Ringtones

Dagelinks heeft een interessant stukje over ringtones: “…De toonaangevende New York Times schrijft het nu ook: Ringtones worden de singles van de vorige generatie. “One of the most popular songs in the country last week, “Crazy in Love” by Beyoncé Knowles and featuring Jay-Z, was not released only on compact disc and to radio stations. It was also sent to cellphone users who wanted to download it as their ring tone. The music industry may be having trouble persuading people to buy its songs online rather than swap them without paying. But the cellphone market is another matter. Ring tones are really becoming what the single was,” said Andy Volanakis, the executive in charge of ring-tone content for Sprint PCS’s mobile phone division. Sometimes the ring tone is even more popular than the CD. The dance-hall reggae artist Sean Paul, who records for the Warner Music Group, recently sold more copies of a synthesized digital snippet of his song “Get Busy” than CD singles of the same song. The snippet cost $2.50, compared with about $3 for a CD single.” Going Gold? Maybe, if Enough Cellphones Ring [na aanmelding] [via Dagelinks]