Interviews with Digital Media Thought Leaders

Implications of DRM-Free Distribution by Major Labels

Podcast Audio | Posted by Phil Leigh on February 2, 2008

 
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David PakmanSummary: If you would like to get an industry executive’s perspective about the decision by all four major record labels to abandon DRMs, this interview is for you.
  
Our guest today is David Pakman who is the CEO of eMusic. His company is the largest seller of online music in the DRM-free MP3 format. However, the eMusic catalogue historically was limited to independent record labels. Now that the majors have decided to sell DRM-free tracks it looks like a good time to catch-up with David to see what the implications are for eMusic and the industry at large.  Read more…

Advertising-Supported Internet Music Distribution

Podcast Audio | Posted by Phil Leigh on November 27, 2007

 
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If you would like to learn about an advertising-supported website with free legal MP3 downloads, this interview is for you.

Our guest today is Peter Rojas who is the Founder of Rcrd Lbl which is a website where you can legally get MP3 music downloads of sponsored artists at no charge. Peter is the founder of other successful Internet businesses including Engadget and WebLogs.    Read more…

Doubling Recorded Music Sales Every Year

Podcast Audio | Posted by Phil Leigh on June 5, 2007

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Summary: If you would like to learn about an online seller of recorded music that has been doubling its sales annually, this interview is for you.

Our guest today is David Pakman who is the CEO of eMusic. His company is second only to Apple’s iTunes in terms of revenues generated by digital download sales. His secret is that eMusic does not use DRMs and they offer an attractive price. Read more…