The Onion Releases News from the Future Video
When they’re not creating a new sports series for Comedy Central, or perpetually cracking us up, turns out the satirical news junkies at The Onion are predicting the future. “The Onion News Network” just released a 12-and-a-half minute video segment titled “Future: News from the Year 2137” that gives us a hilarious, yet somewhat disheartening, glimpse at what the future has in store.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsGoogle Receives Cease-and-Desist from BPI, Plans to Launch Music Service
Google is a hot topic on the interwebs these days. When the company isn’t getting sued by Viacom, it’s preparing to launch a music-download service to accompany its search engine. According to the Wall Street Journal, the service might become available later this year, but an actual music download store or online subscription service wouldn’t be available until 2011. In addition to offering the new music services for the Android as well as the web, Google is also planning on launching a digital bookstore sometime this year.... read more
Found in: Industry, NewsUK Retail Chain Tesco Launches iTunes Competitor
TechRadar reports that Tesco, a retail chain based in the UK, is launching an iTunes alternative called Digital Locker. Consumers who purchase media from the newly-developed digital store will be able to maintain a song or video’s title, while dropping the formatting that prohibits it from being downloaded on multiple platforms.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsShop Talk: 10 Reasons Adorable Singing Cats are the Future of the Music Industry
In case you haven’t heard, the music industry is dying. This statement may not be based in numbers or statistics or, well, actual fact, but all the boo-hooing about illegal downloads and MP3s and streams and shareables and niches and Internets has to mean something, right? We need a savior of sorts, a force to give all us sad journalists and PR reps and label managers and Apple CEOs a little extra financial boost. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you cats.... read more
Found in: Culture, Shop TalkiTunes Offering $10,000 Gift Card to Purchaser of Ten Billionth Song
Introduced in 2001, an easy-to-navigate system called iTunes changed the way millions bought, stored and listened to music. Now, just after celebrating its ninth birthday, iTunes is approaching another milestone: 10 billion downloads.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsBlind Pilot Releases Live iTunes Session EP
Six months after the release of 3 Rounds and a Sound, Blind Pilot teamed up with producer Tucker Martine (Death Cab, R.E.M.) to record their iTunes Session EP. The five-song EP—available only on iTunes—features an acoustic cover of Gillian Welch’s “Look At Miss Ohio,” three new recordings of 3 Rounds tracks and original song “Get It Out.”... read more
Found in: Music, NewsListen to Zach Galifianakis' Celebrity iTunes Playlist
It’s hard to say what’s best about big-bearded funnyman Zach Galifianakis’ music selections in his iTunes playlist. It could be the insight we get on The Hangover star’s listening habits, or simply that the list is a decent jumble of tunes all by itself. Perhaps the best part is the descriptions he writes for the tracks, explaining why each particular one is significant to him. Here we learn that he has been a “Prince man” all his life, he dreams of writing an album for Modest Mouse and that Rufus Wainwright makes him want to be gay. Fun, right? Check... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsBest Buy to Launch Digital Movie Service
Best Buy Inc. may be joining the ranks of movie rental services like Netflix, iTunes, and Blockbuster very soon by offering digital movie downloads.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsThe Dead Weather Unleash Live iTunes Release
Just yesterday, The Dead Weather released an iTunes-only audio/video collection called Live From Third Man West.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsGoogle to Launch One Box Music Service
Google is stepping into the ring of online music services to rival the likes of iTunes with their so far unmatched right hook—a superior search engine.... read more
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