OT : warner bros to cut off ITunes?
Message ID: 308250
Posted By: phandsvrta
Posted On: 2005-09-30 18:11:00
Subject: OT : warner bros to cut off ITunes?
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www.pcpro.co.uk/news/78119/warner-chief-threatens-to-scalp-itunes.html
These people are beyond belief - IPod and similar are probably the music industry's salvation, and they want to exert price control over that, too. What's after Apple?
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A Warner Music executive has threatened to cut off Apple if Steve Jobs continues to refuse to give ground on iTunes Music Store pricing.
Digital strategy chief Michael Nash said during a discussion at a wireless telecoms conference that the music industry has let Apple get too much power in the digital downloads market.
'What if Jobs says 39 cents or 29 cents per download - what then?,' he said. 'The industry can say, OK we'll cut him off - very few people buy music from digital downloads.'
He added that he is sure that the Apple CEO would find another way to sell iPods.
Nash's comments echoes those made last week by Warner CEO Edgar Bronfman, who called for Apple to adopt variable pricing and share out revenues from iPod sales.
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Posted By: phandsvrta
Posted On: 2005-09-30 18:11:00
Subject: OT : warner bros to cut off ITunes?
Recs: 2
www.pcpro.co.uk/news/78119/warner-chief-threatens-to-scalp-itunes.html
These people are beyond belief - IPod and similar are probably the music industry's salvation, and they want to exert price control over that, too. What's after Apple?
>>
A Warner Music executive has threatened to cut off Apple if Steve Jobs continues to refuse to give ground on iTunes Music Store pricing.
Digital strategy chief Michael Nash said during a discussion at a wireless telecoms conference that the music industry has let Apple get too much power in the digital downloads market.
'What if Jobs says 39 cents or 29 cents per download - what then?,' he said. 'The industry can say, OK we'll cut him off - very few people buy music from digital downloads.'
He added that he is sure that the Apple CEO would find another way to sell iPods.
Nash's comments echoes those made last week by Warner CEO Edgar Bronfman, who called for Apple to adopt variable pricing and share out revenues from iPod sales.
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