NexTune, a Redmond WA. based music software company, has announced the release of its new desktop music player, online music recognition service, and Music Store. According to the company, NexTune’s digital music software is the first desktop application capable of playing multiple digital music formats, including songs purchased from Apple’s iTunes Music Store and from [...]

Great American Group, a leading retail liquidation firm, announced today that it will be liquidating Tower Records and all of the company’s assets. The sale, which also includes various leases and properties, was given final approval today by a Federal bankruptcy judge.
Liquidated will be all of the merchandise and equipment at Tower Records’ 89 stores [...]

Gnomedex 2006 Update: Future presidential candidate & podcaster John Edwards is scheduled to lead a discussion later, but Dave Dederer, best known as the guitarist and singer of The Presidents of the United States of America has the stage now.

He kicked things off by covering a couple of Velvet Underground tunes, and then discussed the [...]

Real Networks CEO Rob Glaser made some comments recently that are sure to generate controversy, suggesting that half the music on iPods is illegal and that the music industry made a mistake dealing with Apple.
“The music industry has made a mistake, not by agreeing to Apple’s fixed-price level, which is what gets all the attention, [...]