7digital Intros Streaming Web Player
As its co-owner HMV (LSE: HMV) struggles to manage a fall in physical sales, digital music retailer 7digital is borrowing a trick from new m…
Music And Movie Studios Take A Slice Of HMV To Save Disc Sales
Struggling UK entertainment retailer HMV (LSE: HMV) is giving equity worth 2.5 percent to its key suppliers – music and movie studios – to a…
HMV Sees Physical Content Crash Slowing Down, Despite Christmas Crunch
HMV’s CEO says the slowdown in plastic music and movie sales is itself slowing down – even though its Christmas was nearly a tenth worse tha…
UK’s Waterstones To Wade Into The E-Reader Market With Kindle Killer?
Waterstones — the leading UK bookseller that was recently bought by Russian billionaire Alexander Mamut — is taking a tip from its U.S. co…
Interview: 7digital CEO Ben Drury On HMV’s Digital Future
HMV (LSE: HMV) must move steadily away from selling physical entertainment content and toward the hardware on which digital content is consu…
Waterstones’ E-books Supply Not Threatened By HMV Sell-Off
The sale of UK bookseller Waterstones to Russian billionaire Alexander Mamut should not hamper its ability to sell electronic books.
Where Now For Waterstone’s In The E-Book Migration?
HMV’s sale of Waterstone’s, one of the UK’s leading booksellers, removes some weight from around HMV’s neck, but doesn’t necessarily set Wat…
HMV Sells Bookseller Waterstone’s For £53 Million
HMV (LSE: HMV) has sold its Waterstone’s book chain to a fund controlled by Russian billionaire Alexander Mamut for £53 ($85.79)m.
Publishers, Waterstones Turn Book Discovery Network In To Retail Store
HMV (LSE: HMV), HarperCollins, Penguin and Random House are financing a new “social retail” service aiming to help readers find, buy and sha…
Can 7digital Save HMV?
Not to pile the pressure on CEO Ben Drury – but HMV’s worsening fortunes appear to suggest the increasing strategic importance of 7digital,…