Amazon has moved from investor in AmieStreet to owner with an acquisition made public today. Amazon
will not embrace AmieStreet’s dynamic pricing anytime model soon, however, as the internet giant appears to be shutting the store down. The team will now shift focus to Songza, says Joshua Blotuch of AmieStreet.
“As of September 22, 2010, all AmieStreet.com pages will be forwarded to Amazon.com and you will no longer be able to use AmieStreet.com or any of its services,” read an email sent to users this morning.
According to Hypebot, the move can only be seen as a failure for dynamic pricing in music. Under AmieStreet’s model, download prices were determined by fan interest rewarding those that discover new music early. Now the Amie Street, Inc. team will concentrate its efforts on ramping up their social music streaming service, Songza.
The new Songza.com service gives users the ability to create their own internet radio stations from a library of over 8 million songs and to collaborate on group stations around shared interests.
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Amazon MP3 sent out info about their new product called Artist Central. Read the letter and check it out:
We thought you may be interested in learning about Artist Central, a free service where musicians, managers and record labels can promote music on Amazon.com.
Artist Central allows users to contribute compelling content to Amazon.com Artist Stores, search results, and product detail pages. This helps music fans on amazon.com discover artists and their work more easily, and leads to greater sales.
Users can upload photos, a bio, videos, and audio for promotional streaming, as well as utilize new features like a Twitter widget and customizable banners to create a robust, customized Artist Store on Amazon.com, ultimately helping customers discover artists and their work more easily. Check out the artist store for Band of Horses to see these features in action.
Artist Central is completely free to anyone selling their music on Amazon.com. Getting started is easy and only takes a few minutes. Just go to Artist Central and sign in with your Amazon account to claim your artist. (If there is currently no artist store for your artist, you can click “Create a new Artist Store”.) Claims are usually approved within 1-2 days.
Once your claim has been approved, you can upload artist photos, videos, tracks, banners, and bios and see them on the site almost immediately.
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