Report: iTunes Lobbies Labels Against Amazon’s ‘Daily Deals’

In exchange for a “Daily Deal” promotion on a new album, Amazon has been asking labels to provide it with a one-day exclusive before street date and such digital marketing support as a banner ad on an artist’s MySpace page and messages on label and artist Web sites and social network feeds. In response, iTunes has been withdrawing marketing support for certain releases featured as Daily Deals. By Billboard

Networks Wary Of Apple’s Push To Cut TV Show Prices

Apple wants to ignite TV show sales, especially as it prepares to introduce the iPad tablet computer next month. But its proposals to lower prices across the board are being met by skepticism from the major networks. By The New York Times

Apple’s Prices For E-Books May Be Lower Than Expected

Since Apple announced plans to sell digital books on its forthcoming iPad, it has been cast as something of a savior of the publishing industry for allowing e-book prices to go above the $9.99 that Amazon charges for e-books on its Kindle device, a price that publishers say is too low to sustain their business. But as more details come to light of the actual negotiations between Apple and publishers, it appears that Apple left room to sell some of the most popular books at a discount. By The New York Times

Blu-ray Retail Watch: $5.99 Is The New Price To Beat

CNET spots a 70% discount at Amazon on the Blu-ray edition of Starz/Ancor Bay’s “Heathers.” The disc’s $5.99 sale sticker would seem to mark a new low in Blu-ray pricing outside holiday promotions.

As of Feb. 3, nine of Amazon’s top 50 best-selling Blu-ray discs carry prices of $9.99 and under. Via CNET

Study: Music Labels Can Boost Profits By Lowering Prices

The optimal price for a song download if record labels want to maximize their profits, found Wharton business school marketing professor Raghuram Iyengar, is between 60 and 70 cents per song — significantly lower than the 69 cents to $1.29 that iTunes and the rest currently charge, with strong emphasis on the high end of that range. By Wired

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