Tie Me Compact Disc Down, Sport
Music buyers will find a new report issued by Parks">http://www.parksassociates.com">Parks Associates both interesting and disturbing. Interesting in what it purports to reveal about consumers, and, as we shall see, disturbing in how the music industry is being urged to interpret the data.
Tighter CD Control?
At one time the music industry was known as a cultural force. It could excite the public and change the course of history, even prodding some governments to attempt censorship. These days, the record labels themselves are acting more and more like a police force, looking for ways to restrict and control how music consumers behave.
TIJ Seeks Protection
The music industry's worst nightmare is coming true: feeble attempts to shackle compact discs with "protection" are falling prey to simple felt">http://news.com.com/2100-1023-918273.html">felt pen hacks. And it's too late to build use-restriction and tracking technologies directly into CD players and existing computer CD drives.
Tim de Paravicini, RIP
Dammit! Tim de Paravicini, the Baron as he was known, passed from this mortal coil on December 17th, 2020. I loved the guy. His deep, steeped, sharp-elbowed engineering bona fides in matters of electronics, cars, planes, and life earned him plaudits from all over the world. [Editor's Note: this appreciation of Tim's life and work now includes personal memories from John Atkinson]
Time to Get Sirius
After more than ten years in development, Sirius">http://www.siriusradio.com">Sirius Satellite Radio announced last week that it will be officially launching its service with two events in Jackson, Mississippi beginning February 13. Sirius' competitor XM Satellite radio was able to get its service up and running last">http://www.stereophile.com/news/11148/">last September.
Time Warner, EMI in Music Merger
Several news sources reported Saturday, January 22, that Time">http://www.timewarner.com/">Time Warner is close to completing a merger with EMI">http://www.emigroup.com/">EMI Recorded Music. The combined company will be worth an estimated $20 billion, making it the world's second-largest music conglomerate, exceeded in size and scope only by Seagram Ltd.'s Universal">http://www.umusic.com/">Universal Music. News of the deal came less than a week after the announcement of an impending mergerhttp://www.stereophile.com/news/10648/">merger; between America Online, the world’s largest Internet service provider, with Time Warner, one of the world's largest media conglomerates.
Timothy White, 1952–2002
Stereophile writers and editors were saddened to learn of the June 27 death of colleague Timothy White, editor-in-chief of Billboardhttp://www.billboard.com">Billboard; magazine. White collapsed of an apparent heart attack in an elevator at Billboard's New York offices and died shortly thereafter at St. Vincent's Hospital. He was 50.
TMA US Distribution Set
Embattled audio brand TAG">http://www.tagmclarenaudio.com">TAG McLaren Audio is showing more signs of life since hitting">http://www.stereophile.com/news/11701/">hitting the ropes earlier this summer. After completing "a full strategic review of its participation in the audio market," the company had announcedhttp://www.stereophile.com/news/11718/">announced; a re-focused effort to continue.
TMA: Business As Usual
On 28 July 2003, TAG McLaren Audio issued">http://www.stereophile.com/news/11701/">issued a statement saying that it had ceased the development of new products and was undertaking a full strategic review of its participation in the audio market.
To Be or Not To Be: That is the Audio Question
It would seem almost reasonable to imagine that your next stereo receiver or preamp could have an "intel inside" sticker on the front. Last week, software company Behttp://www.be.com">Be; made several announcements that it hopes will not only bring such a future to consumers, but also place itself at the center of the Internet-connected home-entertainment equipment market.