TAG Strategic Managing Partner Ted Cohen is quoted by USA Today and Bloomberg Businessweek on iTunes celebrating 10 years, just as online streaming gathers momentum with consumers.
READ MORE »Posted by Ted • Friday, April 26, 2013 .
Mark down the date: The age of stealing music via the Internet is officially over. It’s time for everybody to go legit. The reason: We won. And all you audiophiles and copyfighters, you know who fixed our problems? The record labels and online stores we loved to hate.
READ MORE »Posted by Ted • Monday, November 29, 2010 .
According to multiple sources, Google is in final stage talks with labels to open a download store and a cloud based song locker that would allow mobile users to play songs wherever they are. Google hopes to open its new music service before Christmas. Some label executives believe that Google Music will become the first real competitor to iTunes.
READ MORE »Posted by Ted • Friday, September 3, 2010 .
When Apple purchased LaLa, we briefly examined the history of digital music prior to their announcement. In an effort to really understand iTunes’ new Ping, I turn once again to history; this time my own.
READ MORE »Posted by Ted • Friday, September 3, 2010 .
For nearly four years, I’ve been evangelizing the transition of the music industry from a product-based business to a service-based economy. I’ve never viewed this as a possible scenario but as the only eventuality. It’s going to happen, it’s got to happen, now maybe sooner than later. With Apple’s acquisition this week of LaLa, the cloud-based music service that started out as a CD swapping marketplace, the Cuppertino giant appears to be making moves toward launching a cloud-based music service.
READ MORE »Posted by Ted • Monday, December 14, 2009 .
After years of resisting efforts to offer music fans the ability to “rent” music instead of buying downloads, Apple is finally joining the party.
READ MORE »Posted by Ted • Tuesday, December 8, 2009 .
