23 Quotes by Phil Leigh

This is an incremental step, because they are limiting it to short form videos and trivia -- stuff that fits with the short attention span mobile customers might have, particularly a youthful subscriber.

This is an echo of what we've seen before. It is a classic case of Microsoft working to establish itself as a de facto standard, now in digital media.

They're making consumers apprehensive. They're concerned that they're buying something that makes their computer crash. This affects all the labels. The average consumer doesn't know it's just Sony, so they become reluctant to buy CDs.

It's just going to take some time. The BMW is not a mainstream car. But once we all have these new radios, we're all going to wonder why we didn't do this before.

It's getting more competitive. They've entered the stage where incremental market share is going to be harder to get and they're going to just have to focus on running the best business they can.

It's certainly smart for the publishers to do this.

The labels want to feel like they have some power and influence. They're losing the control they once had.

The labels have complained basically that they're not making enough money on downloads, that they prefer subscription services,

The labels going straight to the consumer has retailers more nervous than a cat with deaf kittens.