Tag Archives: Music
Shocked and Appalled…
… to find that RealNetworks actually has over a 1000 employees… What are they doing that a startup with 50 people couldn’t do? RealNetworks NSDQ: RNWK, which has been undergoing an aggressive restructuring under CEO Bob Kimball, is cutting 130 jobs, or 10 percent of its workforce. This is the third round of layoffs since [...]
Paying for Online Content
Research is a wonderful thing, and now it seems that we are more used to the idea of paying for content online than some thought. Research from ecommerce platform and strategic ecommerce consulting firm Elastic Path Software has revealed that a surprisingly large portion of online video viewers (75 per cent) are willing to pay [...]
Woolworths / EUK – An Opportunity for Digital Downloads
As reported across the web, the high street retailer Zavvi (was Virgin Megastores) has suspended CD and DVD sales from its website www.zavvi.co.uk due to the entry into administration of the distributer EUK, owned by Woolworths. This is affecting the other customers of EUK including Tesco, WHSmith, and Morrisons. The entire industry is scrambling to [...]