Music industry has another death-spasm, coughs up "ringles"

It seems like very couple months one of the major labels announce yet another harebrained scheme to entice consumers to purchase CDs, regardless of what people actually prefer, and right on schedule, Sony BMG and Universal have announced their latest three-martini-and-a-cocktail-napkin plan: the "ringle," a $6 CD single featuring a remix and ringtone. There's really not much more to say -- trying to revive the CD single by adding in something that consumers are used to getting over-the-air seems like it speaks for itself -- but it's certainly interesting to see the labels desperately try and nab as much of the ringtone market as they can, even as their partners try and move forward. We'll see you at the funeral, boys.

[Image courtesy of Boy Genuis Report]

[Robbie Hottie Posted Sep 11th 2007 12:21AM]

stupidest. idea. ever.

then i have to transfer it to my phone somehow.
pain in the neck.
how about ill just download the songs and the ringtone from an online service? k thanks bye.

[kyle1193 Posted Sep 11th 2007 12:04AM]

ddd

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 11th 2007 12:54AM]

!?!

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 11th 2007 1:22AM]

I have an iPhone. Do I sync it by putting the phone in the can or do I have to eat the chips first and then put the phone in the can?

[Randomness Posted Sep 11th 2007 2:45AM]

So I get 2 songs (one is a remix) and a ringtone for $6... Are you insane!?

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 11th 2007 3:02AM]

Do the Sony/BMG's UMD disks come with rrriidges?

[Kynetx Posted Sep 11th 2007 1:51PM]

No, they come with a rootkit.

This is stupid. What kind of music are they trying to shovel here? Is it something decent with some longevity or is it more paint-by-numbers crap designed by focus group and caterwauled by Avril Levign? If the music industry wants to continue making money, they should consider branching out a little.