JupiterResearch VP and research director Mark Mulligan specialises in music for the Forrester-owned agency. In this essay, reproduced from his journal, Mulligan argues against the emerging notion that music should be free...
By Bill Rosenblatt Jupiterresearch released a study last week called European Paid Content and Activity Forecasts, 2008 to 2013. The study predicts that an increasing percentage of European internet users will pay for content...
By Kevin Done in London and Mark Mulligan in Madrid The steep fall in the British Airways share price in the past three months is threatening to undermine merger negotiations with Iberia, the Spanish flag carrier. BA shares...
If you live in the U.K. and you have 100 British pounds to spare, you can now subscribe to the Datz Music Lounge, where those 100 pounds can buy you unlimited access to DRM-free MP3s for one year. According to Music Week, Datz...
Want unlimited access to MP3s? Most simply fire up their PCs and broadband connections, though UK-based Datz is offering a legal alternative. The company is selling access to unlimited MP3s for an annual charge of 100 pounds,...
More thoughts on the Datz Music Lounge and how labels are now taking a different approach to selling music. Unlike mobile subscriptions that wrap up files in DRM, the Datz service offers one year of unlimited access to...
By Paul J Davies, Ralph Atkins and Mark Mulligan One of the most striking figures contained in this week’s Bank of England’s financial stability report concerns the amount of money central banks and governments have pledged to...