding down now so it's time for the frenzied reportage and commentary to start. So what's the big news from...; Tags: Keyboards, Digital music, Jessica Stillman, Apple Inc., Steve Jobs; Blog posts 2007-09-05
NBC Names Its YouTube Competitor: NBC Inc. and News Corp. announced yesterday that they are calling their new video download site Hulu. The LA Times reports that "the site will start in a private testing format in October" and is designed "to compete with Web-based video sites such as Google Inc.'s YouTube. The site will...; Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Jessica Stillman, TechDirt.com, entertainment company, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, entertainment, NBC, YouTube Inc.; Blog posts 2007-08-31
A Strategy for Breaking Into a Competitive Market: With Apple's integrated iPod/iTunes product dominating the digital-download market, competitors have found it challenging to stake a claim. So what makes MTV, Verizon Wireless, and RealNetworks think they can lure customers to their new Rhapsody America download service (which draws upon two unsuccessful ventures: MTV's URGE music store and Real's...; Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Digital Media Wire, Lori Deschene, strategy, RealNetworks Rhapsody, Apple iTunes, Apple Inc.; Blog posts 2007-08-21