Brian Garrity
The Archive
NEW WEB MUSIC SERVICE
October 21, 2008 | 8:08amDigital music service Lala.com today is set to formally unveil a new song streaming service that offers online ownership of tunes for 10 cents apiece and many albums for less...
TICKETS, PLEASE: RIVALS TAKE ACT TO WORLD STAGE
October 20, 2008 | 8:51amTouring giant Live Nation doesn't launch its new ticketing business until January, but its battle with soon-to-be rival Ticketmaster is already heating up. Shares in newly public Ticketmaster are off...
SUMNER BUMMER GROWS
October 18, 2008 | 7:15amThe credit squeeze continues to tighten on media titan Sumner Redstone and National Amusements, the holding company for his controlling interests in Viacom and CBS. Privately held National Amusements yesterday...
FRIENDS OF THE BAND
October 17, 2008 | 8:39amFacebook boss Mark Zuckerberg is plotting a possible push into the digital-music business in the wake of MySpace's launch of MySpace Music last month. The surging social-networking giant is talking...
APPLE'S GRAVITY ACT
October 14, 2008 | 5:35amApple Inc. boss Steve Jobs today is widely expected to introduce the company's first laptop computer priced at less than $1,000 in a bid to pick up the pace of...
LIVE NATION TEES UP ROSELAND TICKET BIZ
October 14, 2008 | 5:35amLive Nation continues to push further onto Ticketmaster's turf as it gears up to launch its own ticketing business in January. The company today is expected to unveil a five-year...
MEDIA IN A MUDDLE
October 14, 2008 | 5:35amOngoing fallout from the credit crisis could mean tough times ahead for media companies carrying heavy debt loads. Trouble in the credit markets is sparking fresh concerns that highly leveraged...
'HOW TO' NEW GO-TO ON WEB
October 10, 2008 | 8:00amOperators of "How To" Web sites are betting that a downturn in the economy will translate into a spike in their traffic and advertising dollars as do-it-yourself projects become increasingly...
EMI PLANS TO SELL MUSIC ON NEW SITE
October 9, 2008 | 8:31amMusic giant EMI plans to launch a portal for selling downloads and streaming songs from its acts before the end of the year. The site, EMI.com, is the latest in...
TELECOM CRIMPED
October 7, 2008 | 5:32amThe tightening credit crisis could be a real hang-up for telecommunication companies as they try to look long-term and build out pricey next-generation networks for video and high-speed Internet. Verizon,...
SINGLE-PLAYER GAME
October 3, 2008 | 8:40amVideo-game publisher Take-Two Interactive has decided to play by itself for the foreseeable future. The company yesterday ended its formal search for another merger partner, less than a month after...
MUSIC HIKE ON THE DOWNLOAD
October 2, 2008 | 7:50amApple, Amazon.com and other music retailers may opt to raise the cost of song downloads to more than 99 cents if music publishers are awarded a big bump in the...
HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS READY FOR DVD WAR
October 1, 2008 | 7:38amHollywood studios are going to court over a new technology from Seattle-based RealNetworks that allows consumers to copy DVDs to their computers. A group that includes Disney, Paramount, Sony Pictures,...
APPLE, TECHS WRECKED
September 30, 2008 | 8:03amApple Inc.'s stock hit its lowest point in more than a year on Monday amid growing concerns about the willingness of consumers to shell out big bucks for its pricey...
INVESTORS DISS DISH AS AT&T PICKS RIVAL
September 30, 2008 | 8:03amInvestors went running for the door with struggling satellite TV service Dish Network Corp. yesterday, following word late Friday that distribution partner AT&T was dumping them for rival DirecTV. Shares...
BLACKBERRY MAKER MISSES TARGET, SHARES PLUMMET
September 26, 2008 | 7:42amShares in BlackBerry maker Research In Motion plunged as much as 16 percent in after-hours trading yesterday after the company issued a softer-than-expected third-quarter profit forecast. The company tempered analysts'...
MYSPACE MUSIC STARTS STREAMING TODAY
September 25, 2008 | 8:08amMySpace Music, MySpace's new digital-music joint venture with the major record labels, launches today with an eye on cashing in on the growing demand for advertising-supported song streaming. As part...
MYSPACE SET TO UNVEIL MUSIC VENTURE
September 24, 2008 | 9:57pmMySpace Music, MySpace's new digital music joint venture with the major record labels, will launch tomorrow with an eye on cashing in on the growing demand for advertising-supported song streaming....
GOOGLE NOT HUNG UP BY PHONE MAKERS
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amThe new Google-powered G1 cell phone from T-Mobile and Taiwanese handset maker HTC is being billed as an Apple iPhone-killer, but as a strategy, Google's move into the mobile business...
THQ CEO HOPES 'DE BLOB' PROVES TO BE DA BOMB
September 23, 2008 | 7:49amDeveloping original hits for the Wii video game console has proved elusive for virtually every publisher not named Nintendo, but THQ Inc. CEO Brian Farrell is looking to change all...