Universal Green-Lights Internet Music Sales
Universal Music Group will start selling music over the Internet within a few months, Seagram Chief Executive Officer Edgar Bronfman, Jr., said while addressing the Jupiter Consumer Online Forum last week, dotmusic.com reported Monday. ""We want to bring more music to more people in more places"", said Bronfman. ""Fundamentally, this means we need to stop thinking about selling round things. In the future, we'll be selling songs, albums, multi-song packages, compilations, services, subscriptions, streaming and so on."" However, at this stage it seems extremely unlikely that Universal will release their entire catalog online, according to dotmusic.com. Bronfman outlined the role of a new research and development subdivision named Global E, which has ""already tested several forms of digital distribution for our music."" ""We plan"", he said, ""to launch a secure digital downloading format this spring."" Source: Pro Sound News