Tag: DIGITALDISTRIBUTION

Innovative artists tired of the unyielding ways of the corporate music industry made our pick as one of the coolest tech trends in 2010. When Kanye West released one song each week to his Twitter followers, the hype surrounding his critically acclaimed 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy' snowballed, even though many of the songs he offered for free download then appeared on the album. Not only ...

digg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2009/08/03/cell-phones-boost-saucy-manga-comics-sales-in-japan-among-women/'; The manga (Japanese comics) industry in Japan has been in steady decline for the past decade, but it seems an unlikely savior has finally arrived: the cell phone. The New York Times is reporting that direct-to-cell sales of manga have jumped up 43-percent from last year -- a ...

The software industry has been slowly moving away from traditional physical media and in-store purchases. Downloads, legal and otherwise, have all but wiped away the music industry's business model, and the Internet and video-on-demand services have hurt DVD rentals and sales. The software industry (and especially the video game industry) foresaw the future of distribution and started moving ...