As the recording industry wakes up from its summer slumber and starts thinking about what will motivate the consumer for the holiday selling season, the major labels are getting ready to launch the "ringle," which combines the mostly defunct single format with ringtones.
Each ringle is expected to contain three songs -- one hit and maybe one remix and an older track -- and one ringtone, on a CD with a slip-sleeve cover. The idea is that if consumers in the digital age can download any tracks they want individually, why not let them buy singles in the store as well? It also enables stores to get involved in the ringtone phenomenon.
Sony BMG Music Entertainment, which came up with the ringle idea, and Universal Music Group are going to be the first out of the box with ringles. The former will unleash 50 titles during October and November, while UMG will have anywhere from 10 to 20 titles ready. The Recording Industry Association of America has approved the "ringle" name, and there is an industrywide logo to help brand it. But except for Sony, each major still needs to cut a deal with a digital aggregator to allow consumers to redeem the ringtone.
Meanwhile, label profit margins for the format are considered slim. The majors are gambling that the ringle can instill in consumers the mind-set to connect to the Internet via the CD.
News source: Reuters
Each ringle is expected to contain three songs -- one hit and maybe one remix and an older track -- and one ringtone, on a CD with a slip-sleeve cover. The idea is that if consumers in the digital age can download any tracks they want individually, why not let them buy singles in the store as well? It also enables stores to get involved in the ringtone phenomenon.
Sony BMG Music Entertainment, which came up with the ringle idea, and Universal Music Group are going to be the first out of the box with ringles. The former will unleash 50 titles during October and November, while UMG will have anywhere from 10 to 20 titles ready. The Recording Industry Association of America has approved the "ringle" name, and there is an industrywide logo to help brand it. But except for Sony, each major still needs to cut a deal with a digital aggregator to allow consumers to redeem the ringtone.
Meanwhile, label profit margins for the format are considered slim. The majors are gambling that the ringle can instill in consumers the mind-set to connect to the Internet via the CD.
News source: Reuters
Agreed. That's what vibrate is for, I don't even want to hear other people obnoxious ringtones.
Also... Noteworthy that Sony BMG came up with the idea, and also there's the expectation that the end user will connect to the internet via this "ringle" CD. Who wants to place bets on there being another DRM/tracking/rootkit/spyware payload here??
It's just so awesome.....
It's just so awesome.....
That's fine, listen to it all you want, in the privacy of your home. When you're in public, you're forcing everyone in earshot to hear what you dictate. That's just rude. But hey, not like most people have manners or respect for anyone else these days anyway.
-Spenser
Ya know, I kinda agree. The thing is, my ringtone is "Uncle ****er" from South Park. People look at me strange when it goes off and I answer the phone "Hey dad". HAHA!
On the topic of music, there's a boatload of CDs I want, but need to wait until I get more money
Thank you...
I only have mine turned on when I'm at home, I very rarely carry it with me nowadays and even then its in silent, if someone wants me, they can call me on the office phone
How about making cds much much cheaper like the public want.... WOW what a concept.
How about making cds much much cheaper like the public want.... WOW what a concept.
Once it flops, they'll have a new angle to go after in their "piracy" campaign, they'll just blame "pirates" for making the ring tones available for free on the itntraweb.
How about making cds much much cheaper like the public want.... WOW what a concept.
Once it flops, they'll have a new angle to go after in their "piracy" campaign, they'll just blame "pirates" for making the ring tones available for free on the itntraweb.
LOL
both of you guys got good points.
Why dont' they just put these things on floppy disks?
There's always these - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SuperDisk
Floppy disks are 80's/90's and susceptible to magnetic fields, and also scratches to the media surface.
There's always these - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SuperDisk
Er, no. LS-120 and LS-240 are dead formats.
It costs pennies per disk for a major label to crank out a stack of CDs. The real cost is in the art, packaging, markup, fees, licensing, retail, and the (relitively) tiny percentage the actual artist gets.
Assuming a CD costs $15.99, then it breaks down like this:
$0.17 Musicians' unions
$0.80 Packaging/manufacturing
$0.82 Publishing royalties
$0.80 Retail profit
$0.90 Distribution
$1.60 Artists' royalties
$1.70 Label profit
$2.40 Marketing/promotion
$2.91 Label overhead
$3.89 Retail overhead
So, the artist grosses a $1.60, and the RIAA grosses $9.56, while the store grosses $4.69
If the RIAA owns the store, they make even more (hey, that rhymes!
Oh, and the union gets seventeen cents.
You? Oh, you just get screwed.
It costs pennies per disk for a major label to crank out a stack of CDs. The real cost is in the art, packaging, markup, fees, licensing, retail, and the (relitively) tiny percentage the actual artist gets.
Assuming a CD costs $15.99, then it breaks down like this:
$0.17 Musicians' unions
$0.80 Packaging/manufacturing
$0.82 Publishing royalties
$0.80 Retail profit
$0.90 Distribution
$1.60 Artists' royalties
$1.70 Label profit
$2.40 Marketing/promotion
$2.91 Label overhead
$3.89 Retail overhead
So, the artist grosses a $1.60, and the RIAA grosses $9.56, while the store grosses $4.69
If the RIAA owns the store, they make even more (hey, that rhymes!
Oh, and the union gets seventeen cents.
You? Oh, you just get screwed.
all the more reason to keep doing what we doing if you catch my drift
cause screw supporting RIAA/MPAA as there all greedy/corrupted etc etc.
I don't understand. They already "own" the music in their catalogue and distribution of the product isn't expensive on CD's these days. Pence per disk if that. Assuming they make steady sales on it, how can't it be anything other than easy profit for them?
I have to say, watching the music industry fumble around with digital offerings long after the revolution has taken hold is hilarious.. its just tragic they have so much power to screw us consumers around, whilst trying to make up for their lack of foresight and unwillingness to embrace the technology when it came along. Greedy SOB's.
Perhaps this "disc" would not be too large, but compact of sorts...?
Perhaps this "disc" would not be too large, but compact of sorts...?
yeh, they could be small and silver and maybe be compatible with those drives everyone has in their pcs and stereos?
And maybe this disk could contain grooves cut into the plastic and only need to rotate at about 45 RPM while a sharp diamond sensor moves inside the groove and picks up the sound and...
Er, this sounds very familiar for some reason...
OK, no? Well, it was worth a try. :-p
It's blatant copyright infringement, I say!
Ringle CD's are crunchy... so are Pringles!
Once you pop for a Ringle, you can't stop: That's the whole Pringles' marketing catch-phrase in a nutshell!
You can stack Ringles: Stacking is what Pringles are known for!
You can dance to a Ringle: People in Pringle's commercials are ALWAYS dancing, as as we all know, TV commercials do not lie.
You can take the contents of your ringle package and put it in your phone. You can also put the contents of a pringles package and put it in your phone.*
There! Need I say more? Pringles = Ringles!
*NOTE: Some crumbling may occur.
Who comes up with this crap????
cause like you said the only thing they understand is $$$. lol
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