Napster vs. iTunes (Napster Responds)
Gorog expresses doubts over the statistics that Apple cited, and anticipates future growth for Napster:
- "We expect as soon as we get the word out to consumers that Napster is back, it will significantly impact our growth," Gorog said in an exclusive interview with TechNewsWorld. "We would also expect to be taking away market share from Apple on a weekly basis."
Beyond an advertising campaign, Napster is also partnering with Penn State to provide their students unlimited access to Napster's catalog of songs through their subscription service. Not all students are happy about this deal, and some feel that the money could be better spent. Still, this could represent a significant amount of mindshare if replicated at other colleges.
Apple claims they currently hold 80% marketshare of all legal music downloads and have some substantial marketing campaigns on the horizon (Pepsi, McDonalds?). Steve Jobs also made claims yesterday that the online music download business is not profitable by itself, and that MusicMatch and Napster have "started money losing businesses".
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yeesh.
and that's coming from my non-apple side.
long live the simplicity of iTMS.
"[Apple is] obviously comparing on the basis of downloads because they're not in the subscription business,"
Hmm, wasn't the success of the iTunes Music store largely due to the fact that it isn't a subscription service.
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Hmm, wasn't the success of the iTunes Music store largely due to the fact that it isn't a subscription service.
At least Apple will always be known for being first... and actually coming up with the concept. I just can't believe how all the companies seem to be against it (e.g. buymusic.com not allow Macs access, no support of AAC - that's just anal)
(1) confirms Napster sold 300,000 downloads and
(2) says Napster did "36 percent" of "Apple's business."
Well then he knows what "Apple's business is", right? 833,000 multiplied by .36 equals 300,000. So he's saying "Apple's business" is 833,000?
My guess, the 833,000 is the downloads to windows users. That plus the 600,000 apple users were buying just about equals the 1.5 million cited by Apple.
*chuckle, chuckle*
i hate being mean to all these other music services, but its so so so easy.
:D
Next thing we hear is Napster has lose in the fight over Music Stores. Apple buys Roxio for Toaster and redesigns Napster for downloadable movies from iVid*or something like that* that can be played on Macs, Windows, iPods, and be burned to DVD recordable media.
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