Steve Jobs, the father of the iPod, was crowned the undisputed king of the online music revolution by U.S. music magazine Blender.
“Music fans spend much of their day, if not their life, sitting in front of their computer, discovering and downloading music,” Blender’s editor-in-chief Craig Marks said in a statement.
“Today’s power brokers no longer work in the steel-and-glass towers of the traditional record business; instead, they’re tech geeks, bedroom bloggers and Silicon Valley visionaries.”
“The iTunes Store and the iPod have done more to change the way people listen to music than anything since the CD, and maybe since the sound recording,” Marks said.
Click the link and read through the Top Ten List. Yes, I agree with John and how he feels about lists; but, at least I’ve heard of everyone on this list.
You should turn to page black today to morn the passing of Peter Moore.
AND the difference between the former ‘powers that be’ is that S. Jobs is fighting like crazy to keep a $0.99 song, maybe he likes music eh? Whereas those sitting up top the Steel & Glass cannot handle the idea that they no longer have the power. WAY TO GO APPLE iPod team for keeping music personal. rodya
Gee, only Limewire & BitTorrent on the list, because the others have been sued into oblivion?
Nice to see that an “invite-only file sharing site” made the list. No one at the RIAA and/or MPAA has complained that it could be hiding a ring of child pornographers, yet? Of course, they probably have people with “invites” on the payroll, or have paid a “Security” company to hack into the private network – so they undoubtedly -know- what is being shared.
Nice to see Jobs & Co lobbying for DRM-free music – since the only music you -can’t- play on an iPod is that which uses non-Apple DRM. Removing DRM from music just means more music available for iPod owners.
“The iTunes Store and the iPod have done more to change the way people listen to music than anything since the CD, and maybe since the sound recording,” Marks said.
Well, it hasn’t improved their taste any.
You’d think from that article that Steve Jobs invented the MP3, the MP3 player, and music downloading. All he did was repackage what was already out there to the masses.
#4,
Thanks for isolating that quote. I don’t notice the Apple Hyperbole anymore. It is so pervasive in everything they do.
In reading that, I have to wonder just a litle bit… Is that guy claiming they invented recorded music?
Why are people still differentiating “online” this and “web” that? Aren’t Itunes and Amazon in the top 5 retailers? I think Blender is still living in 1997.
For me, the cool thing about the iPod was ripping my whole CD collection into one little device. It still freaks me out that I can carry all of my music in my pocket.
#8 – That means you don’t have enough music.
Personally I think the guys at Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft who should have the honor. It was their format that made people realize that they could bring their whole CD collection to their PC and share it with the world… I don’t think Blender knows much about online music.