Some more bits and pieces from this week:
– Ministry of Sound to supply content to two European carriers (thanks, DMEurope): The dance music giant says it will supply ringtones, videos, wallpaper and editorial content to T-Mobile and Orange in the Netherlands.
– American youth are the world’s top mobile spenders (thanks, MocoNews): Americans under 25 will spend $20 billion on mobile phones, content and related items this year, more than any other country. Which is to be expected, really, since there’s so damn many of them. The study says $1 out of every $10 US children spend is related to their mobile phone, but no word on how that compares to other countries.
– Mobile tech firm launches white-label download service (thanks, Netimperative): UK company Amplefuture has released a download system for consumer brands that want to start their own mobile music download service. It sounds cool, but watch operators block it through filtering and repressive data charges at the speed of light!
– Record Labels Hate Steve Jobs (thanks, Techdirt): Label bosses blame the man in black (turtlenecks) for messing up this whole digital music thing for them by — gasp — giving consumers what they want. Unsurprisingly, they want to work with mobile operators because their “economics are aligned with us better than Apple is aligned with us”. Which means they both like to screw customers, really.
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