Napster To Go: right idea (sort of), wrong price; and broadband takeup
Over at Netimperative I’ve now got a regular weekly gig writing on, ooh, this and that.
Latest one: why Napster To Go’s subscription service misses the mark.
Previous columns: why Google isn’t going into VoIP (which expands on what I wrote here earlier); and which month this year will see 50 per cent of Britons using broadband.
The latter is very interesting - with lots of potential up- and downsides.
Update Mon 23:20 (is that the time?): John Gruber has a splendid piece on this topic using his Magic 8-Ball to answer all your questions about the Napster To Go proposition. Read all the way to the end for the excellent, if techy, joke.
And finally: USA Today has the admeter for the Superbowl adverts, where Napster spent $30 million, showing them ranked by “popularity”. Keep scrolling.. scrolling… keep going.. down.. bit further… bit more..looking for “Napster” here.. not just yet..
- These posts might be related (the database thinks..):
- Notwithstanding iTunes.. (22 July 2004; score: 51.07%)
- Dialup is a pain (5 July 2006; score: 50.14%)
- When even the Microsoft people don't like you.. watch out, Napster (1 March 2005; score: 47.11%)
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February 4th, 2005 at 2:44 pm
HI Charles,
Here’s something I wrote for Macworld that may interest you (or not):
‘Do the math’ fans UK Napster price outcry
http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?home&NewsID=10785
February 4th, 2005 at 3:00 pm
Hey - great piece Jonny. Clearly the next thing for us all to find out is precisely which payment system prevails for subscription, and whether it benefits the artists and/or labels more than straight downloads.
February 4th, 2005 at 3:51 pm
Yeah. The MCPS/PRS press office hasn’t responded, but i have queries out with some of the labels, and some other sources are sniffing for me. if I hear I’ll post it here, but I’m interested too.
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ATB
Jonny