Rumor turned to reality fast, as yesterday’s reports of an imminent Prime Music launch came true this morning. With Amazon Prime membership estimated between 10-million and 20-million existing subscribers, Prime Music instantly becomes one of the largest subscription music services in the world. Continue Reading
Rumor might be turning to reality once again — soon. Amazon’s purported new music service will launch this week, according to reports. Continue Reading
Amazon, long rumored to be formulating a streaming-music service, will reportedly launch one this summer with a catalog of non-current music. The music service will be bundled into Amazon Prime, a subscription-only plan that cobbles together on-demand streaming movies, TV shows, and free two-day shipping of Amazon products. Continue Reading
Amazon is reportedly negotiating with music labels about an Amazon-branded music service. According to Recode’s sources, the talks are not flying along because Amazon is asking for more favorable licensing terms than those negotiated by music-only services. Continue Reading
In his latest blog post (part 1 of 2), RAIN founding editor Kurt Hanson observes that television is reverting to a three-network system, as in the 1970s. the difference is that the three content networks are Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime. It is a renaissance of TV, but the deck chairs are rearranged. Continue Reading