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Nokia’s Comes With Music Deal: EMI May Come On Board Before Service Goes Live - 0 Comments
Posted By Matt Kapko - Tue 01 Jul 2008 12:37 PM PST

As Nokia Corp (NYSE: NOK). inches toward launching its “Comes With Music” flat-rate subscription service before the end of the year, the company’s head of global music, Elizabeth Schimel, said…

Tero Ojanpera: Nokia’s Accidental Media Mogul - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Mon 23 Jun 2008 03:31 AM PST

In the last few years, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has been steadily repositioning itself from hardware manufacturer to “a next-generation entertainment company.” The NYT has an interview with Tero Ojanpera, the…

@ London Calling: Bundled Music Services “Commoditizing” Music? - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Fri 20 Jun 2008 03:07 PM PST

At the London Calling music conference on Thursday, there was little doubt among the panel assembled to discuss the value of music on mobiles that cell phones would one day…

Mobile Content Bits: Skweezer Ads; UMG; Cirque de Soleil: Smartphone Satisfaction - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Thu 29 May 2008 02:06 PM PST

-- Skweezer has launched a new ad service. Skweezer Ads is an online advertising service that puts both desktop and mobile ads in a single ad feed, with a cut-and-paste…

Apple Needs More Mobile Music; UMG Demanding Nokia-style Comes With Music Deal? - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Mon 19 May 2008 05:28 AM PST

Have the music labels found a way to get Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) to cave on some of their age-old requests as well as an interesting new one? The NYT’s Saul…

Nokia’s Schimel On Comes With Music: ‘Looking Out For Everyone’s Interests…Including Our Own’ - 1 Comment
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Thu 01 May 2008 06:25 AM PST

With all the talk that they’re getting a pasting over their upcoming Comes With Music service, it’s understandable that Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is getting a little miffed with all the…

Nokia’s “Comes With Music,” Comes With A High Price - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Mon 28 Apr 2008 08:58 AM PST

As Nokia (NYSE: NOK) prepares to launch one of the more innovative ways to sell music on a mobile phone—by including free and unlimited downloads for a year—the company will…

Nokia Paying Universal Music $35 Per User For Comes With Music? - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Wed 16 Apr 2008 11:24 AM PST

More unconfirmed rumors as to how much Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is paying Universal Music Group for its music to be a part of Nokia’s “Comes With Music” service, from THR:…

Island Def Jam Launches WAP Site - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Wed 16 Apr 2008 10:18 AM PST

The Island Def Jam music group has continued its advance into mobile content and launched a mobile portal at idjmobile.com, available to any internet-capable phone. The site will include updated…

@ CTIA: Billboard Mobile: Nokia Discusses Upcoming ‘Comes With Music’ Service - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Mon 31 Mar 2008 10:00 AM PST

In the morning keynote at Billboard’s Mobile Entertainment Live the day before CTIA, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) Tero Ojanpera, EVP of entertainment and communities, took the stage to discuss a number…

Apple Working On A “Radical New Business Model”: Flat-Rate iTunes: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 19 Mar 2008 05:32 AM PST

This sounds similar to what Nokia, Omnifone and some others are working on in Europe: giving away music for free to users, and the handset/service providers pay the premium, only…

Thumbplay Partners With Sony BMG For Mobile Content - 1 Comment
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Thu 21 Feb 2008 03:57 PM PST

New York-based Thumbplay said it now has distribution agreements with three of the top four record labels with today’s addition of Sony (NYSE: SNE) BMG. The new partnership adds about…

@ MWC: Omnifone Does Unlimited Music Access With LG, Universal Gives Tunes - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 11 Feb 2008 04:01 PM PST

More detail on yesterday’s preview. Universal Music Group has licensed its tunes to Omnifone’s new out-of-the-box all-you-can-eat download service, meaning Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has company in the pre-licensed music market.…

Nokia To Share “Comes With Music” Revenue With Operators - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Mon 28 Jan 2008 01:12 AM PST

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) will share revenue from Comes with Music service with operators that are cooperative, reports Bloomberg. “In those cases where we cooperate with operators, there will be an…

Mobile Services To Help Nokia Take On US Market - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Mon 10 Dec 2007 03:28 AM PST

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) wants to re-take its lead in the US market, and mobile telephone services are at the heart of its strategy to boost its share. As recently as…

Universal Music And Nokia’s ‘Comes With Music’ Offer: Operators’ Headache Now? - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Wed 05 Dec 2007 10:02 AM PST

When Nokia (NYSE: NOK) announced its one-year free music offer “Comes with Music” with Universal yesterday, details were sparse. There was no word on which handset the service would be…

Sony Ericsson Plans For Mobile Music Store In Q208; Signs 4 Major Labels - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Tue 06 Nov 2007 03:32 PM PST

*Sony Ericsson* has announced plans to launch a mobile (and online) music store in the second quarter of 2008 in a bid to counter moves by Nokia (NYSE: NOK)—and to…

@ CTIA: Billboard: Instant Gratification Of Mobile Music Deserves Premium Price, Universal Says - 0 Comments
Posted By Carlo Longino - Mon 22 Oct 2007 02:16 PM PST

How do you justify the high price of over-the-air mobile music downloads? The instant gratification they deliver to consumers, Universal Music’s Amanda Marks told moderator Antony Bruno of Billboard during…

Updated: Verizon Drops Marley Ringtones, Then Reinstates Again - 1 Comment
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Thu 13 Sep 2007 03:51 PM PST

Updated: Seems like the decision has been reversed: Reuters reports again that a Verizon Wireless spokeswoman said it will now be putting all Bob Marley material back up for its…

UMG And Ringboxx Offer Home Ringtones - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Tue 04 Sep 2007 04:45 PM PST

Home Phone Tunes has launched Ringboxx, a $60 device that lets you assign music and audio content to calls coming in on your landline. Universal Music Group and indie label…

Music In Asia: The Double-Edged Sword - 1 Comment
Posted By Ingrid Lunden - Wed 25 Jul 2007 12:53 AM PST

Music in Asia is a blessing and a bane to the beleaguered music industry: Asian markets have been some of the most lucrative for the digital music industry in terms…

3UK Expands Music Video Service, With Dual Download - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Mon 18 Jun 2007 06:27 AM PST

Something I missed while I was at the conference last week: 3UK has signed a deal with Groove Mobile to sell music videos via a dual-download service. “The video downloads…

Omniphone Launches All-You-Can-Eat Subscription Service - 1 Comment
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Thu 14 Jun 2007 11:30 PM PST

We covered this a few days ago, but it has now happened...British company Omniphone has launched a mobile music service dubbed MusicStation in Sweden on Telenor, with plans to launch…

Universal Music Group Extends International D2C Push - 0 Comments
Posted By Peggy Anne Salz - Thu 14 Jun 2007 10:09 AM PST

Universal Music Group (UMG) and Germany’s net mobile AG (net-m) have expanded their existing partnership in Germany to cover the rest of Europe, Asia pacific and South America. The goal…

Earnings: Vivendi Posts Higher Q1 Profits, Revenues - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 15 May 2007 01:46 PM PST

Vivendi (VIV.PA) reported Q1 earnings of $1.04 billion (771 million euros), a 22 percent increase over Q106. Revenue was $6.7 billion, up 5.3 percent over the same period last year.…