Apple Music Streaming Service Stalled in Per-Song Rights Fee Talks with Sony/ATV

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Cole Garner Hill

We first started hearing murmurs of Apple’s intentions to enter the Internet music streaming service game around the time of the company’s big iPhone 5 event, and now it seems we may be waiting a little longer than expected. Speaking to a “source close to the situation,” Sony/ATV, the world’s largest music publisher, and Apple can’t reach an agreement on a per-song rights fee, according to the New York Post.

Such rights are usually a fraction of a cent per stream, but Sony/ATV was allegedly seeking a higher royalty rate from Apple.

Apple is seeking far more flexible licensing than the agreements Pandora, the current dominant Internet radio service, has managed to arrange. Apple’s licenses would allow users to play a selected artist more times than Pandora, and would allow the company to point people to the iTunes Store to generate music sales.
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Billboard Hot 100 Singles – Week of Oct 06, 2012

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1. Maroon 5, “One More Night”
2. PSY, “Gangnam Style”

3. fun., “Some Nights”
4. Taylor Swift, “We ARe Never Ever Getting Back Together”


5. P!nk, “Blow Me (One Last Kiss)”
6. Flo Rida, “Whistle”


7. Justin Bieber f/ Big Sean, “As Long As You Love Me”
8. Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen, “Good Time”

9. Alex Clare, “Too Close”

10.Ellie Goulding, “Lights”


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iPhone 5 Falls Short on First-Weekend Sales

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By Andrew Tonner

Apple’s iPhone 5 first-week sales figures fell short of the expected 8 million units, coming in closer to 5 million, well below analyst expectations for the much-anticipated device. But why? Does this mean Apple’s game is over?

It’s natural to wonder if this means that Apple no longer has what it takes, or that the iPhone 5 was an overhyped product. In today’s video, Fool.com analyst Andrew Tonner dispels these myths, pointing to issues of supply — not demand — as the primary reason behind lower-than-expected sales. Nonetheless, it’s undeniable that maintaining its torrid pace will only get more difficult for Apple down the line. If you’re looking for a recommendation on how to play Apple, along with continuing updates and guidance on the company whenever news breaks, we’ve created a brand-new report that details when to buy and sell. Click here now to get started.

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Google buys Snapseed developer Nik Software, raises the eyebrows of Instagram shutterbugs

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By Jon Fingas

Google makes a lot of acquisitions, some of them more important than others. Its latest purchase might skew towards the grander side, as it just bought imaging app developer Nik Software. While the company is known for pro photography apps like Capture NX and its Efex Pro series, the real prize might be Snapseed, Nik’s simpler image tool for desktop and iOS users. Both Nik and Google’s Senior Engineering VP Vic Gundotra are silent on the exact plans, but it doesn’t take much to imagine a parallel between Facebook’s buyout of Instagram and what Google is doing here: there’s no direct, Google-run equivalent to Instagram’s social photo service in Android or for Google+ users, and Nik’s technology might bridge the gap. Whether or not Googlegram becomes a reality, the deal is likely to create waves among photographers of all kinds — including those who’ve never bought a dedicated camera.

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Justin Timberlake’s Hip New Myspace Looks Awfully Familiar

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Kirsten Acuna

It’s been more than a year since Chris and Tim Vanderhook bought the floundering Myspace for $35 million from Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp (remember Murdoch paid $580 million for the site in ’05), and we’re finally getting a peek at the brothers’ investment.

The duo and investor Justin Timberlake debuted the new site last night in Los Angeles delivering a sleek, much-needed makeover to what once was THE go-to social venue.

The design falls somewhere in between a marriage of Pinterest mixed with the new USA Today redesign.

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Sony Unleashes a Number of RX1 Photos Showing the Power of Full Frame

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Michael Zhang

Sony made huge ripples in the camera industry earlier this month by announcing a compact camera with a full frame sensor: the RX1. The camera features a bokehlicious 35mm f/2 Carl Zeiss lens, a super compact size, and a price tag of $2,800 that broke many a photographer’s heart.

For those of you who are wondering how the fusion of compact and full frame performs, Sony has uploaded a number of full-resolution sample photographs. Pixel-peepers, prepare to gawk in amazement at the quality that’s now possible with fixed lens compact cameras. See here >>

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J.K. Rowling’s Personal Struggle With OCD Informed New Novel, The Casual Vacancy

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By THEA TRACHTENBERG and LAUREN SHER

J.K. Rowling’s new novel is called The Casual Vacancy, but it might as well be called Great Expectations. It’s been five years since the last blockbuster Harry Potter book was released and millions of fans around the world have been anxiously anticipating Rowling’s next book.

“I’ve written other things during that time, but on and off for five years, that’s been my priority,” Rowling, 47, said in an exclusive and rare interview for television with “Nightline” co-anchor Cynthia McFadden in Edinburgh, Scotland. “I think I’ve been surprised by the fact that Harry hasn’t left me to the degree that I thought he would. And I’m quite glad about that.”

Rowling’s Potter books have been published in 73 languages, sold more than 450 million copies, spawned popular film spin-offs, and made her the first billionaire author.

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Apple’s feud with Google is now felt on iPhone

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Claire Cain Miller

Once the best of friends, Google and Apple have become foes, battling in courtrooms and in the consumer marketplace. Last week, the hostilities took a new turn when they spilled right onto smartphone screens.
In the latest version of Apple’s iPhone software, which became available Wednesday, Apple removed two mainstay apps, both Google products Maps and YouTube.

The disappearing apps show just how far-reaching the companies’ rivalry has become, as well as the importance of mobile users to their businesses.
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Comic-Con Anonymous: Are Fanboys Still Worth the Time and Money?

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An insider asks if the geek crowd is still the best audience on which to blow marketing budgets.

Here we go again, another July, another parade of movie stars and executives heading south to peddle their wares at Comic-Con. But before we all spend crazy money jetting in talent, booking lavish parties and crafting just the right teaser-trailer package, think for a moment: Is the Comic-Con crowd still the best audience on which to be blowing our marketing budget? A decade after Hall H became Hollywood’s must-stop venue on the path to the multiplex, what if Comic-Con is sort of over?

After all, many would argue that the people who attend every year would see a genre movie or superhero tentpole no matter what. And the rest of the moviegoing public increasingly doesn’t care much whether the fanboys love or hate something. Three words: Cowboys & Aliens. Last year’s toast of the Con flatlined at the box office.

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