Blu-Spec: Sony’s Latest CD Format
Steve Guttenberg just posted a quick article on Sony’s newest CD format, Blu-Spec, over at CNET. There are no comments as to whether or not Blue-Spec CDs will have higher sound quality, longer playability, or anything that make them superior to standard CDs. So what’s the incentive to pay the absurd $35.50 per album to [...]
Sony Music Woes Extend To Digital Sales
The struggling music units of Sony Corp. and Bertelsmann AG merged in 2004 so that a combined company could better fend off illegal file sharing and shrinking CD sales. The new recording company, named Sony BMG, was expected to wield the kind of resources that could challenge Universal Music Group as the largest of the [...]
