Top100.cn is a Beijing-based website that already has licensing agreements with about 100 labels. Talks are ongoing with Sony BMG and Warner Music Group Corp. to become partners.
The new Apple iPhone 3G materials and manufacturing cost is $173 with the initial retail price of the phone announced by Steve Jobs will be $199. $199 - $173=$26.
apster Inc. opens world's biggest MP3 download store in a challenge to iTunes store. The new Napster offers more than 6 million songs without copy protection, so the MP3 songs will be compatible with the vast majority of digital media services including iPod and iPhone.
he Writers Guild of America votes to end a three-month strike. “The strike is over. Our membership has voted, and writers can go back to work,” said Patric Verrone, president of the WGA’s West chapter. TV show plot is just getting worse recently after the strikes, but I hope it will be better after the writers voted to end this "saga".
According to an NPR report filed on February 12, 2008, the strike cost the economy of Los Angeles an estimated $1.5 billion. In contrast, the previous strike in 1988 lasted 21 weeks and 6 days, costing the American entertainment industry an estimated $500 million.
The new Apple iPhone 3G materials and manufacturing cost is $173 with the initial retail price of the phone announced by Steve Jobs will be $199. $199 - $173=$26.
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“It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious.”